1. Learning to Work Efficiently and Accurately
Hanse Environmental Inc. By Peter Hanse 08/14/2006
Air System Overview
Learning to Work Efficiently and Accurately

2. Introduction What do you know about pneumatics?
How does air systems interact with electrical, cooling, humidity, vibration, and door closers?

3. Agenda Areas Covered: General Pneumatics Pneumatics in Chambers
Cause for Pneumatics Failures
Extend Pneumatics Life

4. Vocabulary
Pneumatics, from the Greek πν(pneumatikos, coming from the wind) is the use of pressurized gases to do work in science and technology.1
Solenoid valve is an electromechanical valve for use with liquid or gas controlled by running or stopping an electrical current through a solenoid, which is a coil of wire, thus changing the state of the valve.2
Gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume.3
Pneumatic Actuator converts energy (in the form of compressed air, typically) into motion.4

5. Our Air System Requirements Clean minimum oil, rust, and dust
Dry -40 and lower dew point
100 PSI
Large Air volumes at full on
One Medium Vibrator 5.2 SCFM
One Large Vibrator 12 SCFM

6. Air System Overview

7. Air System Components Solenoid Valves Push Lock Fittings
Barbed Parker Fittings
I/P Valve

8. Air System Components Rubber Air Hose Hard 1/4 Air Line
Medium Vibrator
Oilier

9. Air System Components
Shut Off Lockout
Volume Booster

10. Causes of Air System Failures
Dirty Air
Compressor Oil
Moisture

11. Extending Air System Life
Key is good clean dry air
Checking components operation

12. Summary
Air system ties together vibration, cooling, and door operation.
As such it needs to be kept working to keep chamber running at full potential.

13. References 1 Pneumatics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic
2 Solenoid Valve
3 Gas Compressor
4 Pnumatic Actuator