Author: Tyler Daniel

Chip Vac Cleans Brass Chips and Shavings – IHP Promo Still Ongoing!

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All good things must come to an end. But, that’s NOT going to be the case for the EXAIR IHP Promo. We’ve extended our Industrial Housekeeping Promotion now through the month of May. Order any of EXAIR’s Industrial Housekeeping Systems and receive a FREE Vac-U-Gun.

Taking advantage of this just recently was a customer in South America looking for a solution for vacuuming brass chips and shavings from their machine. They’d been using standard electrical shop vacs, which served their intended purpose. Albeit for a limited time only. The issue with electric shop vac style vacuums in industrial environments is that they’re simply not designed for the type of use and abuse common in a manufacturing facility. They were sick of replacing those periodically throughout the year and began seeking a more permanent solution.

Electrically powered vacuums or shop vacs are not designed to be operated in a rugged industrial environment. Filters clog, motors wear out, and you find yourself frequently replacing them. EXAIR’s Chip Vac has NO moving parts to wear out, doesn’t require maintenance, and needs nothing but a source of compressed air to operate. In addition, the sound level produced is half of that produced by an electric vacuum.

EXAIR’s Chip Vac Family

EXAIR’s Chip Vac is a compressed air operated industrial duty vacuum designed specifically for vacuuming up chips and shavings. The powerful vacuum is suitable for use with metal, wood, or plastic chips and is designed to thread into the 2” NPT bung on standard drum lids. The Chip Vac can handle dry or wet chips from fixtures, floors and work surfaces of machining centers, lathes, saws, mills, and a variety of other industrial equipment.

The Chip Vac is sold in systems both with and without the drum. EXAIR has 5, 30, 55, and 110 gallon systems available for a wide range of applications. If you already have spare drums in your facility, the Chip Vac is also available with just the lid assembly, Chip Vac, 10’ hose, tools, and filter bag to attach to the top of your own drums.

All systems will include a drum lid with a locking ring that easily fits onto the top of a standard open-top drum. It’s easy to remove and place onto another drum so that different materials can be easily kept separate for recycling. Recycling companies will pay a premium price for pre-sorted chips and shavings. With the Chip Vac, it’s as easy as removing the lid and placing it onto a new drum in between jobs. Don’t waste your time this spring fooling with and replacing electrical vacuum systems. Get yourself a vacuum designed for the job. One that’ll be sure to last year after year! With these systems in stock, ready to ship with an order by 2:00 ET and an unconditional 30-day guarantee, there’s no reason to not give one a try!

Tyler Daniel

Application Engineer

E-mail: TylerDaniel@EXAIR.com

X: @EXAIR_TD

Record Temperatures, Severe T-Storms, Tornadoes and Pool Opening – Must Be Cabinet Cooler Season!

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Here in Cincinnati we’ve had quite an active start to the spring season. We’re not unaccustomed to severe weather, storms, and tornadoes, but this season has seen far more severe weather activity than I can recall in any prior year. As of the writing of this blog, the state of Ohio leads all states in the US with a total of 38 tornadoes. Temperatures this week reached an all-time high at 85°F for this time of year. With weather forecasters calling for this activity to ramp up over the next few months, it’s going to be an interesting summer.

My 20k gallon cold plunge pool, for now at least!

Speaking of summer and warmer temperatures, the pool has been opened with a fresh new liner for the 2024 season. After years of patching holes to address leaks and the nonstop battle trying to keep the corners inside the track, enough was enough. We elected to have it replaced going into this season and couldn’t be happier with the end result. The original plan was to close it back up after the installation. This seemed like a good idea to avoid the inevitable deluge of helicopters ready to wreak havoc any day now. Any of you out there with maple trees and a pool can attest, it’s just not worth it! But once it’s open, it sure looks enticing. If the weather is going to be nice enough to sneak in a swim before May 1st, that’s a win! I’ll begrudgingly clean those helicopters out over the next few weeks in the hopes the warm weather continues. But with temperatures this weekend dipping down into the 30s overnight, it looks like the pool will function solely as an early morning cold plunge for the foreseeable future.

