Application Database: Compressed Air Use in the Food & Beverage Industry

EXAIR uses many different methods to connect with our customers.  We have our website, social media, blogs, publications etc. We like to share solutions for some of the most common pneumatic problems in the industry.  EXAIR generated a large collection of application information where EXAIR products have already solved problems and improved processes.  We organized them by Application and by Industry.  In this blog, I will show you how to use the Application database; specifically, for the Food and Beverage Industry.

Compressed Air Systems are considered to be a fourth utility within industries because they use a large amount of energy.  Whether an air compressor uses fuel for portable units or electricity, it is important to use this system as efficiently as possible.  This would apply to the Food and Beverage industry.  EXAIR has a library of different processes in which we already improved these areas safely and efficiently.  If you are in the Food and Beverage industry, it would benefit you to take a peek at the implementations where we already improved, establish OSHA safety, and saved money.

Here is how you can find this library.  First, you will have to sign into EXAIR.  Click here: Log In.  Once you fill in the proper information, you can then retrieve a great amount of resources about EXAIR products that we manufacture.   The Application Database is under the Knowledge Base tab.  (Reference photo below).

At the Application Search Library, we have over one thousand application that we reference.  In the left selection pane, we organized then in alphabetical order under two categories, Applications and Industry.   (Reference photo below).

Scroll down in the selection pane until you come to the sub-category: Industry.  Under this Sub-category, you will find three selections that are related to this blog: Food and Beverage, Food Packaging, and Food Processing.  We have other applications that may relate to your process like; Beverage Bottling and Beverage.  You will find many applications that EXAIR has already helped to improve and it is documented.

Why is this important?  If you are a plant manager or owner, the value of the Application Database can improve your current processes with pre-qualified results.  Within the Food and Beverage industry, simple solutions can be found to address those “nagging” issues that you see every day.  For crisis situations and shutdowns, EXAIR categorized these applications in a way to reference quickly and easily.  And since EXAIR has a high volume of stocked quality items, we can get the parts to you very fast; minimizing downtime.

In today’s market, companies are always looking for ways to cut cost, increase productivity, and improve safety.  EXAIR can offer engineered products to do exactly that.  With the “been there and done that” solutions already described in the Application Database; you can have confidence in finding a way in solving pneumatic issues.  If you do not sign up at www.EXAIR.com and take advantage of these offerings, you will be missing out on a great tool in optimizing your compressed air system.

John Ball
Application Engineer
Email: johnball@exair.com
Twitter: @EXAIR_jb

 

 

Compressed Air Use in the Food and Beverage Industry

On our Website we have a comprehensive database of applications we have worked on with our products. These are pretty easy to find, Johns Blog will walk you through the process on how to access these applications.  While John covered Compressed Air Use in the Construction Industry, I will be covering Compressed Air Use in Food and Beverage Industry.

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Application Database

EXAIR products are very commonly used in the food and beverage industry, from blowing water off cans before labeling, to conveying food products to hoppers for processing.  See three examples from our application data base;

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Super Air Knife in meat processing
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EXAIR Line Vac used in almond packaging process
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Super Air Knife clean excess flour off belt

Use our Application Assistance Worksheet to submit information about your application. When you submit this information, we will respond with our recommendation for the EXAIR product best suited for the application. Please complete the Application Assistance Worksheet and click submit or print the completed .pdf file and fax it to us at (513) 671-3363. For immediate help, call our Application Engineering Department at 1 800 903-9247.

Jordan Shouse
Application Engineer
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Cabinet Cooler System Keeps Internal Panel Temperature Low

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Stainless cabinet near steam vent

The photo above shows a stainless steel Cabinet at left which has been installed near to a steam exhaust (within 1 meter) in a beverage manufacturing plant.

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150 mm diameter fan, lower right side

 

Inside the panel is a 150 mm diameter fan which is pulling in an air and steam mixture which is causing the temperature inside the cabinet to climb to unacceptable levels. The result is that the motor drives located inside the panel are failing, causing a tremendous cost for replacement and downtime.

Our local distributor worked with the customer to acquire the necessary data for us to calculate heat load within the panel. We determined the customer needed our model HT4880SS-240 Cabinet Cooler System to keep their internal panel temperature at a more reasonable level, year round, even in their worst case scenario with constant steam exhaust in the area.

One key component to success in this application will be removal of the fan and covering of the vent that it once occupied in order to keep the steam from being drawn into the inside of the panel. Historically, fans have been the go to strategy for keeping panels like this cool. However, in this situation, as in many others, the fans pull in un-wanted contamination. There isn’t any filter that can keep steam from getting inside and causing all sorts of problems with condensate forming on internal components, thus promoting corrosion and heat related failures.

The Cabinet Cooler System will provide a filtered, and dry source of cooling airflow which will produce a slight positive purge pressure on the panel to keep such harmful outside atmospheres from entering into the panel. This assures, long life for the panel components and much less hassle and problems associated with heat related failures.

Neal Raker, International Sales Manager
nealraker@exair.com
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