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HOT!

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HOT!

I had the opportunity this week to help determine the best products to cool a conveyor in dire need of lower temperatures.  Not quite as hot and large as the image above, but similar.  Originally Kirk Edwards provided guidance to the end user and recommended Super Air Knives to bring the conveyor temperature within range.  They worked wonderfully.

Now, there was a second point on the conveyor line which was determined to also need cooling.  After discussing the potential to use a series of Super Air Amplifiers, the end user decided to stick with the Super Air Knife setup known to work well – a decision which I fully supported.

I’ve also had the opportunity to entertain and train our Thai distributor this week.  Neal Raker and I brought Vichai Srimongkolkul of OilPure Technologies up to speed on our new products and have excellent in depth application discussions.

For our international users we offer the same support and technical guidance as an end user in the United States, as well as local support through our network of competent distributors.  If you are one of our many blog readers located outside of the US and need application assistance, never hesitate to send an email or call us directly.

Lee Evans
Application Engineer
LeeEvans@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_LE

Origins of Names: Buffalo Wings, Air Knives

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As far as I know there is no evidence that there has ever been any buffalo mutations which resulted in sprouting wings. So how did deep-fried chicken wings come about with the moniker of Buffalo wings? As the story goes, it started on a friday night at the Anchor Bar owned by Frank and Teressa Bellissimo located in Buffalo NY.

It was a Friday night, and since people were buying a lot of drinks,  they wanted to do something nice for them at midnight when the mostly Catholic  patrons would be able to eat meat again. Being overstocked with chicken wings which normally are thrown away or reserved for stock, Teressa’s husband Frank had told her to do something with them and that is when she came up with the idea of deep-frying them and tossing them in cayenne hot sauce.

They were initially offered for free and were served with blue cheese dip as hors d’oeuvre at the bar. The locals were simply refered to them as wings. Outside the area they called them Buffalo Wings. And that is where the moniker Buffalo Wings came about.

In the industrial world we have curious monikers of our own.

  • Tote pans – these are hand carried parts containers. Tote is a southern expression for carry. Thus a pan that can be carried.
  • Towmotor – name associated with a lift truck. Towmotor is the name of a manufacturer most prevalent in the early days of lift trucks.
  • Monkey wrench – adjustable wrench patented by Charles Moncky
  • Crescent wrench – An adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench trademarked by the Crescent Tool Company now owned by the Apex Tool Group, LLC
  • Air Knife – initially termed an air doctor or air blade used for non contact removal of ink from the non-printing surfaces of an intaglio printing plate. Doctor blades where typically used for this application hence came the term air doctor or air blade. Eventually the term evolved into air knife since it produces a blade of air.

Joe Panfalone, Application Engineer
joepanfalone@exair.com
Phone (513) 671-3322
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