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SKEANS PNEUSLETTER

June 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
 

Skeans has been manufacturing NOPAK Air Cylinders since 1968 when we started business.  Over the years we learned that in some HEAVY DUTY applications our standard cylinder was not strong enough to withstand operational conditions, so we went to the drawing board and came up with the "SG" Cylinder Design

 

 

see our Air Cylinders and SG Dimensional pages for more detailed information on these

Heavy Duty Cast head Air Cylinders

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Skeans Engineering & Machinery was proud to celebrate 40 Years of Pneumatic Component supply in May.  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!

June Charity and Awareness Events: 

 

ALS Adventure Challenge

ALS Relay Challenge @ Panorama Park Sunday June 8th
 
The ALS Adventure Challenge is the "Anyone can do it Adventure Race". The race consists of approx 5km trail run, 10 km Mountain bike and 2km kayak with additional fun "mystery" events along the way.
 
For the 3rd year in a row we are proud that ALS Adventure Team "GO FOR IT MARY" consists of our SKEANS family.  Tim, John & Pamela are once again leading the donations pack with over $12,000 dollars raised so far for this great cause, what an amazing group of people!!! :)
 
If you would like to sponsor Tim, John, Pam and Ryan please go to http://www.alsadventure.com and click on "DONATE" then "SPONSOR a Participant" and enter John, Pam or Tim Skeans.
Employee Anniversaries with Skeans:
 
 
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Bruce 29 yrs
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Les 1yr
 

Current Events

 

 

 

This month we congratulate

Shane and Marsha

on their wedding!

 

 

Congrats to you both and best wishes for all your coming years!

 

 

 

Birthdays:

 

June

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Ernie
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Doug
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Paula
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Michael
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John
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Tony
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Barb

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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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