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Where does “Oil Vapor” in ambient air come from and how does it affect the quality of your compressed air? In this white paper, Mark White – Compressed Air Treatment Applications Manager at Parker Hannifin, discusses the effect that ambient oil vapor levels can have on downstream compressed air quality and what to consider when looking for ‘Technically Oil-Free’ compressed air to ISO8573-1 Class 0 or Class 1 for total oil.
In January 2020, we relocated our Farmington Hills headquarters to a new 145,000 sq.ft. facility in New Hudson. We are excited to finally welcome you to our new building and celebrate with a 2-day open house featuring a vendor trade show, building tours, training & development classes, catered food, and giveaways! We hope you can join us! Click here to RSVP today and be entered to win one of our door prizes!
Save the Date! In January 2020, we relocated our Farmington Hills headquarters to a new 145,000 sq.ft. facility in New Hudson. We are excited to finally welcome you to our new building and celebrate with a 2-day open house featuring a vendor trade show, building tours, training & development classes, catered food, and giveaways. We hope you can join us! RSVP here.
Don’t miss this Thursday’s training & development classes located at our New Hudson location from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Attend one or all sessions! Space is limited so please register today!
Class Schedule:
1:00-2:00pm: Basics of Hydraulic Filtration – Register Here
2:00-3:00pm: Industrial Lubrication Practices – Register Here
3:00-4:00pm: Sizing Electromechanical Cylinders for Retrofit Applications – Register Here
Exotic Automation & Supply will be exhibiting at booth #718 at this week’s Cannabusiness Industrial Marketplace Michigan Summit & Expo held July 13th – 14th at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI. On display will be our many solutions to support this growing industry including air & inert gas handling/plumbing systems, stand-alone nitrogen generators, filtration products and other fluid connector solutions. Not able to attend the show? Contact us for more information today.
Easily torque and break out bolts with safe, simple and durable square drive, hydraulic wrenches from Enerpac. Enerpac’s square drive hydraulic torque wrenches have a compact, high-strength uni-body construction, which provides a small operating radius without sacrificing endurance. Learn more here.
DESTACO’s 84N5 Sheet Metal Gripper is the universal solution for press shop gripping applications. The 84N5 gripper accelerates your press tending productivity with a lighter, faster and highly flexible gripper that can accommodate most press shop needs. The 84N5 features easy in-field jaw reconfiguration, adjustable opening angle, multipoint sensing and minimal field maintenance.
Guidelines for Good Manufacturing Practices relating to food contact compressed air in food processing facilities call for filtration to remove any potential risks. Parker Finite 3-Stage Filtration provide the best line of defense – protecting the consumer, ensuring a safe, cost efficient production facility, and obtaining important annual BRC, SQF, and FSSC2200 certifications.
Save money and increase safety with the most advanced air, inert gas and vacuum aluminum piping system on the market! Transair Aluminum Piping is available with Parker’s exclusive “Voice of the Machine” ™ Condition Monitoring System with wireless pressure, humidity, temperature & flow remote monitoring sensors. Exotic’s Factory Authorized, Certified Installers ensure a 10-Year Leak-Free Warranty and are available 24/7.
As a thank you to our loyal customers, we are hosting customer appreciation week July 26th-30th at all 12 of ParkerStores! Stop by to enjoy complimentary sweet treats, receive double punches on your reward cards & get a scratch off card for your chance to win one of our grand prizes! Prizes include YETI coolers, Amazon gift cards & surprise mystery gifts! We can’t wait to see you! Find a location here.
Exotic Automation & Supply will be exhibiting at booth #1754 at this year’s AISTech Iron & Steel Conference held June 29-July 1st in Nashville, TN. On display will be our wide selection of safety products including Sidener Hydraulic Safety Valves & Deublin Rotary Unions. Not able to attend the show? Contact us for more information today.
Customer Appreciation Week is September 25th – 29th!
ParkerStore Customer Appreciation Week is almost here! Join us next week, September 25th – 29th and stop by any of our 17 Retail Stores for complimentary hot dogs and to scratch
Parker H Micro Air Piloted Subbase Valves
Parker’s H Micro Series is an air piloted subbase valve. The manifold bases contain circuit boards for collective wiring/fieldbus which make it a great fit for factory automation, packaging machinery
A Solution to Hose Kinks
Problem: A customer was having problems with multiple hose kinks on an on-board coolant vehicle application. They were having to stretch and form connections due to the space restraints in
Polyurethane Products from Exotic
Since 1963, Exotic Automation & Supply has been designing & manufacturing custom polyurethane products using compression, open and closed casting molding technologies for best-in-class durability and performance. Solutions Include: •
Thanks for Attending Our Summer Open Houses!
Thank you to everyone who attended our 2023 ParkerStore open houses at our Traverse City, Noblesville, Marysville and St. Joseph locations! We had a great time seeing you! Our next
Exotic Automation & Supply Welcomes Three New Members to Board of Directors
Exotic Automation & Supply, a premier Parker Hannifin distributor, is proud to announce that effective July 1, 2023 three new members have joined their Board of Directors. These three individuals
What is a Rotary Union?
Rotary Unions, also called rotary joints, transfer fluid from a stationary supply into rotating machinery, such as a spinning drum heated by oil or chilled by water. Rotary unions allow the
New Enerpac Toolbox Sets for MRO
Enerpac recently introduced four new toolbox sets designed for technicians working on industrial maintenance, repair and operations projects. Each set includes premium and reliable Enerpac tools carefully selected to suit
80/20 Helpful Resources
With 80/20 you have a lot of options when it comes to planning, designing and building your project. 80/20 University provides resources, videos and tutorials online to answer questions and assist
New Parker Medium Duty Bent-Axis Pump & Motors
Parker’s Hydraulic Pump and Power System (HPS) recently introduced the new F10 Medium Duty Bent-Axis Pump and Motor Series. The F10 has the same spherical piston design as the well-known
Meet Our Retail Manager, James Allison
Meet our Retail Manager, James Allison! James has been with Exotic for over 9 years and in his most recent role he oversees our 17 ParkerStore locations to ensure they are delivering outstanding customer
SKF Single-Line Lubrication Systems
Regardless of the application, the principle of single-line lubrication remains the same: a central pump station automatically delivers lubricant through a single supply line to the lubrication metering device. Each