All About Air Cannons

Today our guest is Peter Klee of IGS!

Peter spent 24 years as an Engineer for Martin Engineering in their European Headquarters in Germany. While there, air cannons were his focus, and he spent 5 years working on procurement and logistics and 15 years as a product manager for air cannons in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Russia where he worked with product development, procurement, customer complaints, project management and engineering, and support for various Martin branches and distributors.

He developed a patented automatic blast guard (or Thermo Safety Shield), developed the Martin Smart Nozzle design, and worked with project development for the largest air cannon order to date for Martin in 2011. Still based in Europe, Peter has been with IGS as an air cannon consultant since 2020, with a focus on product development and business development.

In this episode we interviewed Troy Langley, founder and Executive Director of Refcon Specialist Group.

In this episode, we discussed:

1. Various air cannon applications

2. The importance of matching the right nozzle to the right application

3. Why volume is a key consideration for each application

and more!

In this episode, we interview Chris Landers, who currently works for IGS and also worked for Halcyon Technologies and Martin Engineering. He has sold air cannons in Canada, the US, and Mexico, and he has held a variety of patents for air cannon technology.

Because of his experience working with different air cannon companies, each of which has differing philosophies about how to use air cannons, Chris has a unique perspective on them.

Quotes from the episode:

"Just about all air cannons work well, if you apply them correctly and maintain them."

"Factor in the volume of the blast and the shape of the blast."

"Air cannons are often a necessity, but they are rarely treated as a priority."

"Find ways to make the air cannon accessible...and to apply them correctly, in order to minimize the number needed."

In this episode, our guest expert is Jeff Shelton, president of Dracyon Corp and internationally recognized air cannon expert. In the past, Jeff has created and sold two companies, Halcyon Technologies and Drayton Corp, and he has also spent time working for IGS and Martin Engineering. He holds several patents for developing various pieces of air cannon technology, and he has sold air cannons in over 20 different countries and on every continent except Antarctica. He has been interviewed in multiple international publications about air cannon applications, and he is recognized all over the world for his expertise. Lastly, he is currently at work writing what will be the definitive book on air cannons and their various applications.

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