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October 7, 2024
Real Life Expectancy Cost has three main factors determining the appropriate electrical and electronic panel cooling cost. These are energy usage, maintenance cost, and life expectancy.Correct SizingThe total heat load in your enclosure includes heat from your electrical […]
August 21, 2024
Many articles offer guidance on optimizing compressed air systems, and they often share similar details. Many articles provide guidance on optimizing compressed air systems. Often sharing similar details. When you sort through them, it comes down to the […]
August 4, 2024
Corrosion and Vortex Tube. When choosing a product, several choices and brands may seem similar. However, significant differences emerge beyond operating specifications. Often, factories overlook the materials used in products. This becomes crucial in special environments. In pharmaceutical […]
July 28, 2024
Understanding the Coanda effect, as described by Henri Coanda in 1932, is the tendency of flow to stay attached to a convex surface. Passing flow over the surface leads to a static pressure drop, creating a lift force. […]
June 11, 2024
Cooling Parts with Compressed Air. In many manufacturing processes, workers must cool the produced product for further handling or processing. The environment can cool the product using carrousel systems that simply move it around.This allows for the current […]
May 31, 2024
Compressed Air Operated unit not working? Many customer calls we receive have connected long air knives, high-capacity vortex tubes, Panel Coolers, or other products. These are known to be high consumers of compressed air. As a valued user […]
April 11, 2024
Applications for Compressed Air Operated Vortex Tubes. Compressed air-operated vortex tubes have been commercialized since 1960. These devices take compressed air at a given inlet temperature. And split the flow up into a hot (usually waste) and a […]
April 2, 2024
Blow hard or blow soft? That is an important question to answer based on your application needs. Cleaning and drying applications involve either wiping or using compressed air or blowers. The contact between the material and the product […]
March 20, 2024
Compressed air-operated air knives are popular for blow-off, cleaning, drying, and even cooling applications. They replace pipes with holes and rows of air nozzles. When properly sized and installed, they can reduce overall air consumption, reduce noise, and […]
March 3, 2024
Hydraulics and or pneumatics are essential parts of various industries. They are critical to the performance of several types of tasks. Experts project both for continued worldwide growth well into the decade. Hydraulics utilize a pressurized incompressible hydraulic […]
December 18, 2023
Factors Affecting the Performance of Compressed Air for Blowing and Drying Compressed air is a versatile and widely used resource in various industrial processes, including blowing and drying applications. Several key factors can greatly influence its convenience and […]
December 11, 2023
Pulsing of Compressed Air for Surface Cleaning Pros and Cons In various industrial and manufacturing processes, workers commonly use compressed air to clean surfaces. This method efficiently removes dust, debris, and contaminants, but the way they apply it […]
October 17, 2023
.Compressed Air Systems and Performance Efficiency Pressure drop is a crucial aspect of compressed-air technology that is often overlooked. It is defined as the reduction in air pressure from the compressor discharge to the point of use. And […]
October 4, 2023
Understanding NEMA Type 4-4X Panel Coolers for Cabinet Enclosures and the right time to utilize them. NEMA Type 4 enclosures, equivalent to IP 66 in Europe, resist water sprays and are dust-proof. The 4X version also resists corrosion. […]
September 6, 2023
Pulsed Compressed Air and Modern Valve Technologies for Today’s Applications Pulsed Compressed Air & Modern Valve. Technologies. Compressed air serves many industrial uses, like blow-off, cooling, and cleaning. Solenoid valves once introduced the method of pulsing air. This […]
August 15, 2023
The NEW NEX FLOW Compressed Air Scrub Nozzle simulates pulsing air to clean and dry tough surfaces. Historically, people have used Pulsing Compressed Air since solenoid valves came into existence. And it offers specific advantages over continuous compressed […]
November 28, 2022
HEAT DISSIPATION FROM VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES (VFD’S) Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) have become a standard part of control panels. Since their development years ago, because of their efficiency, consider their contribution toward the electrical enclosure’s heat load. Many VFD […]
November 21, 2022
Flexibility with Manifold blow-off and cooling systems Nex Flow supplies manifolds adapted to compressed air amplification products such as Engineered Air Nozzles, Air Jets, Air Edger® flat jet nozzles, and Air Amplifiers. They are for blow-off, cleaning, drying, and even cooling applications. They […]
November 14, 2022
When to use Point Of Use Separators for Filtration of Compressed Air Compressed air filtration domination continues using compressed air filters with membranes, removing moisture, oil particles, dirt, and debris. Various products have entered the market in an […]
November 7, 2022
Reason for static Control static can cause several problems in a production facility. In the film, extrusion for static can cause edges to curl and jam machinery. In injection molding, the problem tends to be the attraction of […]
October 27, 2022
Hydraulics Pneumatics or Electrical? Great question. Let’s look at Pneumatics first. Pneumatics is more cost-effective than Hydraulics as air is free and can useable generally n flammable environments. Pneumatics offers more power in a smaller and lighter unit […]
April 18, 2022
In modern industrial plants, electronic equipment is used for motor control, and most of not all machines are controlled by PLC’s. The high heat dissipation from electronic equipment exposes control systems to elevated temperatures that make them susceptible […]
March 3, 2022
Thyristors and other solid state devices in variable frequency drives generate a large amount of heat up to as much as 6% in some cases, the average for most about 4.5% of rated horsepower. The amount of heat […]
November 5, 2021
As mentioned in other blogs and articles, one of the key indicators of a well-made and properly designed compressed air operated air knife is relatively even flow across its length. When you realize that you are dealing with […]
