Month: December 2014

Dual Promotions in December

Published on by Brian FarnoLeave a comment

In case you haven’t seen our tweets, our website or e-news; we are currently running two promotional offers.  We decided that December is a month of giving and so we better make sure our customers receive a little something extra.

The first promo…  Receive a FREE Soft Grip Safety Air Gun w/ Super Air Knife purchases.  When you decrease your air consumption by replacing that pipe with drilled holes or manifold of nozzles with a Super Air Knife, you will receive a Free model 1210 Soft Grip Safety Air Gun w/ 1100 Super Air Nozzle.  You do have to use the promotional part numbers so follow the link below in order to get to the right information pages.

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The second promo is based on our extremely popular Cold Gun Aircoolant System.   Now through the month of December, purchase any Cold Gun Aircoolant System with a single point cold outlet and receive a free dual point hose kit as well.  The dual point hose kit expands the area you are able to cool or is best for larger diameter tools. Once again, you do need to use the promotional part numbers so follow the link in the picture below.

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Both of these promotions are valid through December 31st, 2014.  If you have any questions on how you can use any of the items mentioned, feel free to give us a call.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

 

Ordering Off The Menu, Revisited

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I wrote a while back about ordering off the menu, in regard to technical data on EXAIR products. I’d like to share another example of how we can help, if you don’t find just what you’re looking for in our catalog.

I recently had the pleasure of helping a new Line Vac customer – a machinery builder – who needed a combination of properties of two different products: the stainless steel construction of the 2” NPT Threaded Line Vac, but the performance of the 2” Heavy Duty Threaded Line Vac. The Installation & Operation Guide actually gives you instructions on drilling out the generator holes for increased air flow & performance, but they didn’t want to disassemble, modify, and reassemble the units if they didn’t have to. Which was fine with us – we were able to perform these modifications in assembly, and ship them, surprisingly quickly (surprising to our “new” customer anyway…) and they were quite pleased with the results. So much so, that the modified Line Vac is now standard equipment on this new machine.

Which of these Line Vacs has higher performance? We can't be sure without checking the generator!
Which of these Line Vacs has higher performance? We can’t be sure without checking the generator!

We get a fair number of calls about products or applications that don’t EXACTLY fit the parameters, specifications, and performance ratings of our catalog products. Some of them simply won’t work…and we’ll tell you. Other times, though, we’re able to put our Design, Production, and Application Engineering skills to the task, and hit one out of the ballpark. And we’re set up to do it better than anyone else.

If you’d like to discuss a compressed air products application that’s a little (or a lot) “off the menu,” give us a call.

Russ Bowman
Application Engineer
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Full-Flow Air Knife Assists With Flour Recovery

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I took a call from a customer who was looking for a way to recover residual corn flour on their chain and paddle, drag conveyor. As the paddles moved down the line, they would start accumulating flour which was leading to uneven batch runs and waste. After reviewing the application with the customer, they determined they were only needing to blow off the width of the paddles, so I recommend using our 18” stainless steel Full-Flow Air Knife.

The Full-Flow Air Knife provides a 30:1 amplification rate (entrained air to compressed air), to produce a high velocity curtain of air that travels the entire length of the knife. With a small profile of only 1” H x 1.25” W, the unit is the ideal choice where mounting space is limited. It is available in a 303SS material which was suitable for this wash-down application.

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The Full Flow Air Knife is available in aluminum or stainless steel construction, up to 36″ stocked lengths.

 

Due to the concern regarding dust, I recommended operating the unit at a gentle 20 PSIG, lowering the velocity to 3,000 FPM and reducing the air consumption to only 1.1 SCFM per inch. A simple pressure regulator is capable of adjusting the volume and velocity of output airflow in order to “fine tune” our knives per application. This would allow for the needed blowoff, as well as reduce the potential of the unwanted dust.

If you have a similar application or would like to discuss your process, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 1-800-903-9247.

Justin Nicholl
Application Engineer
justinnicholl@exair.com
@EXAIR_JN

Super Air Wipe Blows Wire Clean After De-scaling Process

Published on by Neal RakerLeave a comment

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We had a customer recently who processed wire rod. Part of their processing includes de-scaling and polishing the outside of the wire. Their problem was that at the out-feed of the polishing machine, they were getting a lot of carry-out of grit and scale from the wire de-scaling and polishing process.

To counter the problem of carry-out, they decided to mount model 2400 ½” diameter Super Air Wipe at the out-feed section of the machine in order to blow back all the debris and scale into the machine where it could be collected nicely by a drawer in the bottom of the machine base. Prior to installing the Super Air Wipe, the customer would have to clean up piles of debris outside the machine. Now it is all contained nicely within.

Do you have an application where you are processing a continuous, round, extruded material that needs to be cleaned, dried or blown off?  If so, the Super Air Wipe is an excellent choice to provide the full 360 degree wipe around the outside of the material.

Neal Raker, Application Engineer
nealraker@exair.com