Imagine you’re on a construction site in the middle of summer, and your portable air compressor is running nonstop. The air coming out is hot – as expected – but you might not realize it’s also saturated with moisture. If that moisture-laden air enters your tools or equipment, you’re looking…
North American Services is located in Elk River, MN and offers a variety of water and abrasive cleaning services throughout the US. One of the services they offer is Dry Ice Blasting. Dry ice blasting works well cleaning surfaces that have crusted dirt and grime and is not abrasive enough…
Portable Air Compressors are used on-site at jobs everywhere. You notice them at construction sites, on the sides of highways for projects, and in numerous other jobs that require compressed air. One thing that many people forget is when air comes out of the compressor; it’s hot. This is why…
Most people are aware of the old phrase, “You Get What You Pay For”……. However most are not aware that this also applies to the world of portable compressed air treatment, more specifically air drying. Van Air Systems is just one manufacturer in a literal sea of competitors in the…
Gas Pak Pro Portable Natural Gas Drying System Are you in the Oil and Gas Industry? Do you need a portable solution for multiple locations? Or do you need a rugged system that can be transported to remote locations with no power available? Van Air Systems introduces the Gas…
We recently had a customer approach us the SSPC show to discuss the differences between our compressed air drying systems and some of the others in the industry. This particular customer spoke at great length about the size of the air motor on our 1600 CFM air dryer package. They…
There are many great ways to dry compressed air by removing moisture for portable applications. The most common way to remove moisture is through a Portable Deliquescent Air Dryer Package. There are many air dryer manufacturers out there with packages to choose from, it is important to know the product…
Recently one of our distributors that sells and rents portable air compressors asked me this question. The newer portable air compressors have an integral air-cooled after cooler on board so they thought the after cooler on the Blast Pak was redundant. I explained to them that “approach temperature” means everything…
Van Air Systems now offers a new solution for portable air compressors. The Cool Pak delivers cool filtered compressed air for portable jobs reducing the harmful effects of liquid contaminants. Designed for use with portable 185 CFM compressors. The Cool Pak consists of an air-cooled aftercooler with a 12VDC motor,…