Month: April 2013

Beer Producer Removes Water off Tops of Beer Cans

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This week, the application is a fairly simple one. A customer of ours who produces beer in large quantity format was using pipe with drilled holed to affect a water blow-off to keep it from settling in the tops of the cans which can affect packaging later on in the process.

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The customer switched their pipe for the Standard Air Knife. It was located after final rinse in the Pasteurizer. They were able to reduce air usage and noise as well as increase effectiveness of the blow-off application.

Do you bottle canned drinks, bottled water, beer or wine?  Perhaps you are a small, craft brewery?  If so, if you have similar problems, EXAIR has the solution with our engineered Air Knife products.

Neal Raker, Application Engineer
nealraker@exair.com

Is the Internet Great or What!

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Being older than dirt, I have seen the evolution of technology in our everyday personal and work lives. Looking back, it is awesome how far we have progressed and how integrated to the internet we have become.

I just finished sending a print to a customer which was a simple matter of downloading it from our website and forwarding to the customer’s email. In years past I would have had to walk down to print room, decide which drawer to look in first, A size, B size, or C size prints. When the desired print was located it had to be taken over to the blueprint machine to make a paper copy and the original re-filed. After that it was over to the FAX machine to send it off to the customer. What used to take 15-20 minutes now I can accomplish in a minute or so with just a few click of the mouse.

Having an internet connection at home has enabled me to find products that I would not have been able to before. How about a gas pedal for a 1953 Packard, or what is on sale at the grocery store? I detest shopping. So my idea of shopping is an internet connection and a credit card.

The internet certainly has had a positive effect on my life. How about yours? I would like to hear your story.

Joe Panfalone
Application Engineer
Phone (513) 671-3322
Fax (513) 671-3363
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First Track Weekend Down And No Where To Go But Up.

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Well, I managed to stay shiny side up for both days of track riding with MCRA at Putnam Park this past weekend.  Out of the five that went in my group, two crashed, one bad enough that he may need some surgery on his shoulder.  Even though he crashed, he is still chomping at the bit to go to Mid-Ohio at the end of June and ride with us again.  A video of his crash is below.  You can listen to the sound in the clip and hear how fast he is going into Turn 1 off the front straight.   Simply went into the turn too hot and wasn’t able to keep it on the track.

The main downfall to the weekend was my personal performance on my race bike.  I didn’t go near as fast as I had hoped and my lack of preparation definitely showed as I wasn’t able to stay out for a full session of riding because fatigue would set in.  Because of this, I wasn’t able to ride as fast as I would have liked and got passed by more people than I should have.

My lack of preparation for the track day hindered my end result of the weekend, much like not preparing for the heat of summer can hinder your company’s performance and production.  Now is the time to be preparing to keep those electrical enclosures cool, not when they are overheating and causing shut downs.

If you would like help sizing the correct Cabinet Cooler System for your enclosures, give us a call.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com 
@EXAIR_BF

Cool Motor – UPDATE!!!

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In my original blog about using a Super Air Amplifier to cool a motor, we had just completed the initial application review, and made model number recommendations.  The end user, an overseas engineering team in Mumbai, has now received the product through our distributor and installed.  Take a look at the photos below.

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The application is achieving the desired effect.  The end user has noted that they are able to cool  the application as needed within 5-10 minutes of Air Amplifier operation.  As such, the Air Amplifier is cycled on and off, keeping compressed air use to a minimum.

If you have a similar application, don’t hesitate to give us a call.

Lee Evans
Application Engineer
LeeEvans@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_LE