2010 - Volume #34, Issue #5, Page #37
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Air Filter "Blaster" Pays For Itself
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"The Air Filter Blaster is designed to clean dirt from any canister-type air filter," says Dennis Grieve, Salmon River Innovations, Salmon, Idaho. "It lets you use your air compressor to blow dust out of the filter. It's not intended to permanently replace the purchase of new air filters. It'll just make them last as much as 20 times longer."
The unit comes with a cone-shaped, centrifugal force air induction chamber that pressurizes the filter from the inside out. To clean a filter, you hook up a compressor to a fitting on the induction chamber. The pressurized air creates a vortex that causes a poly shaft with slots in it to rotate. As the shaft rotates inside the filter element, the pressurized air coming out of the slots dislodges dirt and dust from the filter.
"It has just one moving part and should last a lifetime," says Grieve. "The cone on top of the unit fits filters of various sizes and seals tight onto all of them. The air filter can be cleaned several times without applying more than 40 psi to the filter element. It works a lot better than damaging the filter by banging it on the ground, or holding an air nozzle 1/4 in. away from the filter, which can tear the filter element."
The Air Filter Blaster comes with a duffel bag to store the unit, as well as a 3-lb. portable air tank and additional attachments. It sells for $349 plus S&H. The company also sells a shop model for $499 plus S&H.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Salmon River Innovations, LLC, Industrial Park
Airport Plaza no. 2, Salmon, Idaho 83467 (ph 208 756-8085; dgblasterman@gmail.com; www.airfilterblaster.com).
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