Daikin Applied Americas (formerly McQuay International) is a corporation that designs, manufacturers and sells

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(HVAC) products, systems, parts and services for commercial buildings. Since 2006, McQuay has been a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd. McQuay world headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota,

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. Products are sold by a global network of sales representatives and distributors.

History

Formerly McQuay Radiator, McQuay was incorporated in 1933 with manufacturing and headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Initial success was built on the first classroom unit ventilator and the first hermetic compressor for air conditioning use. McQuay's President, from 1933 until his death in June of 1957, was Roy Jay Resch, originally of Cleveland, Ohio. During 1941 to 1945, McQuay manufacturing facilities were converted to support the U.S. war effort. McQuay designed and manufactured self-sealing fuel tanks and extended bomb release shackles for the Doolittle Tokyo Raider's B-25s. In the later 1940s and 1950s, McQuay products and sales grew as the demand for commercial air conditioning increased. The U.S. manufacturing facilities were expanded to meet this demand. McQuay quickly became the world's largest supplier of heat transfer coils. McQuay became a multi-national corporation during the 1960s by beginning overseas sales and licensing operations in Canada, England, Scotland, and Australia. In 1965, McQuay established a new division in Italy near Anzio, McQuay Europa, to manufacture 50 Hz equipment. A McQuay subsidiary, American Automatic Ice Machine Company, was a leader in that field. Their ice product was known as "Crystal Tips". Through mergers and acquisition in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the McQuay product line grew to include more types of commercial HVAC and large capacity equipment, as air conditioning became viewed more as a requirement than a luxury in buildings of all types. In 1984 it was acquired by Snyder General in what was a hostile takeover. Much of the companies assets were sold off. In 1992 McQuay, received the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of McQuay being the first to design and manufacture chillers with HFC-134a, a refrigerant with no ozone depletion potential. In 2006, McQuay was acquired by Daikin Industries, a global manufacturer of both commercial and residential air conditioning equipment based in Osaka, Japan. Daikin had annual sales of $13 billion in 2009. Daikin was named one of the 100 most sustainable corporations for three years in a row by Corporate Knights, Inc., from 2007 through 2009. In 2010, McQuay acquired HydroKool LLC of Phoenix, Arizona, a designer and manufacturer of pre-packaged, pre-engineered custom HVAC solutions. In 2010, the Daikin and McQuay Applied Development Center was certified as LEED Gold.Daikin McQuay Research Center Earns LEED Gold Certification
/ref> In late 2013, Daikin dropped the McQuay name, ending 80 years of business for the name.

McQuay Technological Innovations

*1932 - Hermetic Compressor *1951 – Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner (PTAC) *1962 - Packaged R-12 Positive Pressure Centrifugal Compressor Chiller *1971 - Dual Centrifugal Compressor Chiller *1988 - Chillers using HFC Refrigerants *1990 - Open Protocol™ Feature as a link Between Unit Controller and

Building Automation System Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control of a building's HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, lighting, ...

using open standard protocols *1994 - Large Tonnage Single Screw Compressor Chiller *1994 - Entire Line of

Centrifugal Compressor Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery. They achieve pressure rise by adding energy to the continuous flow of fluid through th ...

Chillers Using HFC Refrigerants *1995 - Custom Modular Commercial

Air Handler An air handler, or air handling unit (often abbreviated to AHU), is a device used to regulate and circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. An air handler is usually a large metal box containing a blowe ...

*2002 - First Commercial Water Source Heat Pump Using R-410A *2003 - Largest and Quietest Air-cooled Screw Compressor Chiller *2004 - Frictionless

Magnetic Bearing A magnetic bearing is a type of bearing that supports a load using magnetic levitation. Magnetic bearings support moving parts without physical contact. For instance, they are able to levitate a rotating shaft and permit relative motion with v ...

Centrifugal compressor Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery. They achieve pressure rise by adding energy to the continuous flow of fluid through th ...

Chiller

Products

Air handler An air handler, or air handling unit (often abbreviated to AHU), is a device used to regulate and circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. An air handler is usually a large metal box containing a blowe ...

s * Packaged rooftop systems including makeup air systems *

Chiller A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid coolant via a vapor-compression, adsorption refrigeration, or absorption refrigeration cycles. This liquid can then be circulated through a heat exchanger to cool equipment, or another pro ...

s * Coils * Condensing units and condensers * Fan coils *Modular central chiller plants * Packaged terminal air conditioners *Self Contained systems * Unit ventilators * Water source heat pumps, including geothermal systems *Aftermarket products and parts *Maintenance, repair and upgrade services *Sustainability *

Indoor air quality Indoor air quality (IAQ) is the air quality within and around buildings and structures. IAQ is known to affect the health, comfort, and well-being of building occupants. Poor indoor air quality has been linked to sick building syndrome, reduce ...

References

External links

Daikin Industries WebsiteDaikin AC (Americas) WebsiteAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), HVAC industry websiteAir Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), website of the trade association for commercial HVAC manufacturersLonMark International, website for the membership organization for LonWorks® protocolBACnet International, website for the membership organization for BACnet® protocolU.S. Green Building Council websiteMcQuay Parts Distributor website
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