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Hot Finds- Portable Air System

The Turanair T-Force 1000 Prtable Air-Powered Kit is a lightweight, quiet alternative to compressors and generators, the firm says. The thermos-sized bottle packs 3,000 psi of compressed dry air for 750 shots with a standard brad nailer, 1,300 with a micro-pinner, or 300 with framing nailers. It has a dual-stage regulator for psi adjustment and comes with 6 feet of hose, universal fitting and tool hook.

954-753-9007 www.turanairsystems.com .

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BUILDING PRODUCTS 2005 MVP

 

Super Selections: The MVP Award winners offer pros simpler installations, fewer callbacks and happier clients.

By Stephanie Herzfeld

 

Each year, BUILDING PRODUCTS' Most Valuable Product competition singles out an elite handful of new products worthy of special recognition. This year, 28 products, ranging from a solar-powered attic fan to a 28-volt lithium-ion cordless tool system and a corner whirlpool bath, have been deemed the cream of the crop. They offer ways to make your job easier, your work more efficient, and your businesses more profitable. And they might just add a little fun back into your work day.

The MVP winners were selected by a six-judge panel made up of builders, remodelers, and architects from accross the country. The entries were collected as a result of BUILDING PRODUCTS' request to manufacturers for information about their best introductions between January 2004 and January 2005. 

Unable to test each product, our judges scrutinized written statements, press materials, brochures, pricing information, testimonials, and photography submitted by the manufacturers. Specifically, our panel assessed each entry based on a single requirement: Is the product of "value" to pros, meaning does it reduce installation time, call backs, or labor costs; solve a problem; simplify installation; boost profits; or add curb appeal or a "wow" factor to a home?

All claims about the winning products come from their makers; the editors could not independently verify the statements. What's more, the winners represent only a small portion of the top-notch products. The judges made their selections based on items entered in the competition, not from all products the debuted between January 2004 and January 2005.

 

 

Turanair Systems

 

Turanair Systems Because it's so small and lightweight, the T-Force 1000 Portable Work Bottle air-powered system is an exceptional time and space saver for pros going through punch lists or remodelers working in occupied homes, said the judges. The product, which uses compressed air to fuel pneumatic tools, is about the size of a coffe thermos. The system, which the maker says is an alternative to heavy generators, loud compressors, cumbersome air hoses, and extension cords, connects to any pneumatic tool. "A portable power source that's small and strapped to your tool belt was like a gift from the construction gods", Eric A. Stromer, a carpenter with TLC's Clean Sweep home improvement show said in a written testimonial. 

866-706-0022 www.turanairsystems.com

 

 

  

 Article By Jerry Belinson and Roy Berendsohn

Air compressors are commpliance on high-end DIY projects and home construction work sites, powering tools, spraying lacquer, and generally making noise, tripping people up with tubes, and getting in the way. Compressed air bottles present a serious alternative to the standard tech, though, just as battery-powered once challenged coreded tools. The T-Force bottles we saw today hold air compressed at 3000-4500 psi. Thats an immense amount of pressure, held in a bottle rated by the Department of Transportation and also used in aviation and military applications. (When the bottles fail, at pressure equal to at least four times the official rating, the air is vented safely, were told. Which is good, because air held at 3000 psi could turn it's container into a pretty impressively deadly projectile.) The bottle fits easily into a hip holster, bringing mobility to anyone interested in say banging in 300 framing nails or 800 staples, or filling a truck tire. The set up is much simpler than a standard compressor system, promising to make pneumatic tools more accessible to more people. For people already using pneumatic tools. these bottles will mean mobility.

 

 

A Better Way to Plug Broken Pipes

 

Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com

 Inventor Bob Turan has done it again. The carpenter-turned-inventor has applied his portable compressed air system to yet another marine-industry use that could do away with a centuries-old way of repairing busted pipes.

Turan and his staff have created a Pipe Plug Emergency Readiness Kit outfitted with his company’s patented air supply tanks, several types of inflatable plugs and pipe wraps. While none of the technology in the kit is new, the items are for the first time being packaged together for easy use in emergencies.

The key to making it all work is Turanair System’s patented compressed air bottles. Like scuba tanks only smaller and lightweight, the air is portable. Each kit includes several sizes and types of plugs including a bypass plug that will stop a leak but still let fuel or water flow, a wrap plug for pinhole leaks, and a tube that can handle a leak in an elbow joint. He’s working to design a plug that will seal a break at the weld as well as smaller wraps for 1-inch pipes.

The plugs are made of thick neoprene/styrene butadiene rubber and have brass fittings so they won’t deteriorate or cause a spark in fuel.

The kit also includes a carbon-fiber bottle of 3,000psi compressed air, two inflators, a grounding cable kit, and other items. The kit retails for $15,000, Turan said.

The idea for the kit came to Turan after meeting with the captain and engineer of M/Y Endless Summer, a 126-foot yacht. They told Turan their story of a busted pipe and Turan introduced the idea. The captain thought such a kit would be convenient so Turan and his staff set out to create one.

"Everyone’s got a story to tell about busted pipes," said Turan, founder and CEO of Turanair Systems in Deerfield Beach. "The wood plugs are the only thing out there. We’re in the 21^st century now and still using wood plugs; something’s wrong."

