Month: November 2013

‘Tis the Season for Giving

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Traveling in to work this morning, I noticed a lot of cars having had their windshields scraped of frost. It is that time of year again and the stores already have holiday decorations on display. It won’t be long before the gift exchanges start. Speaking of giving, EXAIR is giving away a FREE Soft Grip Safety Air Gun with the purchase of a Super Air Knife.

How Air Knife Works

Air knives are used in industrial applications for drying, removing excess oils and liquids, blow off and cooling. Their unique design draws in ambient air up to 40:1 and adds it to the output air stream achieving more air flow than the compressed air consumed.

They are giving away a safety air gun because they would like you to try something that is more safe, OSHA compliant, and efficient

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Many inexpensive air guns sold through catalogs and industrial supply companies have high air consumption and produce noise levels that violate OSHA requirements. Some may even generate dangerous dead ind pressures that can result in serious or fatal injuries if blocked.

Interested in saving some compressed air and providing a safer workplace, then give a call to our application engineers and they will help you pick out a product that fits your needs. EXAIR has a no risk policy.  They provide a 30 day evaluation on whatever cataloged item you order out. If for any reason within that time you are not satisfied, you can return it for full credit.

Joe Panfalone
Application Engineer
Phone (513) 671-3322
Fax (513) 671-3363
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Comfort In The Workplace

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Earlier this week I was watching a show on cable (which I don’t have at home) called Duck Dynasty.  I’m pretty sure a few of you have probably heard of it or seen it.   This family has made quite a name for themselves and their family business over the past few years.   In this episode Willie, the son who runs the business, replaced everyone’s old desks with all new standing work centers.   The employee reactions ranged from appalled to appreciative.  Completely different reactions when all Willie was trying to do was help the employees be more efficient and more comfortable while they were there.

Here at EXAIR, I have a rather nice work area that is quite comfy.  While it is not a standing desk, nor is it wrapped in camouflage, it’s a great setup for the work that we do here.   It did get me thinking though, what are the benefits to a standing desk?  (I can see one pitfall, no roller chair to have chair races with.)  So I started to read up on a few blogs that I have found and it does sound like a standing desk would be worth trying out.  However, there isn’t a desk company that will let you try something out for 30 days.  That also got me to wondering what the ultimate cubicle / office would look like.  (A few examples below)

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Then that brought me to my next thought, it’s one that we really like to stress.  That is the fact that we honor a 30 day guarantee on all stock products.   This means if you aren’t sure whether we are going to be the right fit for you application.  There is no harm in trying.  We will take the product back and issue you a full return as long as you let us know within 30 days from the date of purchase.   On top of that, if it doesn’t work, we will most definitely try to help you find something that will fit your needs. But here is the secret, our website, our Application Engineers and the amount of information we offer to help make a purchasing decision result in a low frequency of orders coming back; the vast majority of applications are successful!. We are confident you will be pleased with the service, quality and results our products can produce within your facility whether you are trying to decrease energy use, increase employee comfort or improve efficiency.

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Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

Hasta Luego!

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As the users of our products have come to know, we support our product globally.  This means that if an end user (say in the Ukraine) has a technical question, they can contact an EXAIR Application Engineer directly.  And, we also provide support through our strong distribution network.

I’ve blogged before about our efforts to find and keep the best distributors, and I’ll be flying to San Luis Potosi, Mexico on Sunday to keep up with our efforts in that regard.  In addition to our Mexican distributor, Airtec Servicios, I’ll have the pleasure of spending time with our Nicaraguan distributor, Optima Industria, and our Costa Rican distributor, Dansar Industries.

The face-to-face time will help sort application specific questions, such as when it is better to use an Air Amplifier vs. a Vortex Tube; or how the back pressure in an application will affect the performance of a Vortex Tube.

All of our Central American distributors are knowledgeable and familiar with EXAIR product, which leads to in-depth technical discussions.  My favorite!

¡Hasta luego!

Lee Evans
Application Engineer
LeeEvans@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_LE

Trigonometry!

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Recently, I wrote a blog about the use (or lack thereof) of algebra. I know you’re curious, so I’ll tell you: we STILL use it every day in the Application Engineering department at EXAIR. One thing we DON’T use every day, but got a chance to use this morning, was trigonometry. See, for our Atomizing Spray Nozzles, we publish the dimensions of the achievable spray patterns at certain distances, while using specific air & liquid pressures. Today, one of us got asked how far a particular nozzle would have to be to attain a smaller pattern than the minimum published. A few of us broke out our calculators, eager to test our math retention skills. I’ll spare you the math lesson, but, we were all able to visualize it as a right-triangle problem, solve for the angle (using the TAN-1 function of trig), apply it to the shorter opposite side, and, using the TAN function, solve for the new adjacent side. Only one of us forgot to check and see if his calculator was in “radians” mode. For all you non-math geeks, all the math geeks are enjoying a good laugh at Ryan’s expense right now.

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Speaking of things you don’t use every day, I had the pleasure of discussing a material conveying application with a customer this morning. He needed to move a few hundred pounds of sand, but only once a month or so, and couldn’t justify the price of a standard auger-type mechanical conveyor system, and thought he was stuck with using a shovel and bucket. We discussed the application, and, based on some testing we’d performed in the Efficiency Lab, we figured he should be able to use a 2″ Heavy Duty Line Vac to convey 200-300 lbs in about a half hour, which sounded GREAT…and at a tiny fraction of the cost of the auger conveyor.

Whether it’s something you’ll use all the time, or once in a while…if it concerns compressed air, we’d love the opportunity to help.

Russ Bowman
Application Engineer
EXAIR Corporation
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(800)923-9247 toll free
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