Compressor heat is an important subject to think about in the hot days of summer. If the heat of compression created by your equipment isn’t properly dealt with overheating will occur—and that will affect the quality of your compressed air, and the life of your expensive compressed air equipment. But problems can occur all year […]
Dry gauges that dampen vibration
StabiliZR line of pressure gauges feature a dampened movement that eliminates pointer flutter caused by vibration and pulsation. This makes pressure reading much easier for the operator, and avoids leakage of fill fluid or compatibility issues with process media. Pointed shaft is extended through the back of the movement with a small paddle affixed to […]
Dual sealing plugs
Line of dual sealing AFO (axial force only) plugs perform under high pressure environments, offer a leak-tight, metal to metal seal. Can incorporate an O-ring with two backup rings capable of venting pressures to 15,000 psid. In open position, pressure can be vented out of a side port to remove air from a hydraulic system, […]
How clean is my compressed air?
Many compressed air systems are designed with certain expectations about the quality of the compressed air introduced into the plant. Often, some sort of compressed air quality level is used to help guide the design the system, like those set out in Air Quality Standard ISO 8573-1. This specification guides the user as to what contaminant […]
Triton is selling Aventics to Emerson
Emerson, headquartered in St. Louis, still has pneumatics on its mind. After purchasing ASCO in 1985, it bought Joucomatic a few years later and added it to the ASCO family. Later, in 2008, Emerson acquired Numatics—and combined the two as the ASCO Numatics division of the company. Now Emerson, the global technology and engineering company, is on […]
Ergonomic vacuum lifters take strain of handling e-commerce parcels
The growing popularity of internet shopping means that an increasing number of parcels of many different shapes and sizes needs to be handled at e-commerce order fulfilment centers, distribution centers and parcel carrier terminals. Piab’s ergonomic Vaculex lifters offer semi-automated handling solutions that take the strain off staff at such units or depots. The flexible […]
Should I turn my compressor off at night?
Often, because compressors are located in a far off corner of the building, air compressors are left to run all night and on weekends. If there are no production activities during these hours, the air compressor(s) will continue to feed leaks and other miscellaneous loads, such as air consuming equipment left on, or air dryer […]
Eaton now exclusive distributor of Coremo Ocmea caliper brakes
Eaton has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Coremo Ocmea, a manufacturer of brakes and clutches based in Milan, Italy. The agreement gives Eaton exclusive rights to distribute the company’s full line of products in the United States and Canada, and creates a global industrial clutch and brake leader with a broad […]
LEM+ and LEMAX+ intelligent vacuum pumps
COVAL is expanding its range of intelligent vacuum pumps with the launch of new products: LEM+ and LEMAX+. Increased power is combined with COVAL vacuum pump qualities: performance, compactness and energy savings. As their name implies, the LEM+ and the LEMAX+ are more powerful versions of the LEM and LEMAX, vacuum pumps previously commercialized by COVAL. For COVAL, […]
Compressed Air Fail: Poor VSD performance
By Ron Marshall A new maintenance manager was concerned about the compressor control in his plant. To him, it appeared that the performance of his three screw compressors was substandard, especially this variable speed drive compressor. And, he was running out of compressor capacity, the plant pressure was dropping to unacceptable levels, which was affecting […]