At Case Controls, we are currently celebrating our 31st year in business. While we’re based in Evansville, Indiana, we have helped a number of companies – both large and small – from all across the world to upgrade the controllers and systems that they use to operate their plants and factories. From Kimberley-Clark and Michelin… Read more »
By: Dean E. Smith iZ Systems There are many ways to use storage in a compressed air system to improve the performance and repeatability of production equipment. No one method is a total solution. Some industry professionals will tell you that storage is not required for certain types of compressors. The system, however, can not… Read more »
By: Chris E. Beals iZ Systems Senior Auditor Compressed air quality classes exist that define the acceptable levels of moisture and contaminants in compressed air. However, in spite of all the available information, the majority of industrial systems fail to achieve the desired air quality level, because end users fail to engineer the installation. The… Read more »
By: Dean E. Smith iZ Systems A couple of key principles must be considered if we want to understand and control the operating costs of your compressed air system. First, compressors pump air, they do not make pressure. The system creates the back pressure which the compressors must pump against. When the compressor delivers more… Read more »
By: Dean E. Smith iZ Systems The dynamics of a compressed air system frequently plays havoc with the operation of the air compressors in the system. Unless you understand the system issues which impact the compressor controls once they are applied to a system, the controls can actually work against any attempt to improve the… Read more »
We started our project two years ago and found we had many choices. We have 8 compressors that were getting rebuilt of which 6 would get control packages installed, four already were fitted with outdated MP3 controls and 2 were fitted with Joy pneumatic controls and we would be adding 2 Gardner Denver wet screws…. Read more »