| Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy
DuctSox® Scores High Marks for Overall Performance at Cincinnati
FAIRFIELD, OH - From toddlers to Olympians, area gymnasts are enjoying the many benefits of a brand new facility recently built by the Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy.
The interior of the building features a 24-foot-high ceiling and wide open clear-span construction with no walls or supporting columns obstructing the gymnastics floor. |  |
When the new building was in the planning phase, head coach Steve Elliot visited Parkette's Gymnastics, another leading training center. There he discovered a unique exposed ductwork system made of fabric quite unlike anything he had ever seen. Elliot soon learned that what he observed was a DuctSox system.
The cost of system installation and maintenance is less since DuctSox attach easily and quickly to metal hooks on the air supply plenum, via sewn-in fabric loops, and are suspended from a metal cable utilizing simple S-hooks. Since they don't rust or corrode and are easily cleaned, maintenance time and expense is also minimal.
DuctSox systems consist of flexible, tube-like ducts made of non-permeable polyethylene fabric with air outlet orifices sized and placed to provide efficient, uniform and economical air dispersion in response to the physical specifications and usage/comfort needs of the facility.
Design of the Cincinnati Gymnastics DuctSox® system had to take into account the facility dimensions and layout, heating/cooling unit specifications, static pressure, supply fans CFM and more. With this information in hand and using the company's sophisticated CAD system, Frommelt engineers created drawings specifying the details of the recommended system including length and diameter of the Sox, orifice size and spacing, and zipper locations.
The completed Cincinnati Gymnastics installation consisted of three 110 feet long and 20 inch diameter DuctSox in white -- to coordinate with the facility's clean, bright and contemporary interior. Remarkably, the entire installation took only about two days.
According to Elliot, performance of the system has been both efficient and reliable. "There are no annoying drafts even on cold winter days," he says, "we enjoy even comfortable temperatures from wall to wall." |
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