As the temperatures increase outside, it’ll also increase the ambient temperatures in facilities that aren’t climate-controlled. This heat can be detrimental to a variety of sensitive electronics inside your plant’s control panels. Fans can be installed to bring in fresh air, but along with that fresh air they’ll also bring in dust, dirt, contaminants and potentially moisture.

EXAIR’s Cabinet Cooler Systems were designed specifically to rectify these issues within your facility. Utilizing Vortex Tube technology, the Cabinet Cooler produces cold air from an ordinary supply of compressed air. This cold air keeps the enclosure free of debris and moisture and is easily installed in minutes through a standard electrical knockout. Here is a short video that shows just how simple it really is. The Cabinet Cooler Systems are available with Nema 12 (IP54) ratings and are also available in Aluminum, 303 Stainless Steel, and 316 Stainless Steel construction for Nema 4/4X (IP66) rated enclosures. For systems that are not able to be mounted on top of the cabinet, we also have Side Mount Kits available in Aluminum, 303 Stainless, and 316 Stainless. This year, EXAIR also introduced a new line of Hazardous Location Cabinet Coolers for use in classified areas.

These systems are available with cooling capacities of anywhere from 275-5,600 Btu/hr. To make things much easier for you, we offer a Cabinet Cooler Sizing Guide that will allow us to recommend the most suitable model for your cabinet. With a few quick measurements, we’ll be able to determine the exact heat load that we’ll need to dissipate and offer you a quick and easy solution. If you experienced heat related issues on electrical panels last year, contact an Application Engineer today, and we’ll see to it that this summer your cabinets remain cool!

Tyler Daniel, CCASS

Application Engineer

E-mail: TylerDaniel@EXAIR.com

X: @EXAIR_TD

Useful Education Resources Available for Free on EXAIR.com!

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At EXAIR, we want to ensure our customers have access to as much technical data and information as possible. This helps to assist in identifying solutions to common industrial problems and provide you with the resources necessary to make an informed purchase. A big part of that effort is displayed here on the EXAIR Blog. But, did you know that our website is home to a wealth of information ranging from Case Studies, Videos, Webinars, Installation Guides, Catalog Sections, CAD Models and much, much more?

Once you’ve registered for an account on the website, you’re able to access all of the additional content we have available. Have a question on a particular product? Check out the FAQ section! Created by our team of Application Engineers, the FAQ section contains a variety of commonly asked questions from customers.

Misplaced your installation sheet? No problem! All installation and maintenance guides, in addition to product catalog sections, can be found in pdf format for download under “PDF Library”.

With 15 different product lines, EXAIR has products capable of addressing a wide range of industrial process issues. Not sure where in your facility you may have an opportunity to improve? EXAIR’s Application Search Library allows you to narrow down your search. Categorized both by specific process or by industry, we’ve highlighted a variety of different specific applications that our products can serve.

EXAIR hosts a bi-annual Free Webinar (typically one in Spring and one in Fall) covering a variety of topics related to industry and compressed air. After the webinar has been sent out to all registrants, we include a recorded video of the webinar as well:

New to EXAIR in the past year, is an Augmented Reality tool built into our website. When using a mobile device, you’re able to view an EXAIR Product directly in your space:

It doesn’t just stop there. The Knowledge Base also contains calculators and general compressed air related data in addition to PowerPoint presentations for each product line. Click here to register for the website and begin accessing all of this valuable content!

Tyler Daniel, CCASS

Application Engineer

E-mail: TylerDaniel@EXAIR.com

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EXAIR Starter Guide Video Series: Tips and Tricks For Installation of Your Super Air Knife

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Here at EXAIR, we want to ensure our customers get the most out of their Intelligent Compressed Air Products. In the first installment of EXAIR’s new Starter Guide Video Series, I’ll walk you through some of the things you’ll need to pay close attention to before you begin using your Super Air Knife.

EXAIR offers all of our cataloged stock products with an Unconditional 30-Day Guarantee to ensure you’re going to be happy with the performance. Our Application Engineers are standing by to help aid you in the selection process.

Reach out to us today to see how you can improve on your blowoff processes!!

Tyler Daniel, CCASS

E-mail: TylerDaniel@EXAIR.com

Twitter: @EXAIR_TD