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A Growing Market for Oil Free Compressed Air
Over the past decade, there has been a growing market worldwide for oil-free compressed air – especially in the food, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical industries. Applications are getting more sensitive to contaminants like hydrocarbons – which are very difficult to remove. … Continue reading
Sizing Your Compressed Air System
Any compressed air system must be controlled, regulated, and sized to ensure that an adequate volume of air, at a pressure and purity necessary to satisfy user requirements, is delivered to the most remote outlet during the period of heaviest … Continue reading
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Tagged air audit, airflow, McKenzie Compressed Air Solutions, pressure drop
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Compressed Air Uses in Hydroelectric Power Plants
Worldwide, hydropower plants produce about 24 percent of the world’s electricity and supply more than 1 billion people with power. The world’s hydropower plants output a combined total of 675,000 megawatts, the energy equivalent of 3.6 billion barrels of oil, … Continue reading
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Tagged champion, hydroelectric, McKenzie Compressed Air Solutions, Quincy
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US Manufacturing Expands at Slowest Pace in 2 Years
Manufacturers in the U.S. had their weakest growth in two years last month, as new orders shrank for the first time since the recession officially ended, according to a survey of the nation’s supply executives. Activity at manufacturing firms in … Continue reading
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Defining “American Made”
“Buy American” is back on the agenda in Washington. Yet buying American-made products has become an ambiguous, complicated challenge. “Today, steel, cement, automobile and machinery companies – including air compressors – exist in a borderless world. Mexican cement companies own … Continue reading
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