Many people think heaters aren’t really a necessity in a place like Texas, but employees of Austin Jet International in Horseshoe Bay, located in central Texas, who work in a maintenance hangar facility would beg to differ. Thanks to four recently installed, gas-fired, infrared tube heaters from Space-Ray (Charlotte, NC), these employees are now in an improved work environment which has led to increased productivity and safety of the company’s maintenance operation, and all for a minimal cost of $7.50/hour.
“You can imagine how cold it gets in a 140- by 85-ft, uninsulated metal hangar used to work on helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft,” Lucy said. “Instead of only using the heaters when the temperatures dip down into the teens and 20s as anticipated, we have found them to be very useful in the mornings when the temperatures are in the 40s. It only takes about 20 minutes to take the chill off since the units heat objects, not the air.”