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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Snack Food Manufacturer Saves 50%

Ron Marshall, CET, CIM, Manitoba Hydro

The snack food facility is running with two normally separated compressed air production systems: the main plant system and the nitrogen system.

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Washdown Pneumatics Reduce Downtime

by: KJell Lyngstad, Bosch Rexroth Pneumatics

Cleanliness is often considered to be a virtue. In the beverage packaging industry, however, cleanliness is an absolute necessity.

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Air Quality Standards ISO 8573.1 & ISO12500

Jay Francis, Commercial Lead, Air Treatment Solutions, Industrial Technologies and Services-Americas, Hankison

The next time you sit down for dinner, take a good look at your food. There’s a very good chance compressed air played an essential role in preparing your meal for consumption.

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Bottling System Air Recovery at NPE 2009

Compressed Air Best Practices

The NPE2009 international plastics showcase was held June 22-26 in Chicago’s McCormick Place. While attendance was down from NPE2006, the preliminary total of visitor registrations numbered 44,000. Sustainability and energy efficiency was a prominent topic in the booths of exhibitors. Manufacturers of compressed air and injection molding equipment had many developments with Sustainability to show the visitors to NPE2009.

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Offset Printer Saves 1.8 Million kWh and $121,000 Per Year

By Hank Van Ormer, Air Power USA

This commercial printing facility is located in the Northeastern part of the U.S. Like most facilities, the plant has seen many changes over the years.

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Green Printer Reduces Energy Costs by 50%

By Patricia Boyd, Ecos Air

The primary objective of this case study is to illustrate the process in which industrial facilities can qualify for energy incentives on projects that reduce the energy usage of their compressed air system.

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Printing Facility Vacuum System Upgrades

By Compressed Air Best Practices

Most printing facilities use vacuum for one process or another. I recently spoke with Jesse Krivolavek, (a vacuum system efficiency specialist with IVS, Inc.) about his recent adventures in the world of printing.

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Energy-Saving Compressed Air Resin Dryers

By Rod Smith, Compressed Air Best Practices

Resin drying is a critical step in the manufacturing process of injection molding, extrusion molding and stretch blow molding. Compressed air resin dryers are one of the most commonly used dryers in the plastics molding industry. Recent advancements in compressed air membrane-type resin dryers, have reduced the associated energy costs significantly.

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Plastic Injection Molder Saves Energy

By Dean Smith, iZ Systems

The facility is a plastics injection blowmolder and is a division of a large corporation. The following information was produced from a compressed air system assessment done over seven days.

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