Technology

Safe Compressed Air Drying Systems for Class I, Division 1 Environments

By Jess Elley, Product Marketing Manager, Suburban Manufacturing Group – Tsunami Compressed Air Solutions

Learn how engineers can safely remove moisture from compressed air systems in hazardous environments by eliminating ignition risks through pneumatic controls. This article explores design considerations, performance characteristics and reliability factors for regenerative desiccant dryers operating in Class I, Division 1 locations.

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ISO 8573.1 – Contaminants and Purity Classes

By Dan Ryan, Division Engineering Manager, Parker Hannifin Corporation

Industry standards serve a very important purpose for the end users of compressed air equipment. If the standards are well written, they can help to promote the equipment that they govern, as long as the equipment manufacturers properly apply and promote the standards.

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Pneumatics Bring Precision to Furniture Industry

By Markus Heidemann and Jörg Schröder

Pneumatic system overhaul for furniture machining center yields high-precision results for a perfect, polished finish.

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Wire Size Recommendations for VFD Compressors

By Mark Beatty, Design Engineer, Gardner Denver Inc.

Safety is the driving force in the determination of minimum recommended supply wire sizes for variable speed compressor packages. With this in mind, all wire size recommendations should be based on meeting, or exceeding, the minimum requirements of the National Electrical Code (NEC).

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Air Compressor Monitoring

By Jon Maxwell

With all of the different LEED credits and associated M&V requirements and tax incentive opportunities for businesses to reduce energy consumption, we have seen an increasing demand for metering. Companies are looking for more ways to estimate cost savings and prove that their energy saving investments are working.

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A Steel Processing Audit

By Hank Van Ormer, Air Power USA

This steel processing facility has been operating for over one hundred years. This facility is part of a large corporation with numerous plants around the world. This audit focused on the compressed air system on one side of the Works which we will call the “North Plant”.

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Blowers Save Energy at Aluminum Mill

By Brendan Smith, JetAir Technologies

Relatively few people realize that for a variety of industrial manufacturing applications, from air knife drying to simple blow-off nozzles, the use of high pressure compressed air that bleeds into the atmosphere represents a significant waste of energy.

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3 Key Factors for Designing Vacuum Pump Inlet Filtration Systems

By Dan Bott

Nearly all vacuum pumping technologies have some degree of sensitivity to inlet particulate contamination. Since everything from a vacuum assisted production process ends up at the inlet of the vacuum pump, it is important to figure out how to best protect the pump in that particular environment. In many cases, the expected service life of a vacuum pump comes down to how well it is protected from incoming contamination.

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Investing in Efficiency: Mattei Compressors

By Compressed Air Best Practices

Compressed Air Best Practices spoke with Jay Hedges (General Manager) of Mattei Compressors.

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Class Zero Air Measures Race Car Performance

By Rod Smith, Compressed Air Best Practices® Magazine

A four thousand, five hundred and fifty pound (4550 lbs.) race car is running at 170 mph and facing wind resistance of 150 mph. The car then enters a curve creating a three-degree “yaw” (the change in angle from the direction the car is headed and the airstream). The car struggles to maintain speed as the yaw changes and the dynamic downforce load on the car changes. Suddenly, the driver-less car comes to a stop on the stainless-steel track...

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