GEA provides HVAC Product Development services in light commercial and large unitary, residential and air handling and chiller design and development. Our HVAC product development consulting includes heat transfer, air flow, compressor, controls, refrigerants and lubricants expertise as well as the manufacturing skills to provide the right equipment and processes.
We provide expertise in:
New Markets, Technologies & Competitive Analyses
Before starting a development project, you need to evaluate the viability of the technology, current market conditions, and competitors to fully understand the market potential of the new product. GEA's experts can perform market and customer studies for most types of HVAC technologies and markets around the world. Learn more about GEA's Customers and Markets services.
HVAC Product Development
GEA staff consists of product design engineers who are experts at developing or modifying a full range of air conditioning products and systems. The combination of GEA experts and your team members allows shorter development cycles and lower development costs. Use experienced GEA consultants for the areas of expertise you may not have available on your in-house team or are unavailable in the short time frame you seek.
In many cases you can use an existing product family to act as a technology platform for the application of new technologies to meet new needs. See our Product Improvement Services for more.
Product, Assembly & Component Selection 
Getting optimum performance, cost and reliability from your product requires correct selection and sizing of each individual component and assembly to match the performance capabilities of other components. This provides max performance at minimum cost and high value products for your customers. Our HVAC technologies consultants will provide rapid and effective selection of components and assemblies to achieve short development cycles and low costs.
Design for Manufacturability and Quality
To successfully achieve cost, reliability and quality goals manufacturing processes need to be selected as part of the design process. Lean© and Flow© Manufacturing technologies are included in GEA expertise. Learn more about GEA's Manufacturing Process Improvement services.
Product, Assembly & Component Selection
Getting optimum performance and cost from your product requires correct selection and sizing of each individual component and assembly to match the performance capabilities of other components. This provides max performance at minimum cost and high value products for your customers. Our HVAC technology experts will provide rapid and effective selection of components and assemblies to achieve short development cycles and low costs.
Project Management
GEA can design and implement Project Plans, create project teams and define roles, establish project schedule with critical path analysis, track and maintain objectives, schedules, and budgets, report and communicate updated status on periodic basis and promote teamwork and focus on objectives and milestones.
Chemistry & Materials Selection
Good products begin with careful selection of the right materials of construction and substances used in the manufacturing process. GEA staff includes a metallurgist and a chemist. Learn more about GEA's Chemistry and Materials services.
Refrigerants and Lubricants
GEA expertise in refrigerants and lubricants is among the best in the industry. We can help you select the right refrigerant for your products, and help you redesign your products for optimum performance and cost. New components and materials will be selected to be compatible with new refrigerant - lubricant combinations.
Key personnel
Byron Hamm
Forty years with Trane specializing in aerodynamic and mechanical design of turbomachinery. Developed and evaluated real gas aerodynamic codes for application to centrifugal compressors, both R-123 and 134a. Former project leader for laboratory evaluation of alternative refrigerants in centrifugal chillers.