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SKEANS PNEUSLETTER

APRIL 2008

Welcome to Skeans Engineering's website newsletter. Our goal is to educate our customers with application tips, industry related issues, product updates, supplier news and Skeans company announcements.

Keep visiting our website for our latest Pneus in Pneumatics!

 TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  1. Product of the Month

  2. Skeans Company & Employee Pneus

  3. Application Tips

  4. New Products available thru Skeans

 

PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

PHD is a leading manufacturer of pneumatic and hydraulic industrial automation actuators, designed to help companies across all industries optimize their manufacturing processes. Their products consist of a full line of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, escapements, grippers, linear slides, rotary actuators, clamps, multi-motion actuators, switches and sensors.
 

 

What's NEW @ PHD

PHD has enhanced its Online CAD Configurator:

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Ability to edit ordering data from several locations within the Configurator

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Manually enter PHD ordering data and transfer directly to the Configurator

 


 

PHD has upgraded its Online Slide Sizing:

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All the slides combined into one application!

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Compare up to three results using same input!

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Compare side by side with different inputs!

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Very user friendly and works in any browser

 

courtesy phdinc.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPANY AND EMPLOYEE NEWS
Some Corporate recognition for ourselves......

Skeans Engineering & Machinery is proud to be celebrating 40 Years of Pneumatic Component supply this month.  Skeans has, over the years, expanded our product breadth and what started out as an air valve, cylinder, filtration, regulation and coupling supplier has become a full line Pneumatic and Automation solution provider.  Skeans now sells air generation product lines through to point of use air dryers, flow controls, hose and couplers and everything in between including air piping distribution systems, vacuum products and shock absorption.  Over the 40 years while our business has transformed so too have our customers.  Skeans was once traditionally a Forestry market supplier but in recent years we have expanded our markets and have become involved in literally every industry you can think of, from aviation, transportation, medical, blow molding, dairy, mining, printing, packaging and so many more.... you name it and Skeans has a customer doing it.

Skeans is ideally set up to help our customers with the needs of today.  We have application specialists on hand, and expert advisors available should you need them.  The new SKEANS is the same as the Skeans of old, we are just bigger and better than ever!!  Here's to 40 YEARS of Pneumatic Supply!

April Charity and Awareness Events: 

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

 

 

 

MS Facts....

Did you know ...

bullet Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world.
bullet MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada.
bullet Every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS.
bullet Women are more than three times as likely to develop MS as men.
bullet MS can cause loss of balance, impaired speech, extreme fatigue, double vision and paralysis.
bullet MS was first identified and described by a French neurologist, Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, in 1868.
bullet We don't know what causes MS but researchers are closer to finding the answer.

 

Employee Anniversaries with Skeans:
 
 
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Ernie - 7 yrs
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Tannis - 14 yrs

Are you ready for the Sun Run on April 20? –

The 2008 Vancouver Sun Run

More than 50,000 people used this scenic 10K run last year as a motivator, not just to eliminate the holiday excess but to jump-start a new, active way of living

Once again Skeans Coquitlam will be sending a group to participate in the Vancouver Sun Run.  This years group is smaller than other years, but little or big participation is the key.  Good luck to all our participants!!

 

Birthdays:

 

APRIL

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Ryan

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APPLICATION TIPS
Safer
COLDER DrumQuik PRO
Dispensing System for Professional Chemical Management

Safer chemical dispensing is as easy as…
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Colder’s new DrumQuik PRO is an easy-to-use product for extracting chemicals from rigid containers. The closed-system design and rugged construction meet strict safety requirements of chemical handling applications as well as the demands of harsh operating environments. The DrumQuik PRO minimizes chemical exposure and facilitates the delivery of chemicals from bulk transfer containers to end use applications. Specify the DrumQuik PRO for the following applications:
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Acids, caustics and solvent delivery
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Agricultural fertilizer application
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Institutional cleaning
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Paint and coating dispensing
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Fragrance production
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Edible oils and syrup transport
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Pharmaceutical Sterilant handling
The coupler is made from food grade virgin polypropylene and can withstand thousands of connections. The dip-tube assembly is made from environmentally friendly material – food grade virgin polyethylene – and is suited to cost-sensitive one-way and single-use container applications, and can be disposed of or recycled along with the container.
 
Skeans has Drum Quick Pro products in stock now.... call our sales staff today to order! 
 
courtesy colder.com
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NEW PRODUCTS

 

 

Emergency stop switch:
Rapidly connected without problems


The decisive advantages of the passive safety distributor compared to conventional wiring are the low planning cost, the time that is saved during installation, the reduced amount of space, the reduction in wiring errors, the ease of servicing and the reduced amount of stop time.

 

The installation of conventional EMERGENCY STOP loops requires intensive preparation and represents a potential error source when wiring work is being carried out. Terminal boxes also take up a considerable amount of room in the field. Passive safety distributors can replace manually wired terminal boxes, and have several advantages compared to the conventional method.

Up to six two-channel EMERGENCY STOP buttons can be quickly and easily connected to a passive safety distributor with standard M12 cables. The distributor is pre-wired and automatically interconnects the individual buttons to form an EMERGENCY STOP loop. Sockets that are not required can be closed off with jumper plugs. Two separate M12 sockets are available for acknowledge switches or lamps. Passive safety distributors also make machinery easier to service and maintain: The distributor indicates the point at which the EMERGENCY STOP loop has been interrupted by a button being pressed.


courtesy murrinc.com

 

 

 

 

 

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