Why this kitchen canopie earns its place
Extraction is one of those jobs where "bespoke" usually means a long lead time and a bigger invoice. Lincat built SmartVent to shortcut that: a self-contained canopy with its own fan already fitted, so you get proper mechanical extraction over a full run of equipment without commissioning a one-off ductwork design from scratch.
At 2000mm wide, this unit is sized for a serious line-up of cooking equipment, not a single appliance — think a full suite of ranges, fryers or combi ovens sitting under one canopy. It's built entirely in stainless steel, so it fits straight into a commercial kitchen's cleaning and hygiene routine without a mismatched finish standing out, and stands up to the grease and heat that extraction canopies are built to handle day in, day out. At 740mm high and 1200mm deep, it's proportioned to sit over standard equipment runs and gather rising heat, steam and grease effectively before it spreads through the kitchen. Gross weight is 101kg, so this is a job for a proper installation team rather than a DIY fit — worth briefing your fitter with those dimensions in advance.
Because the fan is integral to the unit, there's no separate motor to source, size and wire in as a second project — it's one canopy, one install, one thing to commission. That's the "cost effective alternative to a fully bespoke ventilation system" Lincat describe it as: you still get mechanical extraction, just without the design-and-build overhead of a made-to-measure system.
