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JULY
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
Air Treatment and Control
To take the
fullest advantage of the benefits that can be derived from using compressed air,
it must be correctly and adequately prepared. Clean, dry, regulated air is
the corner-stone of an efficient air system. Where necessary lubricated
air may be required to provide dependable operation and satisfactory service
life of certain air tools and components.
WILKERSON COMPACT
MODULAR 18 AND STANDARD MODULAR 28 SERIES
FRL
Available in 3/8", 1/2" and 3/4" NPT/BSP port sizes, the 28
series combines a compact size with high performance. The advanced design provides
reliability, convenience, safety, flexibility and value. The broad range of unit
models, accessories and options extends air system design flexibility resulting in
substantial cost savings.
Following you will find
a detailed cross section of the Wilkerson FRL product.

courtesy
www.wilkersoncorp.com July 2006
JUNE
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

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Airtek offers a complete line
of compressed air drying and filtration equipment. Their efforts are
award winning and the innovative designs offer quality-engineered
solutions for the most demanding industrial requirements, below are
the various units available.
To
get more information on Airtek Products please visit
www.airtek.com or click on the
logo above
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Basics .
Since all atmospheric air
contains some water vapour and particulate matter, all compressed
air systems contain concentrated volumes of moisture and
contaminants. To remove moisture and contaminants from a compressed
air system, the following equipment should be considered:
Aftercoolers are a necessary
first step in compressed air treatment. They lower the compressed
air temperature to acceptable inlet conditions for air dryers, and
remove up to 70% of the entrained water vapour. Depending on site
conditions and utilities, aftercoolers are available in water-cooled
or air-cooled configurations. Where water and electric are not
available, air cooled aftercoolers with air driven motors are
available.
Air Dryers are used to lower
the dew point temperature of compressed air, further reducing the
amount of water vapour remaining in the process airflow. If applied
correctly, a compressed air dryer should eliminate the possibility
of liquid water forming in any downstream piping.
Refrigerated Air Dryers lower dew point by reducing the
actual air temperature to near freezing conditions, causing moisture
to condense from the air. Once the water is removed via centrifugal
action, the air is reheated to a usable temperature.
Desiccant Air Dryers use the chemical adsorption method of
drying and can achieve dewpoints as low as -365 F.
• Coalescing Filters collect and
extract liquid water and oil.
• Particulate Filters trap unwanted solid contaminants.
• Adsorbing Filters soften odors
and polish compressed air.
• Separators & Drains remove collected liquids and are used
in various locations throughout an air system.
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MAY PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
APRIL
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH 
PIONEERING
PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS
MARCH PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

The first Hansen coupling was developed and
manufactured by Hansen Manufacturing Company, founded in 1915 by Fred Hansen.
Since then, the Hansen Coupling has become the industry standard for all quick
connect/disconnect couplings. Hansen and Skeans
Engineering joined forces in 1968 meaning that Hansen is one of the
original '4'
product lines that made up Skeans Engineering at it's inception.
Following are links to the
Pneumatic Coupling line that is available through Skeans. Click on any
link to go directly to the Hansen web site product information page.
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FEBRUARY PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
- Robust one-piece cylinder
construction with solid back-end delivers unmatched energy
performance
- Versatile low profile
configuration of adjustable series also has wrench flats for
easy installation
- Distinctly different
front-end bearing assembly promotes remote serviceability
when required
- Integrated positive stop
capability provides reliable positioning for all moving
loads
- Innovative combination of
long life components offer maximum cycle life for increased
productivity
- Xtreme Series units have
been developed to be fully interchangeable with existing
shock absorber products
- Adjustable and
non-adjustable units are available in 3/4" (20 mm), 1-1/8"
(30 mm) bore sizes and stroke lengths up to 6" (150 mm)
- Xtreme Series shock
absorbers are capable of safely and efficiently decelerating
loads with energies that exceed all competitive capacities
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JANUARY
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

