Contributed by Robert Ruskaup, Sr. Marketing Communications Specialist.   With so many sizes, styles, features, and capacities of Industrial Compressed Air Dryers on the market today, it may seem difficult to figure out which one will ensure clean, dry Air for your compressed air applications. Well, the very first step is to determine which type of compressed air dryer will work for you. Basically, there are two main types of Industrial Compressed Air Dryers - Desiccant & Refrigerated. Desiccant Air Dryers dry compressed air by passing the air through a bed of desiccant media. As the saturated air passes through the desiccant media, the water particles adhere to the individual beads of desiccant, allowing the air to continue on in a de-saturated, dry state. After some time, the desiccant bed will, itself, become saturated and unable to hold any more moisture particles. In order to continue to dry any more incoming compressed air, the desiccant dryer will have to switch t...

Contributed by Dina Boss, HR Business Partner. 2020 will be remembered as the year that everything changed. Part of the change came from the spread of the COVID-19 virus. However, what I will remember is the how our Altec AIR Associates rallied together in December to make sure that one of our traditions around Christmas time was still made possible for the Children of our Altec AIR Families. I was touched by how they made sure not to forget to include the Children, despite their hectic schedules and all the new routines and restrictions placed on us by the virus. I received requests from some of our Associates who wanted to decorate an area in our plant, in order to host a special visit from Santa Claus for all of the Children and Grandchildren (& Fur-Babies) of our Associates. We had wonderful volunteers who made it all happen and the Children LOVED IT. Thank you all for your thoughtfulness and efforts. This is truly a Family here at Altec AIR!