How To Choose An Air Knife
The EXAIR Super Air Knife has a prominent place near the front of our catalog, and THIRTEEN pages of photos, application details, performance data & specifications. It’s the most efficient and...
View ArticleAs A Matter Of Fact, I DO Know Everything
…I just can’t remember it all at once. This is one of my more tired old jokes; ask anyone who has to (or, as I consider it, “gets to”) spend any amount of time around me at all. Of course, I’ve found...
View ArticleUsing a Line Vac with a Slide Gate
This week customers have asked a few questions about EXAIR Line Vacs. I wanted to explain a few tips and tricks for using this product to achieve maximum performance. . Here is a link to an EXAIR Line...
View ArticleHow to Calculate Compressed Air Consumption at a Different Inlet Pressure OR...
EXAIR Application Engineers field a wide variety of technical assistance questions. Many are quantifiable, and we just need to do a little math. For instance: Q. You publish the compressed air...
View ArticleEXAIR.com offers Numerous Engineering Tools
Today, I want to take the opportunity to highlight some features on EXAIR’s website. EXAIR provides a website for technical information on products, point of sale and research on compressed air topics...
View ArticleThe Best Company Policy Is Right Here At EXAIR
All companies have policies. Some have a LOT. Others may not have enough. Some emphasize documenting every single action. Others write down the basics, and rely on “unwritten mutual understandings” for...
View ArticleEXAIR Blogs This Week Are Almost As Cool As Shark Week
Yes, ALMOST. This week, the EXAIR Blog has featured some excellent explanations of the science behind the operation of compressed air products. On Tuesday, John Ball posted the best explanation of SCFM...
View ArticleThat New Car Feeling
So, I got a new car this week. It replaces my 15 year old van that just went over 200,000 miles recently. It’s been solid transportation since my sons were in baby/booster seats, and they both now...
View ArticleAll Kinds Of Useful Accessories…If I’d Only Known…
I’ve been learning an awful lot about car stereos lately. See, the LED display on the stereo in my wife’s car stopped working. It was intermittent for a while…I kinda knew deep down inside that it...
View ArticleBad News, Good News, Better News
Recently, I had the pleasure of solving an application for a steel pipe manufacturer. To clean the inside diameters of their freshly-washed pipes, they were using open end blow offs: the ever-popular...
View ArticleHappy To Be Here
Well, I have officially passed another milestone on my journey to becoming an old-timer (or “curmudgeon,” as my wife would say) – our youngest child is now a teenager. Like I needed two teenagers in my...
View ArticleAir Knives – What Are They Good For?
It is rare that a week goes by without a unique application of an EXAIR product… This week I was speaking with a DJ who wished to use an air knife to create a blast of air that would add emphasis to...
View ArticleInformal Videos
Air Wipes, How They Work Video A customer from the Czech Republic contacted me earlier today and was interested in our Super Air Wipe product. They produce vacuum hoses and need to blow water from one...
View ArticleThere Must Be A Better Way To Save…
I’m writing this blog at almost the top-dead-center midpoint of Spring Break week. My teenage sons have been “enjoying” their time off thus far with the housekeeping duties their mother has been...
View ArticleForce And Flow…Which One Is The Right Tool For The Job?
If you’re even a casual, occasional reader of the EXAIR Blog, you know we write an awful lot about efficiency…namely, the ability of engineered products to conserve compressed air, while optimizing its...
View ArticlePVDF Super Air Knives Resist Chemical Exposure
When my sons were little boys, I would find myself looking forward to their teenage years, so they’d be more mature and I’d be able to relate to them better. Those of you with older kids may begin...
View ArticleVideo Blog: Meet Lee Evans, One of our International Application Engineers
Lee Evans Application Engineer LeeEvans@EXAIR.com @EXAIR_LEFiled under: Compressed Air Tagged: compressed air, compressed air efficiency, compressed air product applications, compressed air products,...
View ArticleA Sound Reckoning Of The Super Air Knife
In May of 1976, The Who performed a concert in London that Guiness’ Book of World Records used to certify them as the World’s Loudest Band. A sound level of 126 decibels was recorded and documented at...
View ArticleVideo Blog: How To Increase Line Vac Conveyance Rate By Drilling Out...
Here is our latest Application Engineering Video which explains and shows the step-by-step process of increasing performance of a Line Vac in-house. Though EXAIR does have a line of Heavy Duty Line Vac...
View ArticleDealing With The Unexpected
Last year about this time, I used the bully pulpit of my weekly blog to update you on the success of our ninth annual Father’s Day Weekend Campout. If you hadn’t guessed, I’m about to fill you in on...
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