Compressed Air Best Practices - November 2008 - (Page 34) | 11–12/08 Compressed Air Industry STEEL & METALS | THE 2008 NAACD CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION CompAir Hydrovane had a new compact three-hp unit on display. This rotary vane air compressor design by CompAir has a long and rather unique history of success with OEM accounts. The durability and small footprint have been its’ signature features. CompAir also displayed their high-pressure reciprocating air compressors used in natural gas and methane applications. Air Treatment As usual, exhibiting were multiple brands of compressed air dryer, filter, intake air filters, compressor control systems and air/oil separators. The distributors do a good job of visiting every booth and really getting to know the equipment vendor. I can’t do justice to everything on display. A technology that caught my eye is JORC’s Air-Saver® programmable motorized ball valve. For those plants that consume compressed air at night when there is no production (i.e. most have major leaks), I like this simple solution, which allows one to program the ball valve to close and isolate the system downstream of the receiver tank. BELAIR was also introducing their new AMD Series refrigerated air dryers. Belair President, Bill Thomas, said that demand was very strong for this rugged yet value-oriented dryer design. SOLBERG had the booth next to mine and President Tor Solberg said that the company continues to grow internationally. Spending almost one week a month in Europe, he said that international expansion coupled with new product introductions in the U.S. is fueling their overall growth. Joe Fresch from PNEUMATECH was very upbeat about the energysaving cycling dryers they are introducing and the continued growth of their energy saving heated desiccant air dryers. Belair’s new AMD Series refrigerated air dryers. Solberg is growing internationally. 34 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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