Instead of the wooden dowels and pieces of cork that have slowed leaks since man set to sea, Turan’s kit uses inflatable plumber plugs. Combined with his portable air tanks, they can be used anywhere, even without power. The plugs can enter through the hole in a pipe or wrap around it, then inflate in a few seconds to provide a liquid- and airtight seal for fuel, water and steam pipes.

Captains and marine engineers have told Turan that part of the reason for the frequent broken pipes is that many aluminum pipes are built of aluminum from China, a lower grade of the aluminum then that from New Zealand that the industry has used for years. Now pipes are giving out in two to three years, he said.

Researching the marine market for his product, Turan said he came across a safety equipment list of dozens of items that most yachts carry, including fire extinguishers, axes, and fire alarms.

"When you review a Fire Safety Motoryacht Plan, there is no established equipment to fix or repair a broken or burst pipe," Turan said. "People use duct tape, towels, whatever they can grab to at least slow down the leak. It’s insane. Now there is a solution."

Turan plans to submit the kit to the U.S. Coast Guard for approval, and he said he’s been in discussions with the U.S. Navy to carry the kits on its ships, which still carry wood plugs as well.

"I’m a carpenter, but we find ourselves in a whole new world of rescuing people and saving lives," Turan said. "That’s why the Army and Navy are looking at us."

After introducing a pneumatic caulking gun to the marine industry in 2005, Turan Air Systems spent most of 2006 securing patents and protecting the portable air system.

"2007 is going to be our year," Turan said. "We plan to have 35 products by the end of the year."

 

 

By Nigel F. Maynard   

Air Ways: With the T-Force 1000 portable work-bottle air system, the manufacturer has invented an alternative to loud compressors and long hoses. The lightweight, carbon-fiber wrapped bottle holds 3,000 pounds of air per square inch and shoots up to 750 brads, 1,300 micropinners, or 300 framing nails. It can be refilled at an authorized refill location or by using the manufacturer's portable high-pressure compressor.

 

 

THE CONNECTION
  Products To Be Part of Company
Startup Operations

Taking the hassle out of air tool jobs is the foundation of an up-and-coming South Florida company that is promising to revolutionize the pneumatic tool industry.
Turanair Systems, Inc. of Coral Springs has developed a portable, lightweight air-power supply system that provides dry compressed air as the energy source for virtually all air tools currently on the market. And since pneumatic air tools are likely to be used wherever any kind of assembly, maintenance, or repair work is done, potential applications for the handy system are far-reaching. Applications extend from cabinet and furniture makers to building contractors, pallet manufacturers, boat builders, and even automotive or aircraft assembly plants where the system can offer instant portability on assembly lines or in production areas.
The stand-alone Turanair patent-pending system simply straps onto a worker's belt, eliminating the need for auxiliary equipment, including loud generators and compressors, awkward hose and cords and the non-productive setup and breakdown time associated with it.
"Its capability to take away a multitude of downtime downers is reflected in the product's widespread appeal," says Bob Turan, company founder and system's inventor.
"Interest and reactions to the product have been absolutely overwhelming," Turan says, "and we see new applications for it wherever we turn. During our field-test stage, we gave out a pre-production lot of our system to roofers and trim carpenters with instructions just to give it a try for a few days and tell us what you think.'"
"We literally saw jaw-dropping reactions. Many people said they were ready to place orders on the spot and wondered why tool companies have not come up with such an ingenious, simple-to-use system."
Perhaps it's because they have not put themselves in a construction worker's shoes, shoes long worn by Turan as a trim carpenter and construction company owner. His internal drive to make tools work better”and easier on himself spurred his vision of a portable air supply source that would one day become a must-have system for air tool users.
Following 10 years of development work and figuring out just how to safely capture high-pressure gas in a small container, Turan's efforts are paying off. The production launch of his state-of-the-art air-supply system will begin this spring, and ordersand rave reviews are stacking up.
Compressed Air is the primary power source for the Turanair system, although users may opt to use nitrogen, a non-flammable, non-volatile, clean, and efficient gas. The dry compressed air is contained in a lightweight, high-pressure 68ci fiber wrapped bottle. Weighing only 4 easy-to-maneuver pounds when full, the bottle is enclosed and protected in a heavy duty pouch that attaches to the users work belt. The heart of the system is a revolutionary patent-pending regulator that enables the 3,000 to 4,500-PSI air pressure coming from the bottle to be dial-adjusted to the pressure requirements of the tool in use.
The regulator also allows the bottle to be safety refilled from a larger, high-pressure 550ci reserve tank that holds 4,950-PSI air pressure. The larger reserve tank weighs only 13 pounds when completely full and can be used in combination with the smaller bottle when added energy is required.
As an example of the capacity of the small bottle, system users can shoot as many as 1,000 nails and as many and 10,000 nails when using the tanks in combination.
Pneumatic products from CEJN Corporation are integral components on the Turanair system. Attached to the regulator are a CEJN spiral polyurethane hose assembly and a Series 310 quick-connect coupling that attaches to any pneumatic air tool.
Since a CEJN Series 310 coupling is also built into the reserve tank, filling the small bottle is only a 30-second task due to the quick-connect feature of the coupling.
With such vital components on each Turanair system, CEJN stands ready to support Turanair's upcoming startup operations and its efforts in making life a whole lot easier.
For further information on Turanair, contact info@turanairsystems.com