November 2, 2021
Air conditioners of various types utilized in the USA or Canada are required to meet certain safety standards with similar requirements in most other parts of the world. This is extremely important for industrial applications where they are used […]
September 28, 2021
Is the supply chain broken? Today we see a lot of stories about the supply chain being broken. And there may even be a truth to that. But the issue is not new. In the last ten years, […]
September 9, 2021
Common Errors by First Time Buyers of Specialty Pneumatics No matter what the technology, the buyer should always be aware that they get what they pay for. As a simple example, recently I purchased a low cost cable […]
July 27, 2021
When costly electrical and electronic equipment that maintains the operation of a factory go down, production stops. Critical servers and security systems that drive production is of primary importance in a manufacturing operation not only for production but […]
July 13, 2021
Seven Ways to make your Compressed Air Blow off and Cooling More Efficient The majority of compressed air is used for blow off and cooling despite the push for alternate technologies like blowers simply because it is still […]
July 1, 2021
Using Compressed Air Amplifiers for Cooling in Industrial Applications Air Amplifiers, as explained in this article below from 2018, are the most popular products used for cooling for the reasons explained. One note to an ad is that […]
June 1, 2021
With the tightening of labor availability and the increased mandatory safety measures an often neglected area in compressed air systems is to check for leaks. Compressed air auditors rightfully focus on improving air compressor efficiency usage and on […]
May 21, 2021
Coanda Compressed Air Flow Amplifiers Explained This is an update of an older Blog from 2017 expanding on the use of Air Flow Amplifiers. Air Flow Amplifiers are used for blow off, cooling, and drying but also used […]
May 11, 2021
With the recent expansion of the manufacture of medical products where static issues can negatively affect production, it may be useful to clarify the practical limits in static charge removal on packaging machines in particular, Production speed desired […]
May 5, 2021
Pneumatics vs Hydraulics With the advent of the Covid 19 pandemic, there has been an acceleration toward automation. Packaging solutions and advances have also become important. Pneumatics plays a very large part in both automation and packaging as […]
April 5, 2021
Why Does No One Pay Attention to Engineered Air Nozzles – Mostly!: We are biased on this but it does seem that engineered compressed air nozzles are not top of mind in many compressed air blow off applications. […]
August 17, 2020
Pneumatics maintenance These costs have been rising for years in an environment of decreasing availability of qualified personnel who are in increasing demand and with increasingly complex in house procedures for personnel safety. Maintaining and improving productivity is […]
July 13, 2020
Since getting involved with air nozzles, air knives and other compressed air operated blow off products, one term that keeps getting used and abused is the term air amplification. There is sometimes a false impression created that the […]
June 23, 2020
Understanding quality and safety It’s not only consumer items which have knockoffs but many industrial items as well. One very familiar one is replacement compressor parts. Some might be OK but….. when it’s a copy, you take a […]
May 12, 2020
Restarting your Compressed Air System With many shutdowns in place of manufacturing deemed non-essential due to the corona virus, there will need to be restarts to factory compressed air systems when the factories are started back up. Many […]
April 10, 2020
Compressed Air for Medical Use Medical grade compressed air is used in just about every area of a hospital and is administered to patients who need inhaled medications and anesthesia, while patients are under anesthesia, for treatment of […]
February 17, 2020
There are all sorts of electrical certification available today – ISO certifications for quality standards, environmental standards, various country or regional certifications again, usually related to materials used and quality. Meeting any standard adds cost to a product. […]
January 17, 2020
This article not only touches on how to calculate the cost of compressed air based on electricity cost alone but also the actual cost once heat recovery is integrated. If you would like to calculate compressed air cost […]
December 23, 2019
A Ring Vac is a compressed air operated conveyor that works on a Venturi principle. Compressed air is input into the Ring Vac internal plenum chamber and exits from several holes drilled around the inside diameter of the unit […]
December 4, 2019
Industrial Panel Air Conditioning Options and Trends The various options for cooling electrical cabinet coolers include, traditional compressor-based air conditioners, air-to-air heat exchangers (with heat pipes), thermoelectric air conditioners, and finally vortex coolers. Each cooling method has its […]
November 29, 2019
A solution to Refrigerants’ Flammability Air conditioners are everywhere, in homes, cars, office buildings, and even factories. They are also used to cool small enclosures, in particular electrical and electronic control panels. It is these small enclosures that […]
November 23, 2019
Both Air Amplifiers (especially the FX40 fixed unit and 40002 adjustable unit) and Ring vacs (of various sizes and materials) are used for gas venting applications. In fact, we have manufactured Teflon Ring Vacs for moving gasses in […]
November 22, 2019
How can panel coolers prevent factory downtime? Electrical and electronic control panels are the heart of factory production. Any problems that occur with them can cause minor to major production hiccups, slow downs and potential need for a […]
November 15, 2019
The Nex Flow Difference: Why we treat our materials differently? Nex Flow Air Products Corp. sets itself apart from its competitors by doing a few things differently with the materials that we use in manufacturing our products. While […]
November 8, 2019
Wind tunnels are large tubes with air moving inside. These tunnels are used to test models of aircraft or other flying objects on their actions in flight. These models are scaled down versions of actual objects that will […]
November 2, 2019
When Should I Consider Using Vortex Tubes for Spot Cooling? Vortex tubes create a stream of cold air from compressed air. When discussing spot cooling we want to specify that it is a “small spot”, and not a […]