
Dracyon considers the common weaknesses of air cannons, and explains how they can be overcome.
A simple demo of a 8″, 300 Liter Air Cannon blasting 100 lbs of sand!
Technology has finally caught up to the Air Cannon!

A poorly installed air cannon doesn’t just underperform — it can quietly drain compressed air, weaken equipment, and leave dangerous buildups in place. A single 50 scfm leak costs roughly $6.8k–$11k per year (at $0.26–$0.42 per 1,000 scf). Multiply that across a fleet and the penalty climbs toward hundreds of thousands per year.

Replacement of Martin Engineering Air Cannons has become frequent. The total is quickly approaching 200 Martin Air Cannons being removed from service and Dracyon’s Big Dog Air Cannon Cleaning System is being placed into service.

Compressed air is a valuable resource in any industrial plant. It is critical for the proper operation of the plants and in some cases can be linked to either the success or failure of specific equipment in the plant. This is 100 per cent true for air cannons. An air cannon’s reliability as well as…

For decades, I’ve seen plants lose millions to the same problems—underpowered cannons, wrong nozzles, poor placement, and constant manual cleaning. Dracyon’s approach ends that cycle. We combine proven engineering with field-tested results to deliver the cleaning power, reliability, and guarantees no one else offers.

Jeff Shelton, Dracyon, takes a closer look at the current state of air cannon maintenance within the cement industry, detailing why these practices need to be adapted in order to get the most out of what air cannons have to offer.
Who says size doesn’t matter?
Expert cleaning of SCR systems
Specialized cleanup service