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The Thing About 100 MPH Fastballs
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an awesome Sunday afternoon at the ballpark. Today, dear reader, I want to write about something completely different: An awesome Tuesday evening at the ballpark. My...
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Selecting the Right Air Gun is a Key for Success
Last week I wrote about the OSHA requirements for using compressed air for cleaning in “How to Meet the OSHA Compressed Air Standard“. That was a title only an engineer could love. It was functional...
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Everybody Wants Options II
Justin Nicholl, I hear you loud and clear about how Everybody Wants Options. I would go so far as to say a lot of people NEED options. This was evident in an application that I had the pleasure of...
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Cold Guns and Air Amplifiers Cool Thermal Spray Coating Process
A Kentucky based thermal spray coating company contacted me recently to solve a problem with excessive heat in their process. This specific application was facing long cool down times after using a...
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Customer Wants to Cool His Part in 40 Seconds Time
In my e-mails yesterday I noted this application in particular because not only did the customer want to cool his PCB board / computer down from 80°C down to 40°C, he wanted to do so in 40 seconds...
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Air Amplifier Provides Cooling for HOT Parts
The five C’s of EXAIR products are Cooling, Cleaning, Conserving, Conveying, and Coating. All EXAIR products are suitable for applications in these areas, with varying degree of possibility. When it...
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Adjustable Air Amplifier Removes Heat, Protects Thermocouple
I was working with a customer recently who had a fairly interesting application that I’d like to share with you. The customer operates a steel furnace and they have an automatic, liquid steel...
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Ordering Off-The-Menu, And Other Tales Of Customer Service
In the quaint little beach town where I used to live there was a diner that met – in fact, most would say exceeded – the town’s standard for quaintness. It was one of those places where, if you ordered...
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Cooling Hot Cameras with EXAIR Super Air Amplifiers
Sometimes, the design of an application is a perfect fit for the application purpose until parameters change. For instance, if ambient temperatures creep a little higher than normal, or workflow...
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Improper Installation and Associated Problems
I had a customer contact me this week wanting to replace his existing Super Air Wipe with a different product because he was starting to see a drop in the performance. He was considering a switch to...
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Chain-Chain-Change, Change Out That Drilled Pipe…
Life is full of change. It might sound trite, but truer words were never spoken. I used to get up around 6:30 on work days. Now, thanks to my son’s middle school schedule, I’m usually seeing him out...
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How 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...
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Special Air Amplifier? Not A Problem!
This week I worked with two customers that wanted to boost their air flow with an Air Amplifier. One customer ended up going with a Special Air Amplifier. The second customer I ended up pointing to a...
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More Power? I DO Think So…
We occasionally get calls from folks who are looking for “more power” – and it always brings that classic 1990’s sitcom “Home Improvement’s” Tim “the Tool Man” Taylor to mind. Well, not so much Tim’s...
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Super Air Amplifier Removes Fumes In Plastics Machining
I recently took a call from a customer who was using our Model # 120022, 2″ Super Air Amplifier to remove an odor that is produced from trimming their plastic pump impellers. The impellers are made of...
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Let’s Cool Things Down With Heat Transfer Equations
When it comes to cooling products, we get many questions on what would be the best method. Generally with larger parts with heavy mass and large surface areas, we would recommend the Super Air...
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Bad 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...
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Calculating Force and Pressure For Air Nozzles
I assisted with an application where logs were being shaved to make thin laminate. Because the logs were non-concentric or entirely smooth, the beginning of the sheet was riddled with scrapes and...
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Force 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...
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Super Air Amplifier Provides Needed Ventilation
Behold: The Power of the Microwave!!! Over the weekend, my wife and I were doing some “re-organizing” upstairs (actually throwing away some old toys and clothes), when our son decided to make a snack....
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