What is the Vac-u-Gun? It is a low cost solution to many types of cleaning operations within an industrial setting. The Vac-u-Gun is a vacuum gun, a blow gun, and a transfer tool, all-in-one! It is lightweight, easy to use, has durable die cast construction, and best of all, no moving parts to wear out….
Simply put, a Vortex Tube’s Cold Fraction is the percentage of its supply air that gets directed to the cold end. The rest of the supply air goes out the hot end. Here’s how it works: The Control Valve is operated by a flat head screwdriver. No matter what the Cold Fraction is set to,…
Vortex tubes have been considered a phenomena of Physics and boggled minds for many years. To give a brief run down of how the Vortex Tube works please refer to Figure 1 below. Figure 1 As seen above, the control valve is determining the amount of air allowed to escape the hot end and sets…
A few days ago I was working with a customer who was having a dust issue with their bottling line. As the polypropylene bottles travel down the slow moving conveyor, they are rinsed with an antibacterial solution then blown dry. After that, they pass under an inspection “eye” where they are checked for impurities before…
I was digging through my old application files today and ran across an application that I worked on with our Indonesian distributor (PT Interwira Lancar Mandiri). Our distributor had a customer who was in the business of manufacturing automotive radiators. The end customer contacted them with a problem relating to a failed motor drive which caused one…
The use of compressed air can be found in almost any industry and is often referred to as a “fourth utility” next to water, gas and electric. The generation of compressed air accounts for approximately 1/3 of all energy costs in an industrial facility, in many cases, it’s the largest energy user in an industrial…
Recently, I had a good interaction with a customer on a Line Vac Application. You can read through the e-mail below to get a better understanding of the issues at work in a typical conveying application. INQUIRY: Dear Sir, We have Line Vac model 6084 operating at between 80 & 90 psig. We are trying…
Over the past week I visited a local company here in Cincinnati that utilized a decent number of flat plastic air nozzles on their production lines. This style nozzle had been used for many years but were the reason their engineering department contacted EXAIR. The nozzles they had in place were used in…
I recently had the pleasure of discussing an Ion Air Jet application with an engineer at a company that makes medical devices. They needed to remove static charge, and statically clung dust, from certain parts as they’re being packaged and sealed. Because of the specific geometry of the parts, they wanted to use two Model…
Today’s discussion is on dew point of air as it has a significant impact on a compressed air system. The dew point is the temperature at which the water vapor in the air can no longer stay in a vapor form, and condenses from a vapor into a liquid. The amount of water vapor contained in air is directly proportional to…