Air Dryer guns

[Kimberly Berg]

TAFAIAC the Swivel helps relieve a stress point at the connection. Are you using a cuff - but no swivel?

On the Diskin we use 2 swivels, one at the handle (swivel nut) and at the boom (Mosmatic SS Swivel). See photos...

 

[D&D U-Wash]

On the Diskin we use 2 swivels, one at the handle (swivel nut) and at the boom (Mosmatic SS Swivel). See photos...

 

[D&D U-Wash]

This is our Air Dryer setup. Only one motor up in the catwalk.

 

[mjwalsh]

TAFAIAC the Swivel helps relieve a stress point at the connection. Are you using a cuff - but no swivel?

I don't want appear to be too much of a rural area "country bumpkin" but can't help wondering .... What does "TAFAIAC" mean ? .... it is sometimes so gull darn hard to keep up with the flood of brand new acronyms ???

 

[Kimberly Berg]

I don't want appear to be too much of a rural area "country bumpkin" but can't help wondering .... What does "TAFAIAC" mean ? .... it is sometimes so gull darn hard to keep up with the flood of brand new acronyms ???

Lol! I was wondering the SAME thing... I Googled TAFAIAC, but couldn't find an answer!

 

[MEP001]

AFAIAC = as far as I am concerned, but I don't know what the first T is for, possibly a typo.

 

[I.B. Washincars]

AFAIAC = as far as I am concerned, but I don't know what the first T is for, possibly a typo.

Maybe "though".

 

[Earl Weiss]

Sorry meant to type AFAIAC. As far as I am concerned.

 

[soonermajic]

I use Premier Air Guns. Works better than Diskin & Air Logic. Also, that company is super easy to deal with. Their guns are tOUgh as nails to. Fits in the holster. May find it on the ground 2x/mo.

 

[D&D U-Wash]

I use Premier Air Guns. Works better than Diskin & Air Logic. Also, that company is super easy to deal with. Their guns are tOUgh as nails to. Fits in the holster. May find it on the ground 2x/mo.

Could you please post pix? Is it a KR product?

 

[Kimberly Berg]

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I appreciate the photo! On the boom, how are you able to tighten the hose clamp through the corrugated plastic hose?? We tried it that way when 1st installed & kept finding the hose on the ground. We now use a Vacuum Cuff, with a heavy-duty hose clamp and 3 self-tapping screws.

 

[D&D U-Wash]

I appreciate the photo! On the boom, how are you able to tighten the hose clamp through the corrugated plastic hose?? We tried it that way when 1st installed & kept finding the hose on the ground. We now use a Vacuum Cuff, with a heavy-duty hose clamp and 3 self-tapping screws.

 

[Kimberly Berg]

Interesting hose clamp! Is that from Kleen-Rite? How well does it hold? We use a battery-operated drill with a hex head to tighten the hose clamps. They last awhile until the hose gets old & unravels...

 

[MEP001]

They last awhile until the hose gets old & unravels...

You might want to try a different brand of hose. Kleen-Rite's brand vac hose pulls apart very easily. Smooth-Bor is better but the last couple of boxes seems to be getting soft and weak very fast. I've seen a rainbow vac hose that is very durable, but I don't know if they make it long enough for an air dryer.

 

[D&D U-Wash]

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No, we don't have any problem with w/hoses coming down from boom. We have a problem with the Air guns coming off-air hose every now and then. I'll post a pix of our new setup soon. Parts are on order. The clamps are just standard clamps.

 

[D&D U-Wash]

 

[Kimberly Berg]

You might want to try a different brand of hose. Kleen-Rite's brand vac hose pulls apart very easily. Smooth-Bor is better but the last couple of boxes seems to be getting soft and weak very fast. I've seen a rainbow vac hose that is very durable, but I don't know if they make it long enough for an air dryer.

We've been using Vacuum Hoses from Kleen-Rite (VAK45BL). It's not their brand. They told me their KR brand is made by Plastiflex.

 

[OurTown]

I appreciate the photo! On the boom, how are you able to tighten the hose clamp through the corrugated plastic hose?? We tried it that way when 1st installed & kept finding the hose on the ground. We now use a Vacuum Cuff, with a heavy-duty hose clamp and 3 self-tapping screws.

T-Bolt hose clamps have a much higher clamping force compared to worm gear clamps.


https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-Hose-Clamp-T-Bolt-1XGU9

 

[Kimberly Berg]

I notice on Kim's pic that specifically shows her Diskin wall boom. something. The boom appears to span 5 x 16" blocks ... which means that our Mosmatic boom are almost a yard longer. 7x 16" blocks. Any thoughts on the longer lengths from anyone?

My original Southern Pride air guns look identical to the KR Air Logic guns.

There are times where I am thinking it would be helpful to have just the single motor like Kim has & probably what Eric, David & possibly many others are using.

We did what David did with the bolt through & acorn nut for our air gun & it was one of the better modifications that we made for preventing the gun from ever detaching.

If you are able to Zoom in on the below "Full Image" pic of our Mosmatic Wall Boom ... you might be able to see where we recently had a LOCAL muffler - stainless steel fabricator weld a sweep elbow on the end & also at the beginning of the boom structure ... he did some re-inforcing welding because one of the Mosmatic Booms partially broke & needed to be re-welded &/or reinforced. We recently a week ago had him do the two modifications on all our booms as a preventative measure. The shop owner was fair in his pricing .... labor & material came to about $77 for each boom's modification.

BTW we tried the flexible sweep elbow from Menards & each one of those tended to restrict the air flow more than the welded stainless sweep muffler fitting!

According to KR, Mosmatics boom is 5'3" long (#BOM60311), including 3" mount plate. I have Diskin's boom, which is the same length. Today, I ordered Mosmatics 3' extension (BOMP60315). I'm hoping the longer boom will reduce some of the pulling & tension on the hose,
and it will better clear over the customers car. I'll have my welder spot weld it onto the existing boom, so it doesn't come off.

 

[soonermajic]

Could you please post pix? Is it a KR product?

Not a KR product. Had tonorder directly from Premier Dryers. Someone on here suggested that about 5 yrs ago. They were spot on.