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Why buy a GWR Premier
Nitrogen Filling Stationtm
GWR's revolutionary design automatically delivers a
consistent 99.99% concentration of Nitrogen to the tire,
something no generator system can do. Interestingly though, some
manufacturers do claim they can... on their web site. (IE: " NitroFill™
generators can produce nitrogen in excess of 99.9% purity and
provide the procedures to guarantee a minimum of 95% purity in the
serviced tire, which is the minimum allowable purity that must be
maintained in the tire to enjoy the benefits that nitrogen
provides.") Well they are almost right with the 95% in the tire,
it's actually 97% that's required to get the benefits. Our problem
with the statement is, its impossible to consistently get 99.9% with
a generator due to inherent problems with membranes, feed
compressors, filtration and run time.
In comparison our tank systems, Nitrogen "Generating" machines
fluctuate gas concentration by as much as 10% as their membrane
filters become clogged with contaminants and oils from the shop's
air supply. Worse, the net cost per tire runs from an absolute
minimum of $1 to as much as $4... based on fixed yearly maintenance
costs, the condition of the Generator's filtration and membrane
system itself and the quality of the supporting air compressor.
Remember that the longer their system runs, the longer it takes to
regenerate N2 because filter contamination grows and flow rates
decrease with every hour or usage.
We thought you might be
interested in reading an excerpt
from a manufacture of generator systems.
This one is actually honest about the limitation of membranes.
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"Since membranes start degrading
immediately, a customer's unit will over-perform at
first. If, however, we put high-pressure air through the
membrane and/or pushing high volumes of air through the
unit to increase flow, the unit will degrade much
faster.
If you think of the logic, it’s
obvious: Membranes degrade because molecular particles
which get past filtration plug the holes through which
the O2, CO4, CO2 molecules ferment. The more air and the
higher the pressure (more excited molecules bouncing
around, moving, giving a better chance for impurities to
plug holes) the more quickly the membrane deteriorates.
Since the membrane is 85% of the cost of a membrane
system (I.E. $3,000 to $5,000), things go downhill
pretty fast.
In general... as membrane purity goes down, customers
must increase flow of input air to ensure volume and
purity. Each time more air is added though, degradation
of the membrane becomes faster and faster." |
If this scares you and it should
if you have a limited budget, you are a candidate for the Premier
Nitrogen Filling Station! Because there is no expensive
membrane to replace down the road, the consistent final cost
per tire with a Premier Filling Station is only .25¢ to .50¢, that's
less than $2 per vehicle! Not bad when you consider the average
retail ticket for four tires is $30 to $40. Yes, a 1000% to 2000%
mark-up with virtually no labor or parts... plus our exclusive
touch screen allows anyone on your staff to perform the simple
service with only 5 minutes of initial instruction.
Do the math and you will see how the GWR Nitrogen
Filling Station (tm) creates a 400% greater
profit margin with 1/4 the labor time. Our machines don't just put
"nitrogen in tires", they do all four (or 4 plus spare) at one
time, automatically! Generators, on the other hand have one hose
and take 30 to 45 minutes to do the same service. If they happen to
have added more hoses now to keep up with the Premier System (so
called "new and improved" models), they still take 30 minutes or
more on a multi pressure vehicle. In contrast, simply set
the various tire pressures on the Premier Nitrogen's Color
Touch Screen, push the start button and walk away. In about 10 to
12 minutes all four or five tires, will have been purged and filled
twice with virtually no labor on the technicians part. Most
important, there is no waiting time to "make more nitrogen" after
two or three are filled, like some generators systems. Can you or
your customer wait an additional 10 minutes to an hour, for the
generation and storage of more Nitrogen if a machine ran out during
a service? That's asking a lot!
Note: Our systems can be configured to fill more than one vehicle
at a time, with no waiting. If you are a busy multi-bay shop this
may be a money making option for you! Remember, with our tank
distribution system, there is never a wait to "generate" more
Nitrogen before the next fill job. You can even add
multiple tanks with our exclusive automatic tank pressure
monitoring system... it allows you to fill vehicles for weeks or
even months without touching a tank. Additionally there are new
features now available that we decided not to discuss here, to
keep from competitors eyes. It's only fair they should have to
research and develop new innovations like we do, not just take them
from more progressive companies like Premier.
After all this, we still offer more...
GWR's exclusive design
reduces your initial cost when compared to big name generator
filling systems. They may have the name but they do not have the
best system, that's a guaranteed fact! For example, what if there
is a break-down of your generator machine? Can you afford to wait
days of weeks for a service technician to come to your location?
