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FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Kaeser has introduced a new line of replacement filter elements to make it easier to maintain compressed air quality and system reliability while preventing pressure drop.

With a broad range of types and sizes, Kaeser has replacement filter elements to fit virtually any manufacturer’s filter housing. No modifications or adapter kits are needed.

The company said its filters have been extensively tested and will meet or exceed OEM performance specifications for removing harmful contaminants. The replacement filter elements combine high strength fibers and a random orientation mesh design to provide in-depth filtration.

FISHERS, IN — CoolSpace has announced an addition

to its line of portable evaporative coolers, the CoolSpace Jr, which is designed to provide economical cooling for individuals.

Using high efficiency three-inch thick corrugated cooling pads with a high velocity two-speed centrifugal blower, the CoolSpace can provide up to 20° cooler air. A12-gal. reservoir provides hours of stand-alone operation, or it can be connected to a garden hose and let the float maintain the water level automatically.

Mounted on four casters, it is easy to move to wherever it is needed. Work tools can be placed on the recessed rubber matted top.

The unit operates on 115-volt electrical supply and a garden hose for the water supply.

The company said that cooler air can provide increased productivity and better accuracy in hot weather.

WHEATON, IL — Mak Marketing is offering a new service to California drycleaners who want the benefits of Zip-Strip rail covering in their pipe rail/EMT plants.

The speedrail service now converts existing speedrail configuration from pipe rail to low-cost flatbar.

The flatbar is then covered with a tough and durable low-friction plastic wear strip to eliminate dirt, reduce crushing and wrinkling and simplify garment transfer. Cleaners who are opening a new plant or store can save money with covered flatbar on initial installation.

TULSA, OK — Royaltone’s Ultra Odor is a concentrated liquid additive that is added to the wheel of any laundry washer or drycleaning machine to eliminate undesirable organic odors and leave a pleasant fragrance. It does not just mask the bad odor with a perfume.

Ultra Odor works on pet odors and smoke odor in any drycleaning machine or any wetcleaning machine and can be used for clothing or household items that have undesirable bad odors.

One ounce of Ultra Odor will eliminate the bad odor in ten pounds of clothing or household items. In drycleaning, batch clean for five minutes with no filter. In wetcleaning, wash for five minutes.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — “Wetcleaning As Easy As ABC” is a guidebook available from Laidlaw Corp. The manual features wetcleaning tips and new products that have been added to Laidlaw’s wetcleaning line.

The book can help existing wetcleaners as well as those who are interested in getting started. The benefit of wetcleaning are explained and 13 wetcleaning “tips from the experts” tell how to get the best results.

Laidlaw products covered in the guide include prespotters, protein digesters, softeners, water treatments, and sizing, along with Laidlaw’s new products for wetcleaning khakis.

TOWSON, MD — Shirt Savers are designed to cure “hanger bumps” that form on the shoulder of shirts and sweaters when placed on wire hangers.

The Shirt Saver snaps onto the end of the hanger and can slide to adjust to any size of shirt or sweater, rounding off at the should break and filling out the last few inches where wire hangers leave off.

Shirt Savers are interchangeable and reusable. They can be used with many types of garments, from shirts to cashmere sweaters. Cleaners can provide their customers with this solution to hanger bumps and take their marketing message further by having the store’s name and phone number printed on each Shirt Saver piece. Shirt Savers can be displayed for sale at the counter or provided to customers as a free promotion.