Features of Aosun Surface Mounted Air Curtain
- Help maintain indoor temperature by limiting heated or cooled air escaping through entrances.
- Ideal for existing buildings where ceiling integration is difficult.
- Maintain comfortable entrances without affecting customer flow.
- Suitable for different commercial environments with various doorway sizes.
- Reduce drafts caused by frequent door opening and closing.
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Provide strong airflow to offer reliable protection for high-traffic and busy commercial entrances.
Form a stable airtight barrier to maintain a comfortable environment inside the commercial entrance.
Easy to install, it can effectively achieve air isolation and mosquito protection.
What is a Surface Mounted Air Curtain?
Surface mounted air curtain is a unique air barrier device for entrances. Its prominent feature is the use of a surface mounted installation method. This equipment eliminates the complex processes of ceiling embedding and overall construction, and adopts a design of directly installing on the wall and ceiling. Surface mounted air curtain forms a high-speed airflow barrier above the entrance, which can reduce unnecessary air exchanges, improve indoor comfort, and help in energy conservation of commercial spaces.
Applications of Surface Mounted Air Curtain
Retail Store
The entrance of a retail store is frequently visited by customers and needs to remain open for a long time. The surface-mounted air curtain can form a stable invisible air barrier, blocking outdoor cold and hot air, dust, and flying insects from entering the store, stabilizing the indoor temperature and reducing the operating load of air conditioning and heating equipment.
Restaurant and Coffee Shop
For dining establishments that prioritize customer convenience and indoor comfort, this wall-mounted air curtain ensures unobstructed pedestrian passages while effectively isolating outdoor temperature changes, odors, and dust, maintaining a fresh and constant indoor dining environment without affecting the store’s decoration style.
Shopping Center
The entrance of the shopping center has a large opening and has a huge pedestrian flow throughout the day. The air curtain at the top covers the entire entrance, achieving uniform air flow distribution. It helps the shopping center to centrally control the air flow, reduce the loss of air exchange between indoors and outdoors, achieve energy-saving operation while ensuring the customer experience.
Hotel and Office Building
In response to the requirements of business scenarios for high comfort and low noise, the commercial air curtain optimizes the air flow operation, improves the entrance experience for hotel guests and office employees, creates a warm and quiet lobby and office environment, and comprehensively enhances the overall quality of the building.
Supermarkets and Convenience Stores
Supermarkets and convenience stores remain open for business for long periods under the complex outdoor environmental disturbances. The air curtains at the entrances can effectively control the air exchange at high-traffic entrances and exits, preventing the leakage of hot and cold air, protecting the fresh-keeping and temperature-controlled areas within the stores, and reducing daily energy consumption.
Surface Mounted Air Curtain vs Recessed Air Curtain
| Item | Surface Mounted Air Curtain | Recessed Air Curtain |
| Installation | wall/ceiling mounting | Built into ceiling, requires professional embedded construction |
| Retrofit Adaptability | Easy retrofit, no damage to original decoration, suitable for old building renovation | More complex retrofit construction, limited adaptability for existing buildings |
| Appearance | Visible unit with neat and streamlined design, matching commercial decoration styles | Hidden installation, integrated with ceiling for a more integrated visual effect |
| Maintenance | Easier access for daily cleaning, inspection and parts replacement | More difficult later maintenance, requiring ceiling disassembly operation |
| Applicable Scenarios | Existing buildings, renovation projects, commercial stores, temporary projects | New construction projects, high-integration decoration scenarios |
How to Select a Surface Mounted Air Curtain?
Unlike the selection criteria for ordinary air curtains, the selection of surface mounted air curtains focuses more on the adaptability of surface installation and the compatibility with commercial scenarios. The core selection factors are as follows:
Door Width
The air curtain length should match or cover the doorway width to ensure that there are no blind spots in the air flow barrier. For irregular or wider commercial door openings, a split-type or custom long-sized surface mounted air curtain should be selected to ensure the overall airtight isolation effect.
Installation Height
Match the air flow performance according to the actual wall/ceiling installation height. Low door openings (2-3 meters) use the conventional air flow mode, while higher commercial entrances require the high static pressure enhanced mode to ensure that the air flow reaches the ground stably.
Airflow Capacity
Select airflow performance according to doorway size, installation height and environmental conditions. Higher traffic entrances or larger openings require stronger air circulation capabilities to resist natural convection and ensure the continuity and stability of the airtight layer, avoiding the failure of the air curtain due to insufficient wind speed.
Indoor and Outdoor Environmental Conditions
You need to consider the actual environmental factors of the project, including indoor and outdoor temperature differences, outdoor wind pressure, and the frequency of door passage. The temperature difference is large and the wind pressure is strong, you need to choose the high velocity air curtain air curtain to stabilize the energy saving effect.
