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PROTERRA® Systems' Tunnel Doors Provide Better Air Mixing

ANDERSON, Missouri, U.S.A. — PROTERRA® has recently introduced new Tunnel Doors that offer poultry producers improved in-house air mixing and potential energy savings for tunnel ventilation systems. The innovative tunnel doors produce a cyclone-shaped air movement that generates desirable airflow at bird level throughout the poultry house.

The unique air movement helps to eliminate dead-air zones at the side- and end-walls typically found in curtain sidewall or double-door houses.  The tunnel doors direct cold air upward, away from birds until it has mixed with house air which then swirls down and into the center of the house for outstanding air mixing.  

ProTerra Systems’ Tunnel Doors are constructed of thick extruded foam insulation sandwiched between thick, pebbled fiberglass-reinforced plastic, providing greater rigidity and dent resistance.  The durable construction along with the wall-mounted seal allows a tighter seal when door is closed.  The new tunnel door insulates approximately eight times better than a curtain during winter, helping to provide energy savings for poultry producers.  

PROTERRA Systems fans are available from Agile Mfg., Inc., a subsidiary of CTB, Inc., and are part of Agile’s line of brand name products for the poultry industry, which includes ROXELL® feeding and drinking systems; SHENANDOAH® nests, incinerators and heating systems, PROTERRA® Systems ventilation equipment, and AGRO LOGIC™ Controls.

With Agile’s trusted brands, the poultry grower can feel confident of getting equipment that is well known for its quality and performance.  The Web site for these products is www.agilemfg.com.