If you are looking to replace or install an Oil Free Air Compressor, there are several critical factors that need to be assessed when you are evaluating each model. Not sure if you need an oil free compressor? Learn the differences with our oiled vs. oilless air compressor guide now. Is It Actually Oil Free? […]
Save Money and Improve Your Air Compressor’s System Some of our clients keep their compressed air systems in pristine condition. Others would be horrified if they shut down their workspace for 12 hours and went around listening for leaks. Others could do that and their team would shrug. I hope you and I are on […]
3 Rookie Mistakes When Selecting the Right Blower While the vast majority of our customers are looking for a direct replacement for an existing blower, or have engineers designing their new system who have made the calculations to determine the flow and pressure/vacuum required so then all we have to do is match the specs… […]
3 more ways to ruin your pump A couple of months back I shared with you three all too common mistakes I see our clients’ maintenance teams make that damage their pumps and shorten their lives, leading to costly repairs, more downtime and unnecessary replacement. So if you have budget to burn and really want […]
A Vital Lesson In Double Checking Your Pump Specifications (you’ll be glad this didn’t happen to you). A while ago now, we were approached by an engineering firm (who will remain nameless for obvious reasons) to quote on a pumping system for their customer on peanut butter. The engineering firm had been engaged to design […]
Getting the Longest Possible Life Out of Your Air Compressor A good air compressor should only be noticed when it isn’t working. The rest of the time it hums away doing its job so that all of your factory’s vital functions can continue on, as expected. Downtime is frustrating not only because something you […]
Viking XPD 676 API Compliant Pump Viking has just stepped up promotion of their new XPD 676 range, so we thought it would be a good time to review their offerings for chemical, petro-chemical oil and gas process applications – the XPD 676 pump series – the first internal gear positive displacement pump to be […]
On The Front Page of ‘Processing’ Magazine! One of Pye-Barker’s pump suppliers – ARO was featured on the front cover of ‘Processing’ Magazine. United DMS (the largest silver-bearing film recycler in the United States) worked through several other unsuccessful alternatives, before using ARO’s pumps and monitoring systems to drive their fluid recovery systems. They have […]
Product Review: Gardner Denver IQ Blower Packages We’ve got clients in multiple industries using Gardner Denver IQ Blowers for applications including pneumatic conveying, vacuum and aeration in wastewater treatment. However, I know there are clients and customers who should be using them but aren’t. I thought it was time to do a review of the […]
Buy The Right Air Compressor I don’t know why this is, but we see a lot of customers underestimate their requirements when they are purchasing an air compressor. They often neglect the volume of air needed and neglect the quality – how dry the air needs to be or how good a filter is required […]
