A large trade school replaced their older reciprocating compressor with a newer lubricated screw compressor. The staff was tired of the noise of the piston compressor, hammering away during daytime activities. The newer and quieter screw compressor was an easy replacement β just drop it in and turn it on! It purred like a kitten. […]
Registration is open for Pack Expo in Las Vegas, scheduled for September
Poised to bring together 30,000 packaging professionals with 2,000 leading industry suppliers, registration for Pack Expo Las Vegas and the co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO (Sept. 23-25, 2019; Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas), is now open. Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, these co-located events will span 900,000 net square feet […]
Heavy-duty bag grippers for palletizing
If your automation cell requires a palletizing or de-palletizing End-of-Arm Tool, Piab has components and systems that make your robots function precisely and efficiently. The modular and custom-machined component designs of our products allow our EOATs to operate on any make and style of robot. Piab has introduced the first-generation heavy-duty adjustable bag grippers in […]
How important is it to vent the compressor intake and exhaust to outside?
Question:Β In a manufacturing facility, and especially with a VFD (which I understand likes cleaner air), how important is it to vent the intake and exhaust of the compressor to outside? I canβt see air up on the roof being much cooler than inside the plant in the hot summer and in the winter you would […]
Can spare dryers be energy wasters?
Often, for extra reliability, a main and spare compressor exist in a compressor room. The spare may be an old unit that has recently been replaced, turned off, but waiting to be fired up if the new compressor shuts down or is taken out of service for maintenance.Β This spare compressor consumes no power if […]
Pressure gauge withstands high overpresssure
The Ashcroft T6500 stainless steel, solid front pressure gauge is now available with the XRA overpressure option. This feature adds an overpressure mechanism that restricts the motion of the Bourdontube after the specified full scale value is reached.As a result, the gauge can withstand up to 400% overpressure without damage, often eliminating the need for […]
Compressed air fail: Dryer surprise
By Ron Marshall A metal products manufacturer installed a desiccant dryer about 10 years ago to protect a special laser costing almost $1 million. The dryer worked perfectly, or so it seemed β it could be heard blowing off and switching sides as dual tower heatless desiccant dryers do. As part of a compressed air […]
Piab adds new sizes to bellows suction cup line
Piab is extending its generic line of bellows suction cups to include cups measuring 13 and 26 mm in diameter. Another two new cup sizes will be added at a later stage, further broadening the already extensive application range of the companyβs popular bellows suction cups. βWe decided to plug a few gaps in our […]
Vacuum management made easy with Lemcom Manager
Specially developed with vacuum handling applications in mind, LEMCOM Manager is a PC softwareΒ package which allows users, in just a few clicks, to remotely setup and configure LEMCOM vacuum generatorsΒ as well as run diagnostics. Packed with numerous functions such as the import/export of parameters, vacuum cycle analysis, alarm andΒ operation cycle monitoring, configuration help or even […]
ELGi unveils compressed air breakthroughs at ComVac / Hannover Messe 2019
Elgi Equipments exhibited key innovations in compressed air solutions for varied requirements at ComVac, Hannover Messe from April 1-5,Β 2019. The central launch at the ELGi stand Hall 26, C-12, was the AB βAlways Betterβ air compressor series, a breakthrough in oil free compressed air technology. ELGi also showcased Air-Alert, an IoT based machine monitoring platform. […]
