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May 2013 Edition

Featured Articles

Factory Reduces Compressed Air Energy Costs by 61%

Don van Ormer, from Air Power USA, provides a demand-side system assessment case study that reduced compressor discharge pressure by 20 psig and compressed air demand from 693 to 240 acfm.

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Pneumatic Circuit Analysis for Energy Efficiency

Clint Hodge, from ASCO Numatics, provides guidance on how to optimize pneumatic circuits on production machinery.

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DO Control and Turbo Blowers Optimize Energy Use at a WWTF

Jack Troidl, P.E., from Woodard & Curran, provides a case study from Billerica, MA on how his engineering firm upgraded this municipal WWTF.

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Blow Molding Equipment: Review and Process Steps to Minimize Energy Usage

Donald Miller, from Plastic Technologies, provides insights on how plants can review this entire process for energy efficiency opportunities.

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An Update from CAGI

Rick Stasyshan, Technical Consultant for the Compressed Air & Gas Institute, provides us with an update on CAGI Performance Data Sheets, Standards, and other activities.

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The 2013 Hannover Messe

Our editor, Rod Smith, spent four days looking for technical innovations and new companies in the COMVAC HALLE at the Hannover Messe. Take a look at what he discovered!

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