Cooling Solution Show Hits Brisbane
TEMPERZONE’S recent Cooling Solutions Show in Brisbane wowed the crowds and had visitors vowing to come back for more after the company put on an impressive technical display for the local HVAC industry.
Shows presented by manufacturing companies are often dismissed as being nothing more than ‘sales bluster with no substance’, a complaint expressed by several Temperzone customers in the leadup to the Cooling Solutions Show. Temperzone took the criticism on board and delivered a technical extravaganza worth talking about.
Dedicated to providing valuable technical training information to a broad cross-section of the industry, the Cooling Solutions Show embraced service technicians, HVAC business owners, service managers, consulting engineers, service supervisors, contract managers, project managers, and design engineers.
“Temperzone is confident that every person who attended the show walked away wiser for the experience, whether it’s just simply understanding Temperzone’s vast product range or understanding who should check an air conditioner’s superheat.” says Temperzone Queensland branch manager, Shane McBride. “
At Temperzone we like to think that we know air conditioning because that’s all we do. But we don’t just sell boxes of air, we offer our customers cooling and heating solutions and our 50-plus years of manufacturing is testimony to that.”
Over two days (March 3-4) Temperzone delivered three high quality technical presentations, each of which drew appreciative crowds. National Service Mananger Mark Howcroft, a veteran of 30 years’ experience with Temperzone products, presented a course on service training targeting technicians, installers, contractors and consultants. Mark also provided important industry information about Refrigerant R410a, Temperzone electronics, water cooled units, digital scrolls, inverters, controls, applications, installations, commissioning, fault finding and MEPS.
Shane McBride presented ideas on Temperzone’s rooftop package units and splits, unit flexibility, factory-fitted options such as economy cycle dampers and actuators; factory fitted controls, handing options, split vs package units, selecting the right units, meeting the intent of the specification, and using Temperzone’s flexibility and options to save money on installations.
National Sales Manager David Staker joined Mark in delivering a presentation on watercooled units, delivering the range of Temperzone’s horizontal and vertical watercooled units; installation and application issues; controlling water flows; controls and overcoming difficult and tight installations.
David also spoke about custom built units: Temperzone’s capabilities in modifying and/or customising units for telecommunications, mining, tough environments and high ambient locations.
The show was informal but informative as visitors enjoyed a range of food and beverages while meandering through the equipment displays and listening to Temperzone’s team of experts.
Units were spread out in a café-type environment which allowed the service guys, project managers, estimators, owners and consultants to move around freely and to study the units at first-hand. Visitors could also choose to sit down with staff members and over a coffee and a muffin enjoy a chat in a relaxed atmosphere with the benefit of having the units nearby.
“Some people just can’thelp themselves from getting in there, taking the covers off units and getting a real close look,” McBride says. “And plenty of guys did that.
We had service training in the morning so the service guys could come along and be back on the road by morning tea time. We offered technical training topics throughout the morning and afternoon to cater for the contracts managers, projects managers, design engineers, consulting engineers and HVAC company owners, enabling them to go to the office before coming along for a bite to eat and to enjoy the show.”
Units on display included the full product range;
- Aircooled – splits / package units
- Inverters
- Digitals
- Fixed speeds
- Water Cooled
- Chilled water
- Unit accessories, louvers, spring kits and controls
“The show achieved the desired outcome to take Temperzone, our people, products, capabilities and services to the local HVAC&R industry,” McBride says. “You can tell someone 100 times that ‘yes we can do that’ – but it’s not until you show them how it can be done that they truly remember.”
