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From Field to Market: How EXAIR Helps Streamline Vegetable Processing

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Homonyms are words that are pronounced and spelled the same but have different meanings.  In this blog, I will cover the word lettuce.  One meaning is the leafy vegetable and the other is money.  And I like to save both.  I have an agriculture application that I would like to share where EXAIR was able to supply different products to help save lettuce. 

PowerStream Liquid Nozzle

When vegetables come from the field, they need to be cleaned and packaged for delivery to grocery stores.  The first thing that they need to do is to wash the leaves to remove dirt, compost, and bugs.  They had drilled pipes to spray water onto the leaves, using a lot of water. They were looking to do it more economically. The vegetable packing house purchased the EXAIR PowerStream Liquid Nozzles, model DL8075SS, to do the washing.  These stainless steel nozzles were mounted on a manifold to spray water onto the lettuce leaves.  With the PowerStream nozzles, we can break the water into smaller droplet sizes to increase coverage and reduce water requirements.  Thus, saving money.

The next step would be to dry the lettuce.  They were using a blower-powered air knife, but they could not remove all the insects as it was not powerful enough.  Also, by blowing hotter air which was created by the blower, lettuce would start to brown much quicker.  To improve, they purchased a model 110036SS Stainless Steel Super Air Knife.  The Super Air Knife is an efficient, powerful way to blow compressed air.  With a 40:1 amplification ratio, it will draw in 40-parts of ambient air to 1-part compressed air.  From our Super Air Knife, we blow ambient temperature air, add mass to give a much higher force to remove the water and the insects, and save on compressed air consumption. 

To reduce spoilage, you must have the proper equipment.  For this company, they were able to improve their process to increase production.  And by utilizing less water and less compressed air, they were able to increase profit.  If you would like to improve your processes in packing houses, EXAIR has a variety of products that can help you.  You can contact an Application Engineer to discuss.  For the company above, more lettuce out the door meant more lettuce in their pockets. 

John Ball
Application Engineer
Email: johnball@exair.com
Twitter: @EXAIR_jb

Photo of Vegetables by akadarcee.  Pixabay content license.

Informal Video: BETE Nozzle offering on EXAIR.com

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Today, I’m excited to walk you through some of our latest and greatest spray nozzles from BETE spray technologies: the MW, NF, TF, MP, WL, and their innovative tank washing lineup. These aren’t just nozzles—they’re engineered solutions designed to tackle your toughest industrial challenges. And now these can be bought directly through EXAIR!  Let’s dive in!”

If you would like to discuss  any of EXAIR and BETE’s line of liquid and liquid air atomizing spray nozzles, I would enjoy hearing from you…give me a call or send me an email!

Jordan Shouse
Application Engineer

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Wonder Twins – With Our Powers Combined

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Comic-Con Exclusive DC Classics Wonder Twins with Gleek at the Mattel booth at San Diego Comic-Con International
1 – Comic-Con Exclusive DC Classics Wonder Twins with Gleek at the Mattel booth at San Diego Comic-Con International

EXAIR and BETE both offer a wide variety of External Mix Air Atomizing Spray Nozzles. The amount of knowledge that has been obtained by these two companies on compressed air and spray nozzles is tremendous and the level of expertise is second to none in the industry. So how does that help our potential customers and existing client base?

When it comes to spray nozzles, EXAIR has been in the game for over a decade, BETE has been in the game for nearly 75 years. The two have now combined and with our knowledge of how compressed air operates and their historical knowledge of liquid spray nozzles we are able to best serve our customers whether it is defining the spray characteristics of a nozzle, determining if additional testing would be the best path forward to meet the needs of their spray nozzle application. It could even be after we have sprayed the liquid on a part for a rinse or cooling, drying it and providing additional cooling.

The combination of our two teams has been monumental thus far with being able to transition customers from one product line to another if needed. This means if you have a liquid spray application that EXAIR doesn’t have the ideal fit, chances are BETE has something that will work and we can provide that handoff seamlessly to their Application Engineering team. This has also expanded our own Application Engineers level of knowledge with spray nozzles and the characteristics that customers may look for in the liquid spray applications. I’ve talked about this time and time again, we are continually bettering ourselves, our knowledge, and our product offering. This time we expanded it exponentially.

So whether you are trying to wash, coat, or cool with liquid, then make sure you blow the debris / liquid or drying a coating. EXAIR and BETE stands at the ready to help you and your team find the products that are right for you, whether they are BETE or EXAIR.

Brian Farno, MBA – CCASS Application Engineer

BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

1 – Comic-Con Exclusive DC Classics Wonder Twins with Gleek at the Mattel booth at San Diego Comic-Con International – Loren Javier , retrieved from – https://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenjavier/3759943890/

Press Release – EXAIR and BETE Announce Strategic Merger

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I am glad to announce that EXAIR, a leader in engineered compressed air solutions and static elimination, and BETE, a renowned engineered spray nozzle and spraying systems manufacturer, has a definitive merger agreement under which EXAIR has acquired BETE. This landmark combination promises to do what both companies have been doing for decades – create something that has never existed before – and to do it with an unprecedented market appeal.

This merger will allow both companies to significantly enhance product offerings and customer engagement. The combined market reach and engineering capacity will drive innovation and product value for a worldwide network of customers, distributors, resellers and OEM’s.

Strategic Benefits of the Merger:

  1. Enhanced Product Lines: The EXAIR/BETE merger enables a diversified portfolio of products by integrating BETE’s pioneering technologies and engineering acumen with EXAIR’s robust manufacturing capabilities. This synergy will address a broader spectrum of market demands, fostering a new era of invention.
  • Expanded Market Reach: The combined entity will leverage new market access, product lines, direct-to-end-user sales strategies, and long-term relationships with large project customers.
  • Expanded Market Support: With a strengthened go-to-market strategy, the merger enhances our ability to provide high quality, precision engineered products to all levels of the market, big or small.  EXAIR and BETE will be able to bring unparalleled support to large-scope projects, OEM relationships, a worldwide network of distributors and directly to end users. 

What This Means for the Market:

  1. The merger of EXAIR and BETE redefines the industry landscape. Customers now have access to a more diversified line of efficient, engineered industrial solutions. This pairing creates new standards for quality, performance and customer satisfaction within industrial manufacturing. Our combined expertise will accelerate technological advancements and the development of next-generation products, thus delivering enhanced value to our customers. When combined with embedded service level standards, no other company is capable of doing what EXAIR and BETE can do together. 

Here is a message from the President of each company.

From Kirk Edwards, President of EXAIR: “For our valued customers and partners, this merger means improved service, new products and competitive prices. You will benefit from the combined expertise of two industry giants coming together to deliver comprehensive solutions that meet your needs”

From Tom Fitch, President of BETE: “As we embark on this exciting new chapter, EXAIR and BETE are committed to a seamless integration process, focused on our shared vision of quality, advanced engineering and service. We look forward to bringing together our teams, cultures and communities to build a stronger future. We are, without a doubt, better together”

For more information about EXAIR and BETE, you can view our websites at www.EXAIR.com  or www.BETE.com. 

John Ball
Application Engineer
Email: johnball@exair.com
Twitter: @EXAIR_jb

Photo: Puzzle Collaboration Partnership by Peggy_Marco.  Pixabay license