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Utilizing EXAIR Accessories

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At EXAIR, we take great pride in our Intelligent Compressed Air Products, which are renowned for their efficiency and minimal maintenance requirements, thanks to their design featuring few or no moving parts. While we often highlight these advantages, we also do not want to overlook the importance of the accompanying accessories that enhance our products’ performance. These accessories play a crucial role in ensuring our compressed air solutions maintain their low maintenance and reduced noise levels, further solidifying their compliance with OSHA safety standards.

Compressed air filters and regulators are among the most essential accessories we offer, and we highly recommend their use with all our products, as well as with other brands. The Filter Separator effectively eliminates water, dirt, and rust from your compressed air system, while the 5-micron filter element prevents contaminants from clogging or damaging connected equipment. For more precise and additional filtration, an Oil Removal Filter should be installed downstream of the Filter Separator; it utilizes a 0.03-micron element to remove oil and solid particles. Our Pressure Regulators allow you to set the desired operating pressure, and we advise maintaining the minimum pressure necessary for optimal performance. This not only conserves air but also fine-tunes the efficiency of EXAIR products in various applications.

Good engineering practice calls for point of use filtration and moisture removal, such as that provided by EXAIR Filter Separators.
The Thermostat’s leads (left) are spliced into the Solenoid Valve’s ‘hot’ lead (bottom right), which essentially acts as the automatic temperature controlled ‘on/off’ switch for the Cabinet Cooler System. NEMA 4/4X versions include mounting hardware (top right).

We offer specialized accessories designed to enhance the performance of some of our products. For instance, our Line Vacs are complemented by the Line Vac Hose, while our Cabinet Coolers can be paired with Thermostats and Solenoid Valves. Additionally, we recommend Mufflers for optimal use with our Vortex Tubes. When it comes to our Air Knives, we provide several excellent options. The Universal Air Knife Mounting System offers a straightforward and dependable solution for mounting. For applications requiring longer knives or independent control of airflow sections, our Coupling Bracket Kits are ideal. Lastly, our Air Knife Plumbing Kits simplify the plumbing process for Air Knives exceeding 24 inches in length.

For those looking to connect Intelligent Compressed Air Products, we offer a range of compressed air hoses and fittings designed to enhance the convenience of installation. Coiled Hoses are an excellent match for our Safety Air Guns, providing greater mobility during operation. Additionally, our Compressed Air Hoses are frequently utilized with our Industrial Housekeeping products, ensuring that both the drum and dolly have the necessary reach for effective use.

Model 9256 6″ Stay Set Hose

If you are looking for an effective solution to mount or position your Air Nozzles, consider our Magnetic Bases, Stay Set Hoses, and Swivel Fittings, which can be combined to create a comprehensive setup.

If you have questions about our accessories, or anything regarding EXAIR and our products, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Jason Kirby
Application Engineer
Email: jasonkirby@exair.com
Twitter: @EXAIR_jk

Video Blog: Ultra Duty Line Vac Overview

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EXAIR has introduced its Ultra Duty Line Vacs, the most robust and durable pneumatic conveyors available. Specifically designed to handle highly abrasive materials, these Line Vacs feature a unique combination of hardened alloy and ceramic materials that offer outstanding wear resistance over time. This makes them particularly suitable for transporting abrasive substances like peat, sand, glass, and various powders typically encountered in blasting, grinding, and finishing processes.

 If you have any questions about the Ultra Duty Line Vac, or anything regarding EXAIR and our products, please do not hesitate to reach out. We would love to hear from you!

Jason Kirby
Application Engineer
Email: jasonkirby@exair.com
Twitter: @EXAIR_jk

Accessories for Your Compressed Air Products

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Here at EXAIR we are very proud of our Intelligent Compressed Air Products. We have spent a lot of time discussing their many benefits, including their efficiency, the fact that many have no moving parts, little to no maintenance, meeting or exceeding OSHA safety standards for noise or dead end pressure. One thing we don’t talk as much about is the accessories that go along with and complement our products. Several of these accessory items are the reason why our compressed air products can boast about having little to no maintenance, or reduced noise levels. In this blog I want to cover some of these unsung heroes.

From left to right, a few value-added accessories for your Vortex Tube: Hot Muffler, Cold Muffler, Automatic Drain Filter Separator, Oil Removal Filter, and Solenoid Valve/Thermostat Kit.