Worse, do you want to crate the monster machine at your expense, to
send it back for repairs that may take weeks or months. If you
purchase GWR's Premier Nitrogen Filling Station(tm)
you won't need to, ever! On the slight chance you ever encounter a
problem with our state of the art technology, you simply disconnect
the hoses, unplug the power cord and then remove the entire top
panel from the main metal housing/cart. The 20 lb "brain" can then
be sent via the US Postal Service, FedEx or UPS, for a quick repair
at our factory. Again, with our exclusive design, the whole repair
process requires only one day in-house, before we turn it around.
Check out the warrantee of the big names and be sure to read the
fine print... most are fully warranted for only 1 year, not the 5
years they claim. Additionally, you must buy expensive multiple
filters exclusively from them and follow a rigorous extensive
maintenance schedule, otherwise you void the entire warrantee.
Finally, they make sure they are fully protected by stating your
warrantee is void if they find one speck of oil in the membrane....
something virtually impossible in a shop environment.
A final though about "generators"...
You may be unaware of this fact, "generators"
require the continual replacement of their expensive membranes
($3000-$5000) and multiple inline filters. Their salespeople will
tell you a membrane last for 5 to 10 years, but they are talking
absolute perfect conditions with an air compressor/filtration system
that would cost you $10,000 minimum. Reality is, there's no way to
change this "built-in" design problem, so actual "real cost" of a
generator's maintenance will probably be $1000 to $2000 per year. We
regularly get calls from shops telling us they have replaced
membranes within a year of the new purchase... at a cost in excess
of $3000. Worse, that amount does not include the enormous cost of
electricity required to run a 12CFM or higher, 2 Stage, 175PSI air
compressor, or the ware and tear on it. (Note: Standard shop
compressors can run 3, to 4, to up to 8 hours per day since their
volume and or pressure is generally not sufficient to push a high
volume of air through the O2/N2 separating membrane, plus the
production ratio of O2 to Nitrogen is about 3 to 1. Additionally,
shops may have to wait for extended periods of time for a generator
system to manufacturer more nitrogen, possibly on a single vehicle.)
Amazing facts
"they" don't want you to know:
A membrane's capacity to produce nitrogen will drop 61% when
you try to increase nitrogen purity from 95% to 99% (example 8 scfm
will drop to 3.1 scfm). Additionally, membranes will lose the
capacity to produce nitrogen when the temperature drops in the shop
below membrane ambient operating temperatures, normally quoted at 68
degrees to 75 degrees. On the average, for every one degree of
temperature drop below these operating ambient temperatures, a
membrane will lose .9% cubic feet of gas production. This condition
could be overcome by heating the air feed, however this adds
additional operating expenses, plus the initial cost of new
equipment. Any way you look at it... membranes are expensive
initially and for the long run!
Something new "they" came up with!
We found out something interesting while displaying
our Premier Nitrogen Filling Station at the 2006 SEMA show in Las
Vegas, a few years ago. Several of the most powerful companies
selling nitrogen generators had gotten together and formed a so call
"information organization" to tout the benefits of nitrogen to the
general public. Interestingly they have limited their founding and
controlling members to four* companies, the "big" generator
manufactures (surprise, surprise). Additionally, they are directing
the information coming out to the public so that it seemingly
supports a new opinion that you only need a 93% final concentration
of nitrogen in tires. We find this disturbing yet expected, since
most generators can't fill tires with a greater than 93%
concentration. From the beginning of tire testing and discussions
on nitrogen, all scientific testing and engineers in the rubber and
tire manufacturing field have supported the 96% number as the
absolute minimum. Now, all of a sudden, non scientific based
companies who only "assemble or re-label equipment" come up with a
"new" theory. One that supports their limitations! Who are we to
believe? Does it sound logical that replacing air with nitrogen in
a tire is beneficial, yet you don't need to change as much as is
physically possible? They state that at 93% N2 concentration, we
achieve a balance between outside and inside saturation levels of
O2. To make their theory plausible, I honestly believe they would
need to change the law of physics. I could be wrong, but someone
would have to explain how air (oxygen) would go into a
tire (through the walls) when exterior air pressure is 15psi and
interior tire pressure is 30psi or more. That's like trying to blow
air into an inflated tire, with a hose and your mouth.
Please don't fall for this one, I believe technicians and shop
owners are smarter than that.
* 2009 Update: One
of those big four founding members has gone out of the N2 generator
business because of all the headaches they were encountering with
membrane systems. Be glad that you did not by one of their units a
year or so ago as service and parts are now non existent.