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Legris Connectic: Legris offers over 12,000
product references, fittings, valves and accessories designed for a wide variety
of industrial applications. Pneumatic equipment (bagging machines, assembling
machines…) and hydraulic (injection machines, machining tool, building machines)
are the main applications.
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DECEMBER EMPLOYEE PNEUS
Skeans takes our fund raising and donations very seriously
and are very proud of our staff and our management for their efforts and
generosity to continue to support this
important organization to the betterment of the communities we all live in.
This year we increased
awareness in our local community by telling surrounding companies what we do.
We were hoping other businesses in the area would support us by providing a prize
donation, or even start their own charitable donations program following are the
companies that got involved.
For more information regarding United Way fund raising and what you can do to
participate either personally or corporately please click on this link
United Way
Corporate Campaign.
A special THANKS to our CORPORATE SPONSORS who donated
prizes for our fun events
NOVEMBER EMPLOYEE PNEUS
Skeans
United Way "Kick off to
contributions 2007" Campaign
was
November 15 - 17, 2006
Skeans Engineering & Machinery has been involved in community and charitable
donations since it's inception and has been a United Way Member since 1991.
In the late 90's Skeans attained our Gold Member status with the United Way, and
are proud to have donated over $125,000 to our surrounding communities and to
causes like ALS, The Canadian Cancer Society, The Heart and Stoke Foundation and
many many other important associations in the years we've been working with the
United Way. Over 75% of our employees donate each month to the United Way
through payroll deductions and in December of every year the Company matches
dollar for dollar.
During our contribution awareness and fund raising week our
Corporate Office in Coquitlam holds several events to get the employees
involved, we use
competition and events to facilitate awareness, and as the campaign winds down
we award prizes and recognize achievements. This year
we will start out with a kick off breakfast Wednesday AM, followed by many NEW
events for 2007 like darts, a dessert walk, a scavenger hunt, chair races, and
finally a wrap up lunch on Friday afternoon. These events are fun and get
people involved. During our Wednesday morning kick off breakfast a United
Way representative will be on site to tell us more about the United Way and how
our contributions help those people who need it most right here in our own
communities. At the
end of the campaign we ask employees to pledge their monthly payroll deduction
for the new year.
OCTOBER EMPLOYEE PNEUS
For Halloween we had a pumpkin carving contest. CONGRATULATIONS to our
EDMONTON DIVISION
for winning our competition with the pumpkin(s) in the photo. Click on the
following link to watch a video of our winner.
Ever seen a fully actuated pumpkin?? CLICK
HERE.....!!
The Skeans
'Family' has recently grown by two !!! We are very excited for
David Fairbrother of our Edmonton branch and his wife Laurie on the recent birth
of their twins ADISON DIANE
and CARTER DONALD.
Congratulations David & Laurie
and all the very best!
September
employee pneus
Our offices will be closed
Monday September 4th for Labour Day....
last long weekend of the
summer.... !!
Skeans Edmonton regrets to advise that Thomas will be
leaving to pursue an apprenticeship opportunity. Although Thomas will be
greatly missed we understand his decision and wish him all the best for his
future endeavors. At the same time our are pleased to welcome Kendra
Gabruch as Thomas's successor. Kendra will work in the warehouse and
provide customer service assistance. Edmonton is also pleased to announce
that Kit Abuan has joined our Outside Sales Team. Kit will train in
our Calgary office for the next few weeks and will be moving his family to
Edmonton in early October.
Skeans Calgary has accepted the resignation of Rod
