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SMACNA Highlight: Drop Boxes

Posted by Price Industries on October 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
6-Way Drop Box Diffuser with High-Capacity Drum Louvers

Designed to Simplify Your Install

Price Industries is proud to be a Gold Associate Member of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA). In our SMACNA Highlights blog series, we’ll be featuring news, tips and tricks tailored to the skilled contractors who install, coordinate and deliver HVAC systems across North America.

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Topics: GRD, Diffusers, HVAC, Contractors

What Is a Filter Frame Grille?

Posted by Ryan Compton on September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Price Filter Frame Grille

Expertly Designed With Simplicity in Mind

Filter frame grilles are an elegant solution for providing filtration on the return-air side of your air distribution system. Return grilles supplied with a filter frame make it easy to access filter media from the room side using face-operable latches.

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Topics: GRD, Grilles, HVAC Fundamentals, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Filtration

What Is a Drop Box?

Posted by Ryan Compton on March 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Price’s Drop Box with High-Capacity Drum Louvers with four-way airflow pattern

A Simple Approach to Air Distribution for Large Spaces

In the world of air distribution, a drop box is a plenum with multiple air outlets that is connected directly to an air handling unit (AHU) by a short run of ductwork. A drop box can be an effective way to deliver a substantial volume of conditioned air to large, enclosed spaces.

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Topics: GRD, HVAC Fundamentals, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering

How to Improve the Efficiency of Hydronic Reheat Systems

Posted by Mark Mahon on February 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hydronic reheat system in a school

Strategies to Save Energy and Reduce Costs

In the HVAC industry, we’re seeing the trend toward decarbonization and electrification affect the built environment more and more every year. It is therefore critical to improve HVAC system performance through better design, selection and control.

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Topics: GRD, Diffusers, Pressure Drop, Terminals, HVAC Fundamentals, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering

How Does Air Move Through a Room?

Posted by Ryan Johnson on January 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Flow Visualization Room at Price Research Center North

Determining the Right Amount of Airflow for a Space

At Price, we pride ourselves on being industry leaders in room air distribution. Our manufactured products are designed around a common goal: to keep the room air clean, dry and comfortable. This is often accomplished by blowing a jet of conditioned, fresh air through a grille, register or diffuser (GRD) throughout a room to properly ventilate it.

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Topics: GRD, Diffusers, Grilles, Displacement, Underfloor, Thermal Comfort, HVAC Fundamentals, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Tech Tip

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