Month: July 2010

Saving Energy Workshops – Low Cost High Value Solutions

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EXAIR is now involved with the Saving with Energy conservation workshop instructed by Thomas Mort. Thomas has led energy training workshops worldwide, developed an international energy consulting company and is a Certified Energy Manager since 1997. We are pleased to have our products recognized as energy savers as by Mr. Mort.

This workshop focuses on practical projects with an average less than one year return on investment. Attending a workshop in your area is FREE and will enable you to set up systems and processes to improve energy performance, efficiency and intensity.

IF you attend the workshop you will learn how to prepare for compliance with the ISO 5001 Energy Management Standard. The workshop teaches the necessary tools for effective measurement and monitoring of energy use and helps to find hidden waste. You will also know how to carry out an Energy Management System based on the PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT continual improvement framework.

And best of all this workshop provides hands on training combined with tools, real life demos, and active participation which results in a high level learning environment.

Registration is required 10 days before the next event. Register online at www.savingwithenergy.com or by email to tcmort@savingwithenergy.com  and also see the upcoming events. The next workshop is in the greater Philadelphia area, being held in Mount Laurel, NJ July 22-23.  For more information call 210-858-8454.

Kirk Edwards
Application Engineer
kirkedwards@exair.com

You won’t get stuck with EXAIR

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In one of my earlier blogs, I mentioned working on the brakes of my pickup.  Well, I guess my other car was listening and felt like it had to get in on the act as well.  On the way home from work the other day, my brakes started making a horrendous grinding noise.  You know the one.  The kind you hear when someone neglects to check their brakes and lets it get to the point of metal on metal.  It makes me wince every time I hear it, especially if it’s on my car.  But here’s the thing: I had checked my brakes not too long ago and they were good.  And the noise didn’t start gradually, but all at once.  When I got home and pulled off the caliper I found my pads looked very much like this…

 Not worn down to a nub, but GONE on one side.  My first thought was a sticking caliper, but a quick checked proved it was working properly.  The only remaining possible explanation was that the pad itself had failed, coming completely delaminated.  While the pads were technically out of warranty, the manager of the parts store was willing to work with me.  He gave me a new set of pads at cost and faced the rotor for $11.  I knew it wasn’t the parts store manager’s fault, but I left the store feeling like the pad manufacturer should have replaced everything for free.  Never-the-less getting my car back on the road for $36 seemed like the prudent thing to do at the time, so I just let it go.

How about you?  Have you ever been in a situation where someone else’s problem became not only your problem to fix, but to pay for?  And it was more hassle to try to get your money back than just let it go?  I think we’ve all been there in one way or another.  But you won’t find yourself in that boat with EXAIR. 

EXAIR gives you 30 days to try our products out.  So if it doesn’t work out for your purpose, you’re not stuck with it.  Say you’ve got a project that got cancelled and you no longer need that air knife?  Give us a call within 30 days of the order and we’ll issue you a full refund.  Maybe you’re researching a project using a vortex tube and you’re about 28 days into your 30 day free trial and you need another week for testing?  No problem, give us a call and we can work it out. Beyond the 30 day trial, our compressed air products are covered under our “Built to Last” 5 year warranty.

Until then, I’m going to be patiently awaiting for the brakes on my wife’s van to go out next…

Dan Preston
Design Engineer
DanPreston@exair.com

Is Your Compressed Air Blowoff As Flexible As Your Production Line?

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                On numerous occasions I have encountered applications where a customer runs several different parts or products through the same line or process and they need to be blown off before entering a certain stage.   This will sometimes not be achieved efficiently with using just a manifold or a system that is designed to blow off one part.  Sometimes it can work through just turning up and wasting compressed air just to blowoff that different part that the line was not originally designed for.    

                Rather than crank up your compressed air or have to make a new mount/ manifold every time there is a line change, install some of our Stay Set Hoses and or Swivel fittings. 

 

                The Stay Set Hoses can be bent and formed to reach almost any angle of a part that is coming through your blowoff stage.   The Stay Set Hoses are available in ¼” MNPT fittings, 1/8” MNPT fittings, or a combination of both, along with a variety of lengths.  You can mount anything from a Nano Super Air Nozzle all the way up to a Super Air Amplifier or even a Super Air Knife.   These would make adjusting your blowoff process much simpler when doing a line change. All you have to do is grab the hose with your hands and reposition to the correct location for the new product run.  If you don’t need that much adaptability, say you just need to refocus the nozzles every once in a while for a size change, check out our Swivel Fittings.  The application below is used on a line where the product sizes and features change frequently.

                The Swivel Fittings are offered in a variety of sizes and allow movement of 25 degrees.  They are also constructed of 303 Stainless Steel.  

                All in all, if you struggle with line changes and your rigid mount blowoff process playing nice together, it may be time to consider our Stay Set Hoses and/or Swivel Fittings.  

 Have a good 4th of July to all of our followers in the US, and a great weekend to to everyone. 

Brian Farno

Application Engineer

BrianFarno@EXAIR.com