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If
you are not logged in, when you click on the "click" button, you will
be asked to log in. Input your Username and Password. If you are a first
time user, you can register at this time.
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After
logging in, you will be taken one of two screens, where you can configure a unit
with up to six (6) tube bundles. Each bundle can be designed for Water/Ethylene
Glycol, Natural Gas, Air, or Lube Oil. If this is an RFQ for a duplicate unit,
you will see a screen such as the one to the right.
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If this is an RFQ for a new unit where you must send
the design conditions to the air cooler manufacturers, you will see a "number
of conditions" selection next to each section Such as the following image:
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You may input up to six separate conditions for each tube
bundle. Click on the blue "Next" button at screen. to move to the next
screen.
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You will be taken to a screen titled "Create Request
for Quote" for either a duplicate unit, or based on design conditions.
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Here
you enter all the necessary data an air cooler manufacturer needs to provide you
a price and delivery for a duplicate unit to one you have already purchased.
From the specification sheet you received when the original unit was purchased,
read the model number and manufacturer from the sheet and enter it into the form.
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Next, you will enter a "target price" for the
purchase. Since duplicate or "stock" units are the cheapest units
for an air cooler manufacturer to build, you will want to put a target price that
is of the range of 12% less than the original was purchased, provided that purchase
was within the last 12 months. This gives new vendors a target in win your business
as well as the existing vendor a target to sharpen their pencil, realizing they
don't have any engineering to do, as well as reduced sales commissions.
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Next,
if it is a duplicate unit, you will enter the number of tubes, number of rows, number
of passes, tube O.D., tube BWG, and extended surface for each tube bundles.
All these data points can be found on the specification sheet that was provided
with the original unit.
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If you are requesting a quote for a unit, based on design
conditions that the air cooler manufacturer will "rate", you will enter
all the necessary data in a form similar to the following:
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Finally, it is time to select the tube bundle specifications.
This data includes all the necessary data, such as nozzle sizes, design pressures,
and accessories, the air cooler manufacturer needs to finish the quote.
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Again,
all this data is included on the specification sheet from the original unit and
includes the data as shown in the image to the right. Upon completion, of
the request for quote, the document will be automatically assigned a unique reference
number and stored in your own private, secure file.
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