Espiritu. Ron has decided to try the challenge of selling
instrumentation equipment in the oil patch industries. We wish him well in
his new career.
Right on time..... Skeans Coquitlam is excited to advise that
Paolo Pagnotta has now completed his inside sales training and will be
joining our Outside Sales Team as scheduled. We are greatly looking
forward to Paolo's excellent knowledge and skills to benefit and assist our
customers with their applications and efficiencies. Jeff, Dick, Gio, Tom
and Carlos will still all be on our Inside Team to provide our continued
excellent customer service. We are currently advertising to replace and Paolo's
now vacant Inside Sales position, please see our
careers page for more information on any and all employment opportunities at
Skeans Engineering.
august EMPLOYEE pneus
Please
be advised that Karry Gibson & Candice Denoni are no longer with Skeans
Corporate Office. We wish them both success in their future endeavors.
JULY EMPLOYEE pneus
Remember ALL
of Skeans division will be
closed Monday July 3rd
in observance of
Canada
Day
Skeans Coquitlam office is pleased
to announce the addition of Eric Wang to our CRP Service Department.
Eric comes to Skeans with 12yrs experience in the compressor room and will
apprentice under Art and Shane in the local service area.
Please be advised that Lew Mutchler of our Edmonton Operation and Brad McEwan
of our Calgary operation are no longer with Skeans.
Lew and Brad have both decided to pursue new positions in the Alberta Oil Fields. We wish
them both all the best in their future endeavors.
JUNE EMPLOYEE PNEUS
Our Coquitlam office is very
pleased to welcome Candice Denoni as our new Junior Administrative
Assistant. Candice comes to Skeans recently out of Douglas College and we
are very excited to have her assistance in all our general office areas.
Also in administration we are excited to advise that Anna O'Leary
formerly our full time receptionist, has taken on a new role as well. With the
addition of Candice who will take over reception from 12 - 5pm, Anna will be
working afternoons in our corporate pricing department. Job sharing is new
to Skeans and we are looking forward to positive results.
Please welcome Candice as the 'new afternoon voice' of
Skeans Coquitlam.
MAY EMPLOYEE PNEUS
On
May 5th
Skeans Corporate office held it's First
Open House/Trade Show. We were proud to share with our
customers our facility, capabilities and hospitality. We had several demo
stations set up around the building and were pleased by the attendance and
interest from our product users.
During our event we had a
business card draw for all attendees and are pleased to announce that
Mr. Fabio Forner - Project Coordinator
with Dennerik Engineering & Fabricating Co. Ltd. was
the lucky winner of a $100 Future Shop gift
certificate donated by the on site BC Hydro
Power Smart Program representative that joined our show.
Congratulations to Fabio and thanks again
to all our attendees, sponsors and Skeans staff who worked so hard to provide a
great event!
april employee pneus
11
members of our Vancouver Team recently
participated in the
2006 Annual Vancouver Sun Run,
March employee pneus
11
members of our Vancouver Team are
looking forward to participating in the
2006 Annual Vancouver Sun Run, Canada's
biggest and best community run
which takes place Sunday, April 23rd @ 9am. The Vancouver Sun Run is the
second largest 10K run in North America and is expected to attract an estimated
50,000 participants for the 2006 event. 48,037 Sun Runners celebrated the run's
21st annual running in 2005.
Since its inception, The
Vancouver Sun Run has donated over $1.1 million to charity. This year's
entries will support the Vancouver Sun's Raise-A-Reader campaign and the BC's
amateur athletes.
February employee pneus
Paolo Pagnotta is
the newest member of our Vancouver Sales Team. Paolo, brings to
Skeans an extensive background in robotics and automation and is currently
pursuing a bachelor program in Manufacturing Automation. Paolo will spend
the next few months training in our various departments before starting his
outside sales role in the fall.

