Blower & Vacuum Best Practices Magazine

That’s a wrap on the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference in Atlanta! Thank you to all of the distributors, engineering firms, manufacturing plants, exhibitors and other industry professionals who attended. A special thank you to our event sponsors Compressed Air & Gas Institute (CAGI) and Cooling Technology Institute. We’re proud to note this was record breaking year for manufacturing plants, distributors and engineering firms in attendance! We hope you enjoyed the week exploring new technologies, learning about certification opportunities and networking. Check out our website for exclusive content from the show and stay tuned for our full show report in next month’s Compressed Air Best Practices® Magazine. Be sure to mark your calendars for Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference taking place Oct. 21-23, 2025, in Kansas City!  #CompressedAir #Cooling #Blowers #Vacuum

Congratulations to the Day 2 winners of the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference Daily EXPO $1,000 Energy Treasure Hunt Raffle! These lucky attendees took home prizes: 1st place: Dylon Pogue, ADG Concepts 2nd place: Ivan Suslaev, ADG Concepts 3rd place: Oscar Torres , CEM, Baxter International Inc.   ADG Concepts sent several people to the conference, which clearly brought them extra luck. Thank you to everyone who participated in the hunt this year!

The Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference brought the latest blower and vacuum innovations directly to manufacturing plants, distributors and engineering firms. We spoke with representatives from GlobalVac & Air, RAETTS and Airadyne to learn about the technologies they had on display, as well as company news. Airadyne will be the exclusive OEM partner for RAETTS Maglev Turbo Blower units and the RAETTS Explorer Series of high-speed centrifugal blowers in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Airadyne also manufactures its own regeneration blowers along with #CentrifugalBlowers and most accessories. Andrew Thompson, Product Manager, GlobalVac & Air showed off the company’s industrial vacuum systems, including a duplex, 6-hp vacuum system for industrial applications (pictured) and a lab vacuum system, vertically stacked for a space-saving footprint. #IndustrialVacuum Pictured below: – Ava Lee, RAETTS, and Alec Alexander, Airadyne, with a turbo blower unit – Regenerative blower from Airadyne – Andrew Thompson, GlobalVac & Air

It’s inspiring to be among this amazing group of women who play a major role in the compressed air, vacuum and cooling industries! We held our annual in-person meeting for the Women in Compressed Air, Vacuum & Cooling Networking Group with a wonderful breakfast at the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference. Our keynote speaker Charlene S. Vance, MBA, APU General Manager, Thermo King, opened up about her personal experiences during her presentation “Purpose, Passion, Focus: Winning for You and Your Team” and encouraged our group to work toward their goals and win their personal championships. Thank you to Ingersoll Rand and Hitachi Global Air Power for sponsoring this event.

We’d like to wish a big congratulations to our day one winners for the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference Daily EXPO $1,000 Energy Treasure Hunt Raffle: 1st place – Kobe Harrigan, B.Eng, Goldfin Consulting Inc. 2nd place – Rick Vogel, Fluor Corporation 3rd place – Cort Clark, Atlantic Compressors, Inc. Want to join the hunt? Pick up your Energy Treasure Hunt Raffle Card* and collect a stamp from at least 10 Energy Treasure Hunt SPONSOR BOOTHS marked with an X symbol on the show floor map. Bring your card to the Compressed Air Best Practices booth (#411) by 4:30 p.m. You must be at the EXPO in person at 5 p.m. when names are called in order to win. *Only equipment distributor sales engineers/service technicians, auditors, consultants, engineers and manufacturing plant personnel are eligible to play. Enjoy exploring the EXPO floor during your hunt yesterday? If you have any photos, share them in the comments below!

The Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference is underway! We started the morning with our Opening Session led by Publisher Roderick M. Smith. Frank Mueller, President, Compressed Air & Gas Institute (CAGI), shared information about the organization’s mission, and Paul Baker, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Jacobs, explained the significance of the ASHRAE 90.1 Commercial Building Energy Code adding a section on #CompressedAir (be sure to check out the expert panel happening at the conference tomorrow at 8 a.m. for more information). Alan Edington, Global Energy Director, Gates Corporation gave us an inside look at the role compressed air and chilling play in the manufacturer’s production process. “The most important step in our process is #DataCollection. We spend a significant amount of time collecting data before we engineer the system. Almost 100% of our systems have built-in metering so we know if there's ever an issue or what the data is that we'll need for replacement,” he said. The Opening Session was concluded by Joshua M. Taylor, Asset Reliability Manager, Ardagh Group, who discussed the #GlassPackaging manufacturer’s asset reliability program for compressed air and #CoolingWater.

Set up is underway for the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference! Tomorrow morning, we’ll kick off the show with educational seminars and certification opportunities hosted by industry experts, and at noon the EXPO will officially open. This year, we’re excited to share we’re breaking our record for manufacturing personnel attendees. We can’t wait to welcome you to the show! We want to see all of your pictures, so be sure to tag us in your posts throughout this week.

Leaks in vacuum systems can cause a whole host of problems – including accelerated wear and tear of internal components, increased energy bills and higher overall operating costs. And unfortunately, not every leak is obvious. No matter your experience level, here are seven best practices to enhance the efficiency of your leak detection process using the tracer gas helium: https://lnkd.in/ebBHmk7N. Do you have more tips for leak detection in vacuum systems? Share them below! #LeakDetection #VacuumSystems Article by Sinja W. Stentoft, Editor Communications, Busch Vacuum Solutions.

Pfeiffer Vacuum is proud to announce the introduction of its new name and refreshed logo, marking the evolution of the company into Pfeiffer Vacuum+Fab Solutions. This rebranding reflects the comprehensive portfolio of Pfeiffer as a one-stop supplier for both vacuum solutions and semiconductor fab solutions. Keep reading: https://lnkd.in/e-JMBcwC. #InTheNews #BVBP

As #SustainabilityGoals grow, so does the need for innovative solutions to accomplish them. Increases in process complexity and demands for greater sustainability have driven innovation in control system strategies. Meeting these demands has resulted in the implementation of new strategies, more capable controllers and new sensor technologies – all of which influence blower control. In our October issue, we review advanced aeration control for blowers and cover new strategies for optimizing wastewater blower performance. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/exGvym22. #Wastewater #AerationBlowers Article by Tom Jenkins, President, JenTech Inc.