Noise Requirements
Noise control is an important requirement in commercial settings. In offices, hotels, high-end restaurants, and shopping centers, you can prioritize the use of silent air curtain to avoid equipment operation noise that affects customer experience and the office environment.
Control Options
You need to select the appropriate control mode based on your usage needs, including flexible remote control, automatic door opening linkage, and human sensor. The intelligent control system can achieve automatic start and stop, which can reduces manual operations and further saving energy.
Surface Mounted Air Curtain Installation Guide
The main core advantage of surface mounted air curtain lies in its simple and efficient installation, which significantly simplifies installation and helps reduce installation complexity. The standard installation steps are as follows:
Step 1: Confirm the installation location
Determine the optimal installation position above the door, reserve reasonable installation and cooling space, ensure the equipment is placed horizontally, and avoid air flow deviation due to inclination.
Step 2: Fix the installation bracket
Based on the equipment size and the structure of the wall or ceiling, firmly fix the dedicated installation bracket on the surface of the installation base to ensure a stable load-bearing capacity during long-term operation and prevent loosening.
Step 3: Install the air curtain
Install the surface mounted air curtain horizontally above the commercial entrance, calibrate the horizontal position, and fix the equipment to the bracket to ensure a secure and reliable installation.
Step 4: Connect the power supply
Follow the electrical safety regulations and equipment wiring requirements to complete the line connection, take good waterproof and insulation protection measures, and ensure stable and safe power supply.
Step 5: Adjust the air flow direction
According to the height of the door opening and the on-site environmental conditions, adjust the air flow angle. Make the air flow vertically cover the entire door opening to form a complete air isolation barrier.
Step 6: Test the air curtain
Start the equipment for a test run, check the air flow coverage range, uniformity of wind speed, and operating noise level. Eliminate abnormal situations, and ensure the equipment operates stably.
Yes. It is very suitable for existing doors and renovation projects. The surface-mounted air curtain can be directly installed on the wall or ceiling, without damaging the original architectural decoration. No large holes need to be drilled or the door structure modified. It is an ideal solution for improving the ventilation and wind resistance performance of the entrance doors of old commercial buildings, stores, and office buildings.
The standard recommended installation height for conventional surface mounted air curtains is two to three meters above the ground, suitable for most commercial stores, restaurants and office entrances. For high doorways exceeding 3 meters, high static pressure enhanced surface-mounted air curtains are required. These models can provide the stronger and more concentrated airflow to ensure stable isolation performance.
A single standard surface mounted air curtain can cover the width of a regular commercial foyer. For extremely wide entrances such as the main entrance of a shopping mall and the entrance of a supermarket, a single device cannot achieve full coverage. In such cases, multiple air curtain units can be installed in parallel, or a custom long-sized surface-mounted air curtain can be used to form a continuous and complete airtight barrier, covering the entire wide entrance.
Yes. The surface mounted air curtain is very compatible with various commercial automatic doors, including automatic doors, swing doors, and revolving doors. This device supports matching with door opening control systems, enabling automatic startup when the door opens and automatic shutdown when the door closes. This intelligent coordination can optimize energy-saving effects and maintain the stability of the air environment at the entrance.
It forms a continuous, high-density and invisible airflow barrier, which can effectively isolate most of the outdoor hot/cold air, dust, insects and odors. Although it cannot achieve 100% absolute air isolation in extremely strong wind conditions, it can significantly reduce air exchange, but actual performance depends on doorway conditions, airflow capacity and environmental factors.
For air curtains that operate for a long time in commercial settings, it is recommended that you perform a basic maintenance every 1 to 3 months. It includes cleaning the intake filter and removing surface dust. A comprehensive professional inspection should be conducted every 6 to 12 months, covering checks on the motor operation status, circuit safety testing, and calibration of the airflow angle.
Surface mounted air curtains include wall-mounted air curtains and ceiling mounted air curtains. The wall-mounted air curtain is a vertical or horizontal device installed on the side wall of the door. In summary, all wall-mounted air curtains belong to surface-mounted air curtains.
Aosun offers a variety of practical accessories, including fixed installation brackets, remote controllers, automatic door opening and closing sensors, external control panels, and custom voltage conversion modules. For large-scale commercial projects, custom identification panels, special packaging components, and waterproof protection accessories can also be provided to adapt to different usage environments and intelligent control requirements.
If the length of the surface-mounted air curtain is too short or the air flow performance is insufficient to cover the door opening, a significant air flow blind zone will be formed, resulting in the wind barrier not being able to fully cover the area. The outdoor hot, cold air, dust and wind will penetrate into the uncovered areas, causing temperature unevenness, increasing air conditioning energy consumption, and reducing indoor comfort.
Yes. Surface mounted air curtains are suitable for both indoor commercial entrances and semi-outdoor doorways. They effectively block outdoor air, wind and dust while stabilizing indoor temperature, making them versatile for all kinds of commercial building entrance applications.
