Even when maintenance crews started using blowers in the first heat, they used them after every third competitor, the United States coach, Tim Nardiello, said.

On larger installations, air is forced through the media using blowers.

Air is forced back into the ballonets by both scooping air from the engine exhaust and using auxiliary blowers.

Homeowners, and especially property managers, began using blowers to round up leaves, trash and debris, according to manufacturers.

The blue ice runway is groomed by the camp staff using commercial lightweight snow ploughs and blowers (which could be shipped in by Dash 7 aircraft).

After an initial pass by street-sweeping vehicles, workers using brooms and blowers moved the trash from sidewalks into the street.

Ease of application - Sorbents may be applied to spills manually or mechanically, using blowers or fans.

The recent movement toward using blowers to clear leaves from the lawn as if it were the living room rug has many garden experts recommending restraint, however.

These are often larger, noisier machines, and crews sometimes use several blowers at the same time, making the noise even more unbearable.

This applies particularly to the more modern systems using standard industrial electric blowers.