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Winter Is No Longer Welcome In My Book

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For those of you that read my blog posts it may be shocking that I haven’t blogged about a motorcycle since October 12, 2012.  That’s far too long! Over the winter months I have been working here and there on the motorcycle. Doing the normal maintenance like oil change, cleaning, sitting on it and making engine noises because weather isn’t permitting outside fun.

Of course, one of the things I have done is use my E-Vac Brake Bleeder.  After successfully bleeding my brakes I took my front suspension to a local motorcycle race shop to have it refreshed and new seals installed.  This is something I don’t have the correct tools for so I have to hand it over to an expert.  We then got to talking about bleeding brakes and getting all the bikes ready for this race season.  So I explained the E-Vac system to them and they didn’t believe it would work as easily as I stated.

After showing them a brief video of it I was able to see the wheels start spinning in their minds.  Suddenly they realized that they could use one in the shop and that there were applications that I didn’t think of.

The main application would be for bikes with a hydraulic clutch.  The clutch fluid needs to be changed out and the air needs to be bleed out of the system as a regular maintenance item just like the brake fluid.  The reason I hadn’t thought of it is because I have a cable driven clutch.

Hopefully with the weather today nearing 50 degrees I will be able to get an E Vac in their hands and let them see that the way they were bleeding fluids is obsolete and this is best, easiest, and fastest method to do so.

The old methods are shown in the video below.  (Please don’t try to siphon brake fluid by sucking on the brake line.  You don’t know where that line has been.)

If you have any applications you think we could help with please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

Space – My Final Frontier

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The weather in Cincinnati this week has been a little less than stellar for those of us who like to be on two wheels or outside.  While the temperature hasn’t been too bad (close to the 50’s all week) it has rained nearly every day.  This weekend’s forecast, rain.  So rather than setting my house up to compete with the new dubstep holiday lights, I will be working in the garage.

That’s right, even in December I will be working on the race bike, preparing it for the few months of down time and making sure it is all set up for next season.  That combined with trying to get my garage to where my wife can park again makes me wish I had a much larger garage.

air knife cooling

Space always seems to be an issue, whether it’s finding someplace to store something or being able to fit a blowoff or conveyor in a production line at work.  This is why EXAIR designs our products to have the smallest footprint possible.  The Super Air Knife can fit into tight spaces between rolls and is fed off a standard compressed air line.  This means you don’t have to find someplace to put a large blower motor and the noise damping enclosure along with having to run large ductwork to the application.

LV-316SS

We also offer the Line Vac air operated conveyor which slides right in to your conveyance hose and barely increases the footprint of the conveyance hose run.  Rather than trying to figure out which style of conveyor belt to use and how to orient the line to convey that product (either horizontal or vertical), simply run an appropriately sized conveyance hose, hook up compressed air and the product is ready to move.

Here at EXAIR we strive to give our customers what they want and need, it all starts with our design and ends with our customer service.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

If Money Weren’t An Issue.

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For every year I grow older I find it harder and harder to open my wallet for certain things.  I guess some would say “cheap” where I believe I have just learned from experience the things that I prefer to keep my money for.  However, if money weren’t an issue there is plenty I would love to indulge in.  For instance, a garage with enough “toys” to keep myself and any number of friends race needs met, or a driveway like the video below.

At this current point in my life, I won’t have to worry about the upkeep on either of those.  However, there is one thing I do have to worry about and that is the upkeep and cost of compressed air.   While some operators believe compressed air is free or that a single blowgun with no engineered solution really doesn’t cost that much, they are sadly mistaken.  It is because of this that EXAIR offers the most efficient way to use your compressed air in many point of use applications.

Take the real life example below.

It boils down to this:

Less Compressed Air Usage = Lower Operating Costs = More Profit = Race Track in Front Yard.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

Am I stubborn or do I just have a passion to ride?

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As the leaves on the trees are changing color, and the temps have already allowed for the first freeze of the year, most people who ride motorcycles in the area have already began to winterize and store for the winter.  Myself, not so much.  I rode into work from Wednesday until today this week. On Wednesday, when I left my garage, the temperature was reported at 32° F.  Today it wasn’t too bad but I have slowly over the past few years noticed that I am almost the only bike on the road during these last few months of the year.  I can’t claim that I ride year round but I go a bit further than most of my friends do.

The only way I can stand to ride in the cold is because I have the proper gear, same goes for when I’m on the track.  Without the appropriate tool there is a very good chance something won’t work.  This is why here at EXAIR we ensure all of us have the correct knowledge and tools to help you solve any compressed air application you may have.  We also offer a wide variety of products so that you aren’t trying to make something work in a way it is not designed to.

Then to top it off, if there is something that needs to be a little different from a catalog product, we may be able to offer a custom solution for you.

If you have any questions on what you need to get your compressed air applications working right for you and help you maintain production year round, don’t hesitate to contact an Application Engineer.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer / Motorcycle Enthusiast
@EXAIR_BF
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