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SKEANS PNEUSLETTER

MARCH 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
 

 

       The NEW MXP is designed to outlast every rodless cylinder on the market
With Tolomatic's ENDURANCE TECHNOLOGY features, the MXP band cylinder sets a new standard for durability.

Durable bearings: Profiled rail design uses THK® Caged Ball® technology to reduce friction and extend actuator life. Solid bearing design reduces stress concentration by 59% for optimum performance. Internal bearing design is permanently lubricated for long trouble-free service.

Durable Bands: Strong stainless steel bands will not expand like elastomer (non-metallic) bands, providing reliable sealing over the life of the actuator

 
 

Tolomatic is a leading supplier of linear actuators, both electric and pneumatically driven. Backed by the best service in the industry, Tolomatic's expertise includes linear actuators, servo driven high thrust actuators, servo and stepper motors, drives, and configured linear systems. Standard products are built-to-order and shipped in 5 days or less. Tolomatic also manufactures right-angle gear drives, caliper disc brakes, and clutches.

Tolomatic has earned an industry-wide reputation for designing and manufacturing highly durable and reliable actuators for a variety of industries, including packaging, material handling, medical, food processing, automotive, semiconductor, and general automation. For reliability...specify Tolomatic!


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

courtesy tolomatic.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPANY AND EMPLOYEE NEWS

Skeans Coquitlam division will be participating in the 2008 Bowl for Big Brothers Classic with proceeds going to support Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver’s quality mentoring programs by funding volunteer screening, training and monitoring of friendships as well as fun activities for "Bigs" and "Littles".

 
Employee Anniversaries with Skeans:
 
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Jeff - 6 yrs
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David - 4 yrs
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Dave - 23 yrs
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Tomas - 3 yrs
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Ryan - 3 yrs
 
 
 
 

Birthdays:

March

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John Sr
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Tony
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David
March Charity and Awareness Events: 

Big Brothers is a non-profit, community-based organization that has served the Greater Vancouver area since 1957. Traditionally, the program matched boys from father-absent homes to carefully screened and trained adult male volunteers, who provided guidance, support and friendship.

Though times have changed, the volunteers and the needs of the communities have changed. In response, Big Borthers have developed a menu of programs to suit the diversity of our communities and the busy schedules of volunteers.

Whether you are male or female, 19 or 99; if you have at least one hour a week to spend with a child, we have a volunteer opportunity for you.

 

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APPLICATION TIPS

ITS TIME NOW TO PREVENT AIR LINE FREEZE UPS DOWN THE ROAD

 Get your Desiccant Dryer ready for WINTER!!

 With winter just around the corner, now is a good time to consider servicing your Twin Tower Regenerative Dryer

 CHECK THE CONDITION OF YOUR:

FILTER ELEMENTS

DESICCANT

 

Send Skeans a sample of your desiccant and we will have it analyzed then forward the lab test results to you;

or

call our service department for on site

Dew Point testing

WE HAVE A LARGE INVENTORY OF HIGH QUALITY ¼” DIA ACTIVATED ALUMINA DESICCANT

(other sizes available)

 

ORDER TODAY!…. BEFORE THE FALL RUSH!!

Activated alumina desiccant is an excellent all-purpose desiccant for drying air with high relative humidity.  Dewpoints of -60°F can be achieved (depending on the dryer design).  Activated alumina can be used in both heated and heatless / pressure swing dryers.

·        Activated Alumina Desiccant -40°F dew point standard

·        Unaffected by catastrophic liquid water loading

·        Ideal for both heatless and heat regenerated systems

·        Low regeneration temperature 250°F to 500°F

·        Shipped in safe 352lb drums

 

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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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