Like to see what the godfather of rubber testing says about the
minimum N2% needed....
including the accepted scientific principles and peer reviewed
scientific papers...
click link below.
(After reading, click back button to return to this page)
Important paradigm shift in
tire maintenance practices!
ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES FOR HIGH PURITY
NITROGEN INFLATION
Want to make
money tomorrow? Call us today!
Please give us a call for details on how you can
take monetary advantage of the new regulations imposed on all 2007
vehicles. If you don't want your competition to make 1000% to 3000%
profit on a sale of Nitrogen to your customer next week, you need to
act now! We have filling machines at a price level for every
budget, some with features not even $10,000 units have.
Depending on your shops size we will tailor a custom fitted machine
for the most efficient use, not an overkill for your operation. Why
pay for a standard "off the shelf" generating machine that's larger
and higher in maintenance, when a GWR system will fit you exactly?
Don't throw your money out the door year after year!
How much can you really make???
Please note we do offer discounts for cash sales,
but leasing programs are available for those that qualify and want
to make small monthly payments for 24 to 48 months. With monthly
payments in the $200 range, your cost of goods is only about 20%.
For example, after making the small monthly lease payment, a sale of
just one Nitrogen fill per day will net you $400
to $500 per month. Now multiple that by 25% or 50% of your
daily car count (2 to 4 vehicles) and you begin to see the
incredible profit potential of this service. Imagine what you'd
pocket with sales of 5, 10 or more jobs per day, it's like having a
money tree in the back of the shop!
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If you
want a shock, review below the profit generating
potential of the GWR Premier Nitrogen Tire Filling
Stations. Remember that this is for a shop with only a
car count of 10 vehicles per day.
As a footnote... the national average for this size shop
is 3 to 4 Nitrogen sales per day.
Fact... You will pay for this machine in 1 to 3 months,
with pure profit in your pocket thereafter.
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Daily
Fills |
% of Car
Count* |
Service
Price |
Total
N2Cost |
Total
Labor Cost |
Daily
Net Profit |
Monthly
Net Profit |
1 |
10% |
$24.95 |
$2.00 |
$3.00 |
$20.00 |
$500.00 |
| 2 |
20% |
$24.95 |
$4.00 |
$6.00 |
$40.00 |
$1000.00 |
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3 |
30% |
$24.95 |
$6.00 |
$9.00 |
$60.00 |
$1500.00 |
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4 |
40% |
$24.95 |
$8.00 |
$12.00 |
$80.00 |
$2000.00 |
| 5 |
50% |
$24.95 |
$10.00 |
$15.00 |
$100.00 |
$2500.00 |
| 6 |
60% |
$24.95 |
$12.00 |
$18.00 |
$120.00 |
$3000.00 |
| 7 |
70% |
$24.95 |
$14.00 |
$21.00 |
$140.00 |
$3500.00 |
| 8 |
80% |
$24.95 |
$16.00 |
$24.00 |
$160.00 |
$4000.00 |
| 9 |
90% |
$24.95 |
$18.00 |
$27.00 |
$180.00 |
$4500.00 |
| 10 |
100% |
$24.95 |
$20.00 |
$30.00 |
$200.00 |
$5000.00 |
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most profitable service in a shop, don't miss out on
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Air
is about 1/5 Oxygen, and oxygen, especially at high pressures and
temperatures, is a very reactive element. When oxygen reacts with things,
the process is called oxidation. When oxidation is extremely rapid, it's
called "burning. That's one reason nitrogen is used in off-highway and
aircraft tires. These tires run so hot they can actually catch on fire.
Nitrogen doesn't support combustion, so nitrogen-filled tires don't add fuel
to the flames. And nitrogen helps prevent slower forms of oxidation also.
When this corrosion starts, the small particles break off and form rust and
dust, which can clog valve cores, causing them to leak. The rough surfaces
created from the corrosive action on the wheels leads to tire beads that
don't seal properly, causing additional leaks . 
While
both nitrogen and oxygen can permeate rubber, nitrogen does it much more
slowly. These pressure losses in a tire can average up to 2 psi a month as
a result of the air passing through the sidewalls. On the other hand it
might take 6 months to lose 2 psi with nitrogen. And nitrogen is far less
reactive. It doesn't cause rust or corrosion on steel or aluminum, and it
doesn't degrade rubber. Wheel surfaces stay smooth and clean, rubber remains
supple and resilient. 
air concentrates the water in it. Draining the water from your compressor
tank daily helps, but unless you have a really efficient air dryer system,
chances are that there's a lot of water in your compressed air. 
