Redefining Air Dispersion
DuctSox® is a family of innovative air dispersion solutions designed to deliver consistent, efficient, and comfortable airflow in virtually any occupied space. For more than 45 years, DuctSox products have helped engineers, contractors, and building owners optimize heating, cooling, ventilation, and indoor air quality across a wide range of applications.
The DuctSox portfolio includes the industry's leading DuctSox® Fabric Ductwork and ZOO Fans®, providing flexible solutions for industrial, commercial, educational, recreational, and food-processing environments, as well as other critical environments. As part of the Rite-Hite family of companies, DuctSox continues to redefine air dispersion through performance, innovation, and application expertise.
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Performance
Performance
Our fabric ductwork is lightweight, flexible and breathable which allows for uniform and precise air dispersion making it comfortable, quiet and more efficient than metal ductwork.
- Eliminate drafts with uniform, comfortable air dispersion
- Condensation free
- Quiet
- Hygienic and ideal for clean environments
- Performance guarantee
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Economics
Economics
Our fabric ductwork provides targeted, precise and efficient air dispersion for new construction and retrofit projects. Additional benefits include a total lifetime ownership cost that is significantly less than a comparable metal ductwork layout and the ability for a system to be custom designed based on the application.
- Highly efficient
- Lower cost
- Precise airflow control
- Lightweight for easy shipping and installation
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Maintenance
Maintenance
DuctSox systems have been designed to reduce or eliminate required maintenance. Cleaning metal ductwork systems can be expensive and these costs are often overlooked.
- Antimicrobial fabric options that inhibits bacteria growth
- Zippered sections for ease of handling and removing fabric
- Lightweight, simple and easy installation and removal
- Can be easily removed and laundered in a commercial washing machine
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Aesthetics
Aesthetics
Metal systems will scratch, dent and over time their paint will peel requiring maintenance to repaint. DuctSox fabrics are forgiving meaning they will not scratch or dent and are available in a variety of standard colors, patterns, and custom colors.
- Clean, minimal design
- Personalized and custom graphic options
- Flexible and contours to any space
Fabric Ductwork vs Metal Ductwork
Whether you're an Architect, General or Sheet Metal Contractor, Mechanical Engineer or a facility owner/operator, you want a product that's tailored to what matters most to you. Installation costs, energy efficiency, maintenance, noise level, indoor air quality, aesthetics, durability in harsh environments, and one of the most imporant - lifespan. See how fabric ductwork outperforms traditional metal.
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Fabric vs Metal
DuctSox fabric ductwork provides targeted, precise and efficient air dispersion for new construction and retrofit projects. Additional benefits include a total lifetime ownership cost that is significantly less than a comparable metal ductwork layout and the ability for a system to be custom designed based on the application.
Whether for a new building or retrofitting an existing space, the benefits of utilizing a fabric airflow system outweigh those of metal ductwork.
Learn more about the advantages of fabric today!
DuctSox Engineering & Design Manual
When designing a fabric system, DuctSox engineers will detail performance and design requirements while creating a custom solution for your application.
In addition to design assistance, DuctSox provides an extensive Engineering and Design Manual that will guide you through the key elements of a DuctSox system.
Whether for a new building or retrofitting an existing space, DuctSox Airflow Solutions just make more sense than metal ductwork.
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IS FABRIC DUCTING ACTUALLY DURABLE?
Yes. Modern fabric duct systems are engineered from high-strength technical textiles designed to withstand continuous airflow, pressure fluctuations, and demanding commercial or industrial environments. Our systems are resistant to tearing, stretching, and microbial growth, providing a long service life when properly installed and maintained.
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DOES FABRIC PROVIDE BETTER AIR DISPERSION?
In many applications, yes. Fabric ducting can deliver air through a large portion of its surface area, creating more uniform airflow and reducing drafts, hot spots, and cold spots. This even distribution often improves occupant comfort and can enhance overall HVAC performance compared to traditional metal duct systems.
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IS MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING DIFFICULT?
Not at all. One of the key advantages of fabric ducting is its ease of maintenance—sections can typically be removed, laundered, and reinstalled without specialized equipment. This simplifies cleaning procedures, helps maintain indoor air quality, and can reduce long-term maintenance costs compared to conventional metal ductwork.
Featured Applications
Featured Products
Eliminate sagging and maintain duct shape without relying on airflow or system conditions. SkeleCore® is the only fabric duct system that delivers full-length, full-circumference tensioning. It holds shape with or without airflow and eliminates sag across the entire run. Even at ultra-large diameters.
Maintain duct shape, improve airflow consistency and support reliable performance in standard HVAC system layouts that are straightforward and full tensioning is not required. From internal structure systems to basic suspension options, choose the right level of retention or support for your project.
DuctSox diffuser products provide application spaces with 360 degrees of even air dispersion plus the many added advantages of being made from fabric. Application spaces that can’t use ductwork for physical or financial reasons, but still require air distribution are an ideal fit.
Case Studies
Newly built sports and entertainment venues have high roofs and even higher expectations. Ownership teams are looking for revolutionary stadium HVAC designs that appeal to fans, deliver a competitive advantage, and often anchor a massive entertainment district intended to revitalize a community.
When Kalahari needed to make significant upgrades to their ductwork after an unexpected failure, they didn’t want to spend days or even weeks closed to the public. That type of downtime wasn’t in the plans, and another solution needed to be worked through to fix issues.
DuctSox and Involta Collaborate to Design Effective, Energy-Efficient Cooling for Data Centers. DataSox™, the HVAC and data center industries’ first customizable air displacement ventilation dispersion system with onsite directional-adjustability.