With
nothing but the best wishes for her future, we advise that Connie Lacasse
is no longer with Skeans Vancouver corporate office. Connie was a great
help to many of us Skeaners but she has her sights set on the medical
field and has left us to continue her education and pursue her new career in
Nursing. We wish Connie all the best and will miss her efficient hands and
willingness to do what ever was asked of her.
January employee pneus
we are on the 'grow' with new faces
for 2006 in almost every division
We
are pleased to welcome TOM TODYRUIK to our Skeans Edmonton
Sales Team. Tom started with us Dec 12th and is working in both the
warehouse; shipping and receiving; and will be assisting David Fairbrother with
our Customer Service needs.

In our Vancouver
Sales office we are excited to advise that TOM WHITTAKER has
re-joined our CRP department. Many of you will remember Tom as a
long term Skeans Team member and we are glad to have his knowledge and
experience back "behind the lines" of our Compressor Room Division.
Tom has many years of experience with CRP parts and service and he will be
working very closely with Shane and Art coordinating our Service work. Please
feel free to ask for Tom directly for your compressor and dryer parts needs.

In our
Winnipeg Sales office we are pleased to announce that RUDY KITSCH
has joined our Outside sales team. Rudy brings with him many years
experience in industrial sales of hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Rudy is
very familiar with our Manitoba customer market and we are very excited to have
Rudy's knowledge and experience on board.
We welcome Tom,
Tom and Rudy to our Sales departments!!
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Fall & Winter 2006

JULY / AUGUST APPLICATION TIP

MAY / JUNE APPLICATION TIP
To
help you achieve prompt and efficient service on a cylinder repair, we
request you have the following information available on your next call
to
Skeans Compressed Air Products:
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Make
Model
Class
Bore
Stroke
Rod
Diameter
Serial
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Usually
you can find this information on the Identification Label affixed to the
cylinder. A Skeans Label will have all the information indicated above on
the label. The label can be found affixed to the cylinder near the Rod End
Head at Position 1 (air inlet). On a Skeans Class 6 Cylinder,
the Serial # is stamped on the steel Rod End Head. Please also identify
the Skeans branch from which you purchased the cylinder.
JANUARY
- APRIL
APPLICATION
TIPS
With the cold winter air, it's time
to check your Desiccant Air Dryers. Call Skeans Compressor Room
specialists Shane, Art, Doug or Tom for all your Desiccant needs. Skeans
can even have your tower samples tested and provide you a detailed report.
We have Desiccant in stock @ most of
our DIVISIONS, give us a call
November &
December new product
Our new and exciting products are featured as our
PRODUCT of the MONTH above.
Murr Elektronik GmbH implements ideas for electronic switch cabinet and control
systems with high technical complexity on behalf of it's customers. They
provide made-to-measure solutions for a variety of tasks and applications, and
offer a comprehensive range of switch cabinet products in the power supply,
interference suppression and processing areas. From simple passive distribution
to flexible and economic bus systems, Murr Elektronik covers all areas of modern
distribution, in an established and versatile connector range.
The CUBE 67 (featured above) offers
Economical Distribution - MODULAR, COMPACT & ROBUST
The I/O
later where you need it - right at the machine, and close to the sensors and
actuators, instead of occupying one large area, or being concentrated in the
control cabinet.
The
minimal dimensions allow compact construction of the machine - Space problems
are a thing of the past
LED close
to the affected sensor/actuator
Flexible
extendibility
The
shortest of I/O Lines
Lowers
cabling costs
Saves space
in the machine or control cabinet
Switching
matrices are no longer needed
September /
October new products


JULY & AUGUST NEW PRODUCTS


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MAY & JUNE NEW PRODUCTS
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New Products from MAC Valves
Information provided here
in PDF file format
Contact SKEANS for
price and availability
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FEBRUARY
NEW PRODUCTS
Enidine
Incorporated's
New PRO Long Stroke
Series shock
absorbers feature the same reliability and performance
as standard Enidine Incorporated shock absorbers, with
the added capability of consistent, soft energy
absorption in repetitious high-velocity conditions with
speeds of up to 185 in/sec (4.7 m/sec).
With long stroke configurations designed to accommodate
varying load conditions, Enidine Incorporated PRO Long
Stroke Series shock absorbers provide the smooth, even
transitions and progressive damping required for the
rapid transfer of materials.
This new product line features:
- Effective control of
lightweight component movements
- Reliable operation
in temperatures of 15 ºF to 180 ºF (-10 ºC to 80 ºC)
- Handles load
capacities of 75 in-lb to 2,300 in-lb (9 Nm to 275
Nm)
- Controlled
deceleration for maintaining precision transfer of
parts and increases productivity
- Ideal for
high-volume applications requiring repeatable
interface with molding processes
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JANUARY
NEW PRODUCTS
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New economy range of
Legris ball valves, Fluoropolymer series
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A
new range
of economy
ball valves enhances the range of Legris Connectic ball
valves, Fluoropolymer series.This range of
ball valves
is suitable for many industrial applications, when the
fluid carried and working temperatures require
PTFE seals.
Full flow
fluid passage, the range is available in two versions :
- in-line, with a
standard handle
- in-line, with a
butterfly handle,
to overcome the constraints of
reduced spaces.
Specifications
. fluids
: compressed air, inert
gases, water and all fluids suitable with constituent
materials.
. working
temperature: -20°
to + 90°C
. working
pressure: 16 to
25 bar, depending on the model
. models:
double female, double male and male – female BSP
parallel,
G1/4" to G2"
. materials
: - body: sand blasted
nickel-plated; - ball: nickel-plated
chromed brass;
- handle: black
plastic coated
steel; - stem : nickel-plated
brass; - ball
seals: PTFE;
- stem seals: NBR
You will
find details of these products in the
Legris 2006/2007 catalogue
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