Month: November 2012

Gifts and Free Stuff

Published on by Russ BowmanLeave a comment

According to the department stores, TV commercials, and at least one radio station here in Cincinnati (who started playing ‘Sounds-Of-The-Season’ music a couple of weeks ago), the holiday season is upon us, and we better get full-on into Gift Mode. It’s not my intent, nor my place, to discuss the spiritual, cultural, or financial aspects or reasoning behind these campaigns…it’s just serving to make me wonder what my wife wants for Christmas; that’s all. I’ve resolved (again) to not wait until the last minute to begin my shopping. I’d wish myself luck with that, but I’ve seen this show before…

You’d think the availability of internet shopping would ease the burden, but I already get lost in the mall…unless I know exactly what I’m looking for, I’ll hunt endlessly for the “next better idea” and lose track of every previous “perfectly acceptable” one.

It’s not exactly a gift related to the season – EXAIR always has a promotion of some sort going on – but, if you’re interested in some pretty darn useful Free Stuff, we’re currently offering a free Safety Air Gun with the purchase of a Super Air Knife.  In fact, even if you don’t need a Super Air Knife, the Soft Grip Safety Air Gun is an affordable, effective, quiet, and safe solution to your hand-held blow off/cleaning/cooling/drying applications.

I’ll close with a word of warning: there may be situations where this could be considered an appropriate gift for your wife. If you are 100% certain that this is true, I won’t stop you. If you have any doubt whatsoever, though, don’t even try it. Same goes for cookware, vacuum cleaners, etc…I hope I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. But, if you do go that route, leave my name out of it. I’ve got enough on my plate right now anyway.

Russ Bowman
Application Engineer
EXAIR Corporation
(513)671-3322 local
(800)923-9247 toll free
(513)671-3363 fax
Web: http://www.exair.com
Blog: http://blog.exair.com/
Twitter: twitter.com/exair_rb
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Password Protection

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Recently I got my twitter account hacked as did thousands of others. The solution was just to change my password but I got to thinking, there has to be a better way. On my home computer I have a password generating program that will generate random number, letter, and symbol sequences and stores them in an encrypted file. For even more protection I store this file on a flash drive not my computer.

This works for home use because the program is loaded on the machine I am working with. Policy restrictions at work though, prevent loading personal programs and rightfully so. So what is my alternative to generating a random code that I can remember? I pick a phrase that I can remember and use the first letter of each word. For example:

This Is My Password for Facebook = TIMPF

This in itself is not very strong so I add some characters using the Alt key and number pad. Holding down the alt key and pressing the number 1 you get a☺. For the number 2 you get ☻and etc. So now  I pick a number sequence I can remember like the year I was born , 1948 which translates into ☺○♦◘. Now interlace the two, T☺I○M♦P◘F. Here is a website where you can test the strength of your password http://www.passwordmeter.com/

EXAIR goes through painstaking measures to protect your information.

  • When you register on our website your password is not retrievable except by you and only to the mailbox you originally signed in.
  • Credit card information is destroyed and not available to employees.
  • EXAIR absolutely does not share your information with anyone else. So you need not worry about getting on some junk mail lists.

EXAIR is about serving the needs of its customers. Cyber security is just one of a list of many.

I am an application engineer and would truly appreciate assisting you with your application.

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

If Money Weren’t An Issue.

Published on by Brian FarnoLeave a comment

For every year I grow older I find it harder and harder to open my wallet for certain things.  I guess some would say “cheap” where I believe I have just learned from experience the things that I prefer to keep my money for.  However, if money weren’t an issue there is plenty I would love to indulge in.  For instance, a garage with enough “toys” to keep myself and any number of friends race needs met, or a driveway like the video below.

At this current point in my life, I won’t have to worry about the upkeep on either of those.  However, there is one thing I do have to worry about and that is the upkeep and cost of compressed air.   While some operators believe compressed air is free or that a single blowgun with no engineered solution really doesn’t cost that much, they are sadly mistaken.  It is because of this that EXAIR offers the most efficient way to use your compressed air in many point of use applications.

Take the real life example below.

It boils down to this:

Less Compressed Air Usage = Lower Operating Costs = More Profit = Race Track in Front Yard.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

Buna ziua. Hallo. Hello.

Published on by Lee EvansLeave a comment

I had a chance to use my Machinery Handbook again this week when looking up corresponding numbers for the steel we use in our hardware.  Such a cool book!

I was looking these numbers up for our distributor in Germany, who employs a gentlman from Romania,  and after the email conversation ended another conversation began.  But, this time instead of English, our distributor wrote a little Romanian, which I mistook for some type of antiquated Spanish.  We sorted it out with a few laughs, and it felt good to build the rapport.

Recently I’ve started taking Spanish lessons in the hopes of better understanding and communicating with a growing user group of EXAIR products.  In time, perhaps I might even write a blog de Español!

For now, we´re still going strong in our native tongue, analyzing applications and helping integrate EXAIR products into current designs.  If you have an application need, an Application Engineer is here to help.

Lee Evans
Application Engineer
leeevans@exair.com
@EXAIR_LE