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Food

From Wastewater Agitation to Air Compressor Controls-Food Processor Finds 74% Savings Potential
As many well know, system measurement is essential to ensuring a compressed air system is running
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Plastics

Pepsi Bottling Plant Upgrades Oil-Free Compressed Air Systems
The Pepsi bottling plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba has upgraded both their main 100 psi compressed air
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Paper

A Systems Approach Helps Rockline Industries Retrofit a Compressed Air System
Rockline Industries is one of the largest global producers of consumer products, specializing in
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Printing

Sanity Check: Will the Standby Air Compressors Start-Up During Cold Weather?
Several days prior to our visit, during a cold winter evening, the lead air compressor in one
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Pharmaceutical

Instrument Air and Breathing Air at a Pharmaceutical Plant
A pharmaceutical plant, has had a compressed air assessment performed on two plant systems. 
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Auto

Automaker PROTON Attacks Compressed Air Waste
Compressed air optimization measures adopted by PTMSB have reduced the consumption of compressed
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Bulk

Correctly Solving Low Air Pressure Problems
One of the most common problems in plants is low air pressure. One of the most common solutions is
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Transit

New York City Transit Authority Reduces Energy Use with Compressed Air Heat Recovery System
When the New York City Transit Authority (NYCT) set out to comply with local regulations calling
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Metals

Chicago Heights Steel Saves $215,000 Annually in Energy Costs
Chicago Heights Steel, Chicago Heights, Ill., leveraged an advanced data monitoring system and
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Medical

The Vital Role of Specialized Compressors in Helium Recovery
Helium is a precious noble gas that has become invaluable for leak detection, as well as cooling
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Power

Instrument Air in Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear power plants produce electricity for people, business and industry.  Electricity is
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Oil & Gas

PCE Compressed Air Leak Surveys for the Petrochemical Industry
Petro Chemical Energy, Inc. (PCE) specializes in energy loss surveys for the refining and chemical
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Wastewater

Pure & Enriched: The Advantages of Using Oxygen in Wastewater Treatment Processes
Wastewater treatment processes have come a long way in the past century, but demand continues to
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Medical Air Monitoring and Quality Verification

By Mike Grennier, Compressed Air Best Practices® Magazine

Compressed Air Best Practices® interviewed Norman Davis, Jr., President of ENMET, LLC. Our products include medical verification instrumentation, compressed airline monitors, and single- and multi-gas detectors along with ambient air oxygen monitors. Many of these systems are designed to ensure compliance with NFPA 99 (National Fire Protection Agency) Medical Air Systems Guidelines and OSHA monitoring requirements for Grade D breathing air.
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University of Manitoba Bannatyne Medical Campus Saves 15% Annually in Energy Costs

By Ron Marshall, Marshall Compressed Air Consulting

The University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus, Canada, upgraded its compressed air system to include variable speed drive (VSD) air compressors and the use of internal heat-of-compression (HOC) drying, replacing oil-free air compressors and refrigerated dryers that reached the end of useful life. In doing so, the campus reduced annual energy consumption by 15%, improved the quality of the compressed air to modern day instrument air standards and gained additional compressed-air capacity. The local utility also awarded the medical campus an incentive of $13,500, offsetting the cost of the initiative.  
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Measuring Performance of Installed Air Compressors

By Thomas Fischer, SUTO iTEC

Measuring the Free Air Delivery (FAD) of an air compressor can be challenging. With a proper flow meter and some mathematics this task is manageable. This article sheds some light on how to select the flow meter and summarizes parameters to be considered in the FAD measurement task.
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The Vital Role of Specialized Compressors in Helium Recovery

By Stelios Flessas, J.P. Sauer & Sohn Maschinenbau GmbH

Helium is a precious noble gas that has become invaluable for leak detection, as well as cooling down magnets in medical equipment. This is why consumption of this essential industrial resource is increasing and its price is rising rapidly. To combat a looming shortage of this increasingly scarce resource, new methods of helium recovery are becoming more important than ever – as are specialized compressors for the same purpose.
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