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EDITOR'S COMMENT

Please find your latest copy of Air User e-news brought to you in association with BCAS. If you missed your copy of the 2009/2010 Air User magazine or would like to view it, you can find Air User here.

2010 is the 80th anniversary our BCAS, if you’re interested a little history is given in the last news story ‘The best thing since sliced bread’, which incidently also went on sale in England in 1930. I hope you find the newsletter a useful read.

BCAS 2010 Spring Conference

Tuesday 2 March, NEC, Birmingham

A FREE 90 minute workshop will be run by John Copeman, international sales and marketing speaker, trainer and business coach. ` Other speakers for the BCAS Conference will cover Compressed Air legislation and technical issues, a new Environmental Insurance Scheme for BCAS members, the AirSAFE register scheme for BCAS members and the Effective Measurement of Air.

You will be attending the Conference before the MAINTEC Exhibition Hall is open you will need a pass from me to be allowed in. Please email saying how many passes you would like and confirm if you are joining us for the Networking breakfast (so that we can have sufficient refreshments available) chris@bcas.org.uk for details.

NEWS

Compressed Air receiver construction facts
BCAS has received many calls regarding clarification on compressed air receiver construction and testing. Here we give you the facts...
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Savings at a stroke
A principle that’s often completely overlooked is whether it’s really necessary for the return stroke of a pneumatically-operated cylinder to function with the same pressure as the working stroke. Design engineers at SMC found that air consumption can be cut by up to 40% by way of a special valve...
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Ultrasonic leak detector for energy conservation
Exair’s ultrasonic leak detector is available exclusively in the UK through Good Hand UK. Leaks often account for over 30% of the compressed air consumed in industrial plants...
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Energy from waste project uses Atlas Copco compressors
A project to convert domestic and industrial waste into energy is being commissioned at Dargavel, Dumfries in Scotland. Part of the plant’s advanced thermal treatment process employs compressed air supplied from an Atlas Copco Compressors system...
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Possibly the best thing since sliced bread
A brief history of BCAS...
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Heatless pressure swing adsorption dryers

A full range of HPS (heatless pressure swing) adsorption dryers for compressed air systems are available from Hi-line Industries, designed with ‘plug and play’ installation and high efficiency and reliability...