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Sometimes Back Pressure is Good, Sometimes it is Bad
As the title of this blog indicates, I’m going to discuss situations in compressed air applications where a condition that we refer to as back pressure is good and where it is downright problematic....
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Pet Peeve: Lights On In An Empty Room
As the father of two sons, I spend a lot of time telling them to turn off the lights in their rooms when they leave them. I also spend a lot of time turning the lights off in their rooms after they’ve...
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Today Marks A Grand Event! This Month Brings Even More!
It was on this day, three years ago, that my wife and I welcomed our oldest daughter into the world. It wasn’t exactly smooth sailing for the entire event, but everyone made it and I’m extremely...
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Strengths & Weaknesses
I currently took a test that I had been referred to which tells you your strengths and characteristics. The test was timed and had 177 multiple choice questions. After taking the test, I was given...
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Outfitting Your Receiver Tank
Intermediate storage is a key component to your compressed air system. Intermediate storage is step five in the Six Steps to Optimizing Your Compressed Air System. Receiver tanks can also be the...
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If You Can’t Stand The Heat…We Can!
We field an awful lot of calls from customers who are seeking to cool something down. Some need to get a freshly heat treated, red-hot metal object down to a temperature where they can handle it...
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How To Hold Up Just About Anything
My youngest asked me if we had any duct tape the other night. I got a swell of pride from the confirmation that I had indeed been successful in teaching him at least half of the basics of mechanical...
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First Track Weekend Down And No Where To Go But Up.
Well, I managed to stay shiny side up for both days of track riding with MCRA at Putnam Park this past weekend. Out of the five that went in my group, two crashed, one bad enough that he may need some...
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Video Blog: EXAIR Vac-U-Gun
The video below is a brief introduction and demonstration of the EXAIR Vac-U-Gun. If you have any questions or would like to discuss, please feel free to contact us. Brian Farno Application Engineer...
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Choices, Choices
This past Sunday was my birthday. I had planned on teaching my 13-year-old son some basics of pitching…but it rained, so instead, he got a lesson in the basics of plumbing, since the toilet in his...
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The Solution To Intermittent Compressed Air System Loads
I recently had the pleasure of assisting an EXAIR Cold Gun user with an application: the parts that the Cold Guns were supposed to be cooling weren’t always getting as cool as they wanted…they’re...
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Track Days Will Never Be The Same
We all know that change is always right around the corner, there are far too many variables in life to know exactly what is going to happen. That’s the joy in it. As the track season has begun this...
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Durable, Efficient, and Quiet: EXAIR Heavy Duty Safety Air Guns
I had the pleasure, recently, to help the maintenance supervisor of a large, well known bakery with the selection of replacement air guns for their facility. He agreed to participate in a Case Study,...
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Losing A Game But You Still Consider It A Win
I have blogged the past month or so about the new EXAIR Softball team. It is composed of members from almost every department in the company and we practice once a week then we play one game a week....
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Learning Styles – We Have You Covered
In the engineering department at EXAIR, we feature a couple of different generations of engineers. This generational difference leads to some great discussions about the times, politics, and pop...
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R&D…&D Research & Development Daily
I tend to find myself doing quite a bit of research, whether here at work or at home. Any time I am looking to buy something or test something I am constantly trying to find out if someone has...
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What The 30 Day Unconditional Guarantee Can Do For You. And Us.
If you’re reading this, then we must have one thing in common: we’re regular visitors to the EXAIR Blog. I work with these guys, so, odds are, I’ve heard it before I read it (and I want you to know...
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Algebra!
I know a great many people that this meme applies to. My co-workers and I, however, are not among them. As Application Engineers, we use algebra all the time, and we all (as far as I know) like it....
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Tall Fences May Make Good Neighbors, But it’s Bad for Business
Well, my wife and I moved into the new house, so last week I started my first home improvement project. Of course, there is the typical moving jobs of changing locks, painting rooms and putting up...
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Compressed Air Calculations, Optimization, and Tips
EXAIR uses our blog platform to communicate everything from new product announcements to personal interests to safe and efficient use of compressed air. We have recently passed our 5 year anniversary...
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