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Our Thai distributor, OilPure Management Systems, recently worked through an application with an end user in need of both debris and heat removal at a gas cylinder recycling facility.

Dirty cylinder which needs to be cleaned and cooled

In this application, the end user needed to remove heat and debris from the gas cylinders shown above.  These cylinders are recycled and as part of the recycling process, the previous exterior coating and labeling must be removed.  To remove the coating and labels, the cylinders are subjected to a rigorous cleaning and heating process that leaves them with debris around the O.D. of the cylinder at a temperature around 300°C.

Cylinders exiting the last stage of cleaning and heating

Given the need to simultaneously remove debris and cool the cylinders, our distributor recommended a series of Super Air Knives mounted around the exterior in a hex pattern.

Proposed solution to removed debris (and heat) from the exterior of the cylinders

After travelling through the air curtain made by the series of Super Air Knives, the cylinders will have been treated for both debris and heat, preparing them for a final coating to look like the finished product shown below.

Final product, re-coated

If you have a need for EXAIR products, contact an Application Engineer or consult one of our worldwide distributors.  (For an interactive map of EXAIR distributors around the world, click here.)

Lee Evans
Application Engineer
LeeEvans@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_LE