Some of the most popular accessories we offer are our compressed air Filters and Regulators. We suggest using these with all our products (or even with ones that aren’t ours).

The Filter Separator is designed to remove moisture, dirt, and rust from your compressed air system. The 5-micron filter element ensures that contaminants don’t clog or harm your compressed air equipment.

An Oil Removal Filter (which should always be installed after our Filter Separator) provides even more precise filtration by getting rid of oil and solid particles with a 0.03-micron element.

Our Pressure Regulators let you choose the operating pressure. At EXAIR, we always advise running at the lowest pressure necessary to complete the task. Pressure Regulators help you achieve that, reducing unnecessary air usage and fine-tuning the performance of EXAIR products for your specific application.

We have some accessories designed specifically for certain products. For our Line Vacs, there’s the Line Vac Hose. You can also find Thermostats and Solenoid Valves that work great with our Cabinet Coolers, and if you’re using Vortex Tubes, we suggest checking out our Mufflers.

When it comes to our Air Knives, we offer a variety of fantastic options:

If you’re looking for a simple and dependable way to mount your Air Knife, our Universal Air Knife Mounting System is just what you need.

If your project needs something longer than our stock Air Knives, or if you want to manage different sections of the air flow separately, our Coupling Bracket Kits are ideal.

And if you want to simplify the plumbing for your Air Knife, don’t miss our Air Knife Plumbing Kits. They’re suitable for all Air Knives that are longer than 24 inches.

If you’re looking for plumbing options, we’ve got a range of compressed air hoses and fittings that will simplify things for you.

Our Coiled Hoses work great with our Safety Air Guns, giving you more freedom of movement while you work.

Our Compressed Air Hoses are often used alongside our Industrial Housekeeping products to provide the necessary reach for the drum and dolly.

Finally, if you’re looking for a way to mount or position your Air Nozzles, check out our Magnetic Bases, Stay Set Hoses, and Swivel Fittings that can help create a complete setup.

No matter what your application requires or the product you need, we’ve got a variety of complementary accessory products that will simplify installation and adjustments. If you have any questions about these or any other EXAIR products, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Al Wooffitt
Application Engineer

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Cleaning up a Dirty Situation with EXAIR Ultra Duty Line Vacs

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A mining company was moving tons of clay for processing.  They were having some housekeeping issues as the clay would collect under conveyors, on the tracks, and on the ground.  Currently, they use two people with shovels to scoop the clay into 55-gallon drums.  The conditions were tough while doing this backbreaking labor.  They contacted EXAIR to see if we could help. 

EXAIR offers a large line of Industrial Housekeeping Products.  But with the clay, it had some larger clumps that would be difficult for a 1 ½” vacuum hose.  EXAIR has another option to accommodate applications like these, the EXAIR Drum Cover.  Now, different diameters of Line Vacs can be used to vacuum or move material.  The Drum Cover allows the air to pass through a filter media while keeping the material inside the drum.  It is designed to cover the entire opening of the 55-gallon drum that they were using.  The Drum Cover has an opening at the top to accommodate hoses up to 3” (76mm) in diameter.  A strap with guide loops is used to secure the Drum Cover under a rolled-edge lip of the drum to easily move to different drums.  The fabric is also cleanable, washable, and reusable. 

For this customer above, they required an abrasion-resistant Line Vac to handle the clay material.  EXAIR offers the Heavy Duty Line Vac, made from hardened alloy steel, and the Ultra Duty Line Vac, which has a ceramic insert for better abrasion resistance.  The customer selected the model 172200 2” Ultra Duty Line Vac Kit.  The kit includes the Ultra Duty Line Vac, a filter, a regulator, and a bracket.  They also requested a conveyance hose to carry the clay to the drum from 20 feet (6 meters) away to give them range to move the suction end. The powerful suction and the larger diameter made it easy to fill a 55-gallon drum.

By utilizing the Drum Cover and the Ultra Duty Line Vac, they were able to keep up with the housekeeping.  They were also able to reduce the number of people as well as remove the ergonomic hazards of using a shovel.  If you wish to see if we can upgrade your Industrial Housekeeping Products, you can contact an Application Engineer at EXAIR.  We can help with cleaning up many different types of dirty situations. 

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