Month: November 2010

After Thanksgiving Thoughts

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Thanksgiving is the time of the year we travel to join our families and extended families. This year I spent it with my sister on her farm in northern Ohio. My room was on the eastern side so the morning sun woke me up. The view was a panoramic hue of yellow and orange just over the horizon blending into a blue bird sky. I got up, brewed a cup of coffee and went out onto the back porch.

Being a city dweller, the silence was awesome and put me into a pensive mood. My thoughts began to center around the meaning of Thanksgiving. Foremost I was thankful for safely making the trip. I saw the aftermath of an accident that certainly sent the occupants the hospital. I felt for them and their families and thankful that I could be with mine in celebration.

Then I thought of all those out of work and thankful that I had a job, and a good one at that. I am thankful that our owner/founder took the risks and endured the sacrifices to start the company EXAIR and captain it to the success it has been. It is humbling to reap the bounty of the harvest and not having had to endure hardships of starting a new company.

I am thankful I live in a country whose greatness is built on entrepreneurship and hard work. It bothers me when I hear activists disparage our businesses. I can only say ” Don’t complain with your mouth full and don’t bite the hand that feeds you!” Unless you want to go back to being hunter gatherers, my quality of life and yours hinges on the success of our businesses.

So what were you thankful for this year?

Joe Panfalone
Application Engineer

Phone (513) 671-3322
Fax   (513) 671-3363
Web: www.exair.com 
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An Attitude of Gratitude

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Beyond the turkey and stuffing, Thanksgiving is certainly a calendar date reminding us to try to be thankful. But shouldn’t we try to practice this as much as possible all the time? An attitude of gratitude is a powerful thing, and not something I have always had or can always keep up. So it is helpful to also have the calendar date as a reminder.

“If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get”.  ~Frank A. Clark

“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness.  It will change your life mightily”.  ~Gerald Good

My boys and I spent Monday evening at their Boy Scout pack meeting. This months events were centered around giving thanks to our military. The boys packed up care packages for the troops overseas with gum, snacks and candy. But along with the “goods” they also wrote a letter to the recipients. My seven-year old, who can’t spell every word he can speak asked me for some help to say…”Dear Soldier, Thank you for keeping me safe and letting me have fun while you are fighting hard. I hope you enjoy the candy. Merry Christmas”. He was just giving his gratitude away – and guess what, it made him feel good. Gratitude is one of those things you have to give away to get more.

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all”.  ~William Faulkner

“There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude.  It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance”.  ~Joseph Addison

EXAIR’s employees would like to thank Roy Sweeney, who began EXAIR in 1983 and has given many folks an opportunity.

We also want to express our gratitude to all of our distributors throughout the world, we know you are working hard for us.

And to you, our customers – thanks for giving us something to do and problems to solve, we appreciate you counting on us.

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude”.  ~Cynthia Ozick

“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them”.  ~Chinese Proverb

Kirk Edwards
Application Engineer
kirkedwards@exair.com

They Don’t Lie, They Market

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I find ads and commercials fascinating. Not for the products that they are hawking, but their style of pushing the envelope of truth. For example “De Soto has the largest trunk in the industry.” The fervor in which they make the claim leads you to think it is significantly larger when in fact it is only a cubic inch or less bigger! They are not lying, it’s just marketing.

The latest marketing fad by the food industry is sea salt. You will find potato chips to soups labeled “made with sea salt” as though it were better for you than ordinary salt. The fact is there is no difference between the two except the source they come from. If you are truly concerned by your sodium intake, the next time you are at the grocers, check the labels on the box of regular salt and a box of sea salt. You will find they have the same sodium content.

In EXAIR’s pneumatics industry its sad to say there are some unsavory claims made, mostly from copycat suppliers who really do not have a working knowledge of pneumatic principles. I think from the customer’s standpoint, it is important to deal with a forthright company. When one is trying to solve a production problem, you are vulnerable to the suggestions and guidance of the company that you are working with. You would not do business with the devil, so why would you entertain relations with a knock off company whose only schtick is the price?

I am proud to work for a company that publishes only measured and verifiable sound and air consumption specifications. Our application engineers, like me,  are not commissioned so their focus is on specifying the right product that will solve your problem. If something will not work I will tell you so. I’ll also direct you to where you may find an alternative solution.

All of us are easily accessible by phone 513-671-3322, e-mail techelp@exair.com, or online chat http://www.exair.com 

Joe Panfalone
Application Engineer

Phone (513) 671-3322
Fax   (513) 671-3363
Web: www.exair.com 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/exair_jp
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/exair

Optimize Compressed Air: Part 6 of 6.

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If you didn’t read yesterdays blog you should really take a minute to visit it. It is even more proof that EXAIR is always on the leading edge in our industry. It also speaks about our goal to help you optimize your compressed air system. This is all done through our Six Steps To Optimizing Your Compressed Air System. For those that have followed my blog mini series you will know that this is the final part in our journey to optimization. This blog will give you the last piece of the puzzle.

The final digit in the combination to unlocking compressed air optimization is…

Control the air pressure at the point of use to minimize air consumption.

This is done by simply installing one of our pressure regulators. They are available in multiple pipe sizes and flow capacities. The simple reduction from operating at 100 PSIG to 80 PSIG will reduce your energy use by almost 20%. Not to mention that some of your operations may be able to be reduced even lower which equates to even more savings.

For those that don’t know the movie Young Guns like I do, the group of deputized marshals were also known as the Regulators.  The trailer for Young Guns is below, just for fun.

Not only are all of our pressure regulators standard stock items for us (this means they can ship same day if ordered by 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time), we also have 2D and 3D CAD drawings available through our CAD Library. This allows you to completely layout your compressed air system without ever cutting a pipe.

This is yet another way EXAIR is helping to make your path to compressed air optimization as painless as possible.

As always if you would like to discuss your application or have questions on how we can help you with your compressed air system, feel free to contact us.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
Twitter: EXAIR_BF