After a full school year of planning, building and experimenting, our Pneumatic Lab team completed their capstone project. They presented the final product – three pneumatic lab setups with guides – at the Purdue Polytechnic Tech Expo on April 27. Reflections on the project At our last update, the labs were being tested with students … Continued

Pneumatic Lab Team in the Home Stretch

It’s the middle of April, it’s finally warming up and the pneumatic lab team from Purdue Polytechnic Institute can feel the end of the school year upon them. They’ve nearly completed their entire capstone project, but a couple steps remain for Gate 5. Building the lab Early in the capstone, the team had several ideas … Continued

One More Gate Down for the Pneumatic Lab Team

With the second semester of the 2017-18 school year underway, our pneumatic lab team has now passed four of the six gates to completing their capstone project. They spent the last month or so working on Gate 4. This gate included creating design plans to build and refine the three labs they have selected. Now … Continued

The Halfway Point

According to the calendar, our student team has reached the halfway point – Gate 3 – on their pneumatic lab capstone project. That halfway point is a big one for Purdue Polytechnic Institute capstone teams. Our team joined 30 other capstone groups in the Purdue Memorial Union last week. Each team presented a poster that … Continued

“That’s great…in theory.” We’ve all heard it – the insinuation that an idea is flawed because there doesn’t seem to be a real-life example of success. Companies like Proportion-Air, which offer only a few product series that can be customized for a wide range of applications, are always looking for people who push the limits … Continued

Best in (Trade) Show

Perhaps you saw one of our team members this week? Our field market experts and engineers were on the road, visiting customers at trade shows, showing off some of our products and handing out free TVs. Well, just one TV, but that’s one more than we give out in a normal week. Two of our … Continued

MizAir Presented to Association of Energy Engineers

Association of Energy Engineers Learns about the MizAir Proportion-Air was invited to present information on the MizAir to the Indiana chapter of Association of the Energy Engineers on September 16, 2015. The Association read a report on the energy savings capabilities of the MizAir and wanted to learn more about the technology and how it … Continued

Manufacturing Marvels Profiles Proportion-Air MCCORDSVILLE, Ind. – Proportion-Air will be a featured segment on Manufacturing Marvels ® on February 6, 2015 on the Fox Business Network between 8:30-8:44pm CST. “The whole team is very excited to have our company featured in this segment. We take great pride in our finished product and the values Proportion-Air … Continued

BB Series Pressure Regulator to be Discontinued

New Pressure Regulator Introduced as a Replacement for BB Series   This publication announces the discontinuance of the BB series proportional regulator by Proportion-Air, Inc. and introduces the replacement product. On September 30, 1985 the BB series electro-pneumatic proportional pressure regulator was born. It was the first closed-loop two valve and sensor electro-pneumatic proportional regulator … Continued