Contributed by Robert Ruskaup, Sr. Marketing Communications Specialist   This past week, Altec AIR was honored to be attending and exhibiting at the Association of Independent Compressor Distributors Expo for 2021.  The AICD Expo was held at the Westgate Resort in Las Vegas, NV, from May 16th - 18th. This was our first opportunity to exhibit at a trade show since Covid-19 hit back in 2020, so we were super excited to be able to participate in AICD 2021.  Not only had it been quite a while since we got to participate in any trade show (actually since November of 2019), but this would also only be the second time that we were able to break out and display the new Altec AIR trade show booth we had designed and created back in 2019.  Aside from our excitement to be able to just 'get out there' again for the first time in a while, we were even more delighted to be able to participate in an event that let us get in front of our Customers and Partners again, face-to...

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...