20120020778 | DIAGONAL FAN - A diagonal fan for gaseous media has a diagonal impeller with a plurality of vanes, which are fastened on a carrier plate, and a guide device, adjoining the diagonal impeller in the axial direction on the outflow side, for increasing the pressure of the medium, with a plurality of guide vanes. The vanes of the diagonal impeller and/or the guide vanes of the guide device are three-dimensionally twisted. By means of an intake unit, the gaseous medium can be directed into the diagonal impeller. The intake unit and/or an exhaust unit, by means of which the gaseous medium can be directed out of the guide device, is, or are, provided as an exchangeable module and can be fastened on the diagonal fan by means of a fastening element. | 01-26-2012 |