ASME Florida Section August Dinner Meeting Thursday, August 19^th 2010

(Terrell Yon will make a short presentation on ASME benefits tonight prior to Connie’s presentation outlined below)

"Positive Displacement Blowers for Industry" presented by Connie Rimes, District Manager, Kaeser Compressors.

Many manufacturing plants utilize positive displacement (P.D.), rotary lobe blowers for their processes.  The most common use is for pneumatic conveying of plastic pellets, flour, grain, sugar, cement, and other powders.   In the wastewater market, P.D. blowers are used for aeration, mixing, and filter backwash.  With only minor preventative maintenance, these blowers can operate reliably for many years.  For this reason, often plant operators and managers do not even know that they have blowers at their facility.

While a compressor generates high pressure at low flow, a blower generates high flow rates at low pressure.  A P.D. blower can typically generate 15 PSI of differential pressure.  At inlet conditions of sea level, 68 degrees F, and 36% Relative Humidity, a P.D. blower can generate up to 15 PSIG or 15 inches Hg vacuum.

This technical presentation will begin with a review of the two classes of blowers, Dynamic and Positive-Displacement (P.D.).  Next Connie will explain what a P.D. blower is and the principles of operation.  P.D. blowers can be either tri-lobe or two-lobe, and this presentation will explain the advantages of each type.  P.D. blowers are extremely noisy, and the reason why will be explained.  She will also discuss the differences between "Process Quality" blowers versus "OEM Quality" blowers.  The presentations will conclude with examples of applications and installation photos.

Connie Rimes attended Southern Polytechnic State University (Southern Tech), Marietta, Georgia and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering Technology. Since November 2004, she has worked for Kaeser Compressors as a District Manager, covering 9 states in the Southeast. She
provides technical and sales training to her company's sales force who sell high quality positive displacement blower packages.  She also manages and
seeks industrial and municipal product representation for territory areas not staffed by Kaeser Branch offices.

Prior to Kaeser, Connie worked for 6 years as an Application Sales Engineer for Gardner Denver's Blower Division in Peachtree City, GA, where her
main product focus was Industrial Applications for Lamson and Hoffman Multistage Centrifugal Blowers.  Prior to Gardner Denver, Connie worked for 8 years
as an Application Sales Engineer for Blake & Pendleton, a distributor for pumps, rotary screw air compressors, heat exchangers, and vacuum pumps.

For the ASME Atlanta Section, Connie has served as Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer (3 years), and Past Chair.  She will serve as a Director for the 2010-2011 ASME year.  She is also the Unit Review Group Chair for District F.  Connie is also a Life Member of the 4-H Club and enjoys motorcycle riding, doing stained glass projects, and playing cards/board games/Mexican Dominoes with friends. She is married and lives in Mableton, GA.


Time: 6:30 networking
7:00 dinner
8:00 Presentation

Price:
$15 ASME Members
$18 Non members
$8 Students

Date: August 19th 2010

Location: Joe’s Crab Shack, 4601 South Semoran Blvd. Orlando, FL 32822
(407) 658-9299

Menu Selection, choice of one:
- Chipotle BBQ Chicken & Shrimp with dirty rice and broccoli
- Maui Mahi with sautéed green beans, bacon , and new potatoes
- Joe’s Steak Deal, 8oz sirloin with fries and broccoli

Reservations required by emailing section at floridasection@asme.org by
Tuesday, August 17th COB.