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Watch out for dangerous blow wands

June 30, 2022 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

Despite years of warnings — and the development of OSHA standards — there are still many dangerous compressed air blow wands in service at facilities throughout the world. Countless injuries and even deaths could have been prevented if safer devices were used or the blowing eliminated altogether. Fig. 1 shows a wand used to clean […]

Filed Under: Air Compressors, Air Preparation, Blog

VMAC releases its 2022 “State Of The Mobile Compressed Air Industry Report”

June 30, 2022 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

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The 2022 edition of VMAC’s State of The Mobile Compressed Air Industry Report has been released, sharing fascinating insights from mobile air users. “We are pleased to release VMAC’s latest research on the mobile compressed air industry,” said Tod Gilbert, President of VMAC Global Technology Inc. “There is a lot of uncertainty with global events […]

Filed Under: Air Compressors, Industry News

Using compressed air hoses safely

June 24, 2022 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

A worker uses high air pressure to blow away small debris before assembly. Image courtesy Shutterstock

Compressed air is often disregarded as a common utility in factories, but risks are high with pressurized air running through pneumatic hoses. Learn how to use these tools safely. Contributed by Mindy Schoeff, Marketing Communications Manager and Ron Hibbler, Applications Manager, Proportion-Air Compressed air is nearly ubiquitous in factories. It’s part of the power behind everything […]

Filed Under: Engineering Basics, Equipment, Featured, Tubing Tagged With: proportionair

Are electropneumatic controllers suitable for vacuum applications?

June 21, 2022 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Both electropneumatic pressure regulators and flow control valves can be utilized in controlling vacuum systems. By using an electropneumatic pressure regulator, the designer develops a system which the suction force of the vacuum cup can be precisely controlled. The function of the electropneumatic flow control remains the same when controlling the flow of air in […]

Filed Under: Air Preparation, Engineering Basics, Featured, Regulators, Valves Tagged With: proportionair

Can electropneumatic controllers control force, tension, and torque?

June 8, 2022 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

In bottling lines where the threads and diameters of bottle necks may vary, electropneumatic pressure regulators adjust the pressure output torque of the pneumatic motor to secure the lid on the bottle precisely.

Contributed by Justin Fluegel An electro-pneumatic pressure regulator is an ideal option to control the force, tension, or torque within a system. The pressure within a system directly correlates to the amount of force available to the actuator — lower pressure results in a lower force and vice versa. For the controller to regulate the […]

Filed Under: Air Preparation, Engineering Basics, Equipment, Featured, Regulators

A leak detection fail!

June 7, 2022 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

A recent question received by email: I need some help from you regarding air leak calculation. We just purchased a new air leak detector that calculates leakage flow.  We have high air leakage in our LPG bottling plant and our leak detector showed a flow of 9130.2 L/S. If we convert this to CFM then it will total […]

Filed Under: Air Compressors, Air Preparation, Blog

Festo develops innovative aluminum pneumatic tubing for welding cells

June 1, 2022 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Festo PM tubing utilizes standard push connectors (green center) for fast, lower cost installs compared to laminated tubing. The sleek aluminum tube requires minimal space.

Festo’s PM aluminum pneumatic tubing offers a weld-spatter resistant solution in welding cells that by every consideration outperforms both laminated and steel pneumatic tubing. Festo PM tubing is ideal for new welding cells as well as for cost-and-time efficient retrofit solutions for existing systems. PM aluminum tubing can be located closer to the welding process […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Featured, Fittings, Industry News, Tubing Tagged With: festo

Emerson introduces valve system with integrated open platform communications

May 31, 2022 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

Emerson has announced that its Aventics Series Advanced Valve (AV) valve system with Advanced Electronic System (AES) Profinet and Ethernet/IP is now available with preinstalled Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) functionality, making it the first and only valve system to offer this directly integrated capability. The AES helps users solve interoperability challenges and […]

Filed Under: Valves Tagged With: emerson

Compressed air fail: Frankenstein controls

May 31, 2022 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

By Ron Marshall A wood products manufacturer decided to save money by hiring a small service company to maintain its compressors. The company had minimal experience in repairing compressors, but agreed to do the job. The company didn’t have parts available to replace the faulty controls on the two screw compressors — so they did […]

Filed Under: Air Compressors, Air Preparation, Blog

Compressed air fail: The mystery filter

May 27, 2022 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

By Ron Marshall A building products company had a compressed air system that featured one large 1,500-cfm compressor and three smaller ones. The compressed air flow had grown to a point where the large compressor could only be turned off during shutdown periods; when it was turned off, the plant pressure would collapse. The large […]

Filed Under: Air Compressors, Air Preparation, Blog, Filters

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