Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008 - (Page 46)

| 01/08 Compressed Air Industry ENERGY MANAGEMENT | S P E C I A L R E P O R T: T H E 2 0 0 7 N C A A D The NAACD invites many other equipment vendors to attend the conference. Products on display ranged from air dryers, air filters, chillers, condensate drains, oil-water separators, wireless service products and intake filters. Belair Technologies exhibited high-temperature refrigerated dryers that can accept inlet temperatures to 180 °F, and their new FT Series filters and AMD Series refrigerated air dryers. JORC Industrial displayed their new Air-Saver programmable valve, which isolates air leaks downstream to prevent compressors from turning on when the plant is not in production. They also displayed their new PODS pneumaticallyoperated, no-air-loss condensate drain along with their Puro-Dri oil-water separators. Mikropor America exhibited for the first time at the NAACD. The firm exhibited their range of gas turbine inlet filtration, ambient air filtration and compressed air dryer and filter product lines. Parker domnick hunter displayed their newly launched range of refrigerated air dryers for flow from 10–6,000 scfm, the Artic Star Plus. They also displayed their new line of chillers. SMC had a booth where they displayed both pneumatic products and their line of air dryers and filters. SMC has launched a strong compressed air auditing initiative, which identifies energy-saving opportunities in pneumatic circuits and components. They are working with compressor distributors to deliver this value to end users. The conference ended with a round of golf (my partner Mark Lauterwasser called me “Aqua Man”) and a very pleasant banquet where we were entertained by a combination magician/mind reader. That was scary. I don’t know if the mind reader will be there in 2008, but I highly recommend attendance at the 2008 NAACD (www.naacd.org) if you have the opportunity to go. BP Kelly Ingoldsby (center) from SMC Corporation Mark Lauterwasser (left) and Tony Hergert from Parker domnick hunter Volkan Ayhan and Mark McCullagh from Mikropor America 46 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.naacd.org http://www.airbestpractices.com

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Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008 Contents Focus Industry Features Compressed Air Industry Articles From the Editor Real World Best Practices: Selecting A VSD Rotary Compressor Audit of the Month: Energy Savings in Peru The Low-Hanging Fruit in Pneumatic Systems Mikropor America, Inc. Wireless Sensor Networks: Improve Efficiency in Compressed Air Systems Special Report: The Chicago Pneumatic Compressor Launch in North America The Importance of Measuring Vacuum The Comp-Air Service Co. Special Report: The 2007 NAACD Wall Street Watch Advertiser Index Job Market

Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008

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