Michigan Foam Equipment include spare parts - transfer pumps, heated hoses, air compressors, generators, supplied air respirators and more...

Heated Hoses
However, the most common SPF applications are in the construction market with commercial roofing and perimeter wall insulation leading the pack. It is not always practical to lift the machine and all its auxiliary components onto a roof or into a residential home. For this reason, most SPF machines use several hundred feet of hose to deliver the raw materials to the spray gun for applying to the remote roof or wall surface. As mentioned previously, SPF needs to be heated to 140°F-150°F for optimum processing. Heating the material is the job of the pre-heaters located on the proportioning machine. Heated hoses are used to maintain the chemicals at the required temperature until they are mixed and applied with the spray gun.

Auxiliary Equipment
In any given SPF application, you will typically find much more equipment and power utilities in addition to the proportioning machine, spray gun and heated hoses. Many different power tools are used to prepare the substrates and perform set-up, operational and clean-up duties.

This auxiliary equipment, in addition to the proportioning machines need electrical power to run and are typically powered by a mobile generator, unless power is available at the jobsite or building facility. The generator needs to be sized to handle the full load amperage draw of all jobsite equipment it is intended to power.

The transfer pumps that supply the material to the machines from the 55-gallon drums are typically air driven and require a supply of compressed air to run. Most every spray gun is air actuated, which requires yet more air. Be careful to assure you use only "dry-air" to your spray guns. Often air dryers and are required and air lubrication systems are required for certain air tools and drive motors.

Pneumatic machines also require compressed air in specific volumes to drive their pump drive systems. A large capacity air compressor located on the jobsite or OEM facility typically satisfies these air requirements.