5 Types Of Desiccant Dryers Contamination of products, disrupted manufacturing processes… physical erosion of your compressed air system. Any of these can reduce the profitability of your plant. A steady supply of ‘commercially dry’ compressed air is vital to keeping quality of products high, maintenance costs as low as possible and preventing lost productivity through […]
Best Practices For Pumping Hazardous Materials Nobody likes a leaky pump and the unscheduled downtime and increased maintenance needs. When these pumps are moving aggressive acids and slurries, they can leak faster and when they do leak they create an unsafe work environment. Obviously, the biggest contributor to this problem is how quickly mechanical […]
You Could Be Shortening The Life Of Your Pumps As the saying goes nothing lasts forever. But a good pump that is well maintained can last you a VERY long time. An ANSI pump can be expected to operate for 15-20 years although many last longer than 25 years. We have had Viking Internal Gear pumps in […]
A Buyer’s Guide To Vacuum Pumps One of the hardest things for a rep to do is to read the client’s mind. The team here at Pye-Barker often gets asked to advise if vacuum A or vacuum B is better for the client. The truth is, there is no one size fits all answer. In […]
Understanding CFM vs. SCFM: Unpacking the Differences When it comes to compressed air systems, a common question we at Pye-Barker Engineered Solutions often face is the difference between Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM) and Standard Cubic Feet per Minute (SCFM). Both units measure air flow, but they apply to different conditions and industrial equipment. This […]
Why Do Compressed Air Systems Need Drying Manufacturing and processing has seen a boom in compressed air usage over the last decade or so. Devices and controls have become more sophisticated and in turn less tolerant of damp compressed air. Traditionally, moisture in compressed air was simply tolerated. Despite the fact it can cause trouble in pneumatic […]
When you’ve grown up around air compressors – literally in my case, it means that the jargon is second nature. However I know I often forget this when speaking to clients and often there is confusion when a couple of different terms get blurred. So I thought I’d take the time to remind you of […]
Don't Make This Mistake Many businesses using bottled nitrogen could actually produce their own nitrogen at a fraction of the cost that they buy it. There are three underlying reasons for this: A vendor supplying you with bottled nitrogen uses cryogenic distillation which is very energy intensive and passes this cost on to its customers […]
Time to Implement Compressed Air System Measurement Up until very recently there have been two very good reasons why compressed air systems weren’t monitored beyond temperature and pressure. It was expensive to buy instruments capable of accurate measurements Cheap instruments were inaccurate Thankfully, technology has come to the rescue and there are now lots of […]
Sometimes there’s nothing quite like a reminder about the basics of various product categories. So we thought we’d take the time to review some of the major pump categories. Starting with the ever reliable Internal Gear Pump. How Does Internal Gear Pumps Work? The crescent internal gear pump has an outer or rotor gear that […]
