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Air Amplifiers – Air Pressure or Air Flow Volume

Published on by EricKuhnash@EXAIR.comLeave a comment

When talking about Air Amplifiers there are two (2) kinds when considering what best fits your needs. An amplifier that is used to increase pressure above your compressor’s ability are also known as air boosters. These boosters are sometimes needed for specific processes which demand much higher pressures. Amplifiers that increases the volume flow rate of your compressed air or nitrogen are the type of amplifier that EXAIR manufactures. 

EXAIR’s Super Air Amplifiers will increase the volume of air on to a target or being circulated in an environment. EXAIR’s Air Amplifiers use the Coanda effect pulling in large volumes of surrounding air to produce high volume, high velocity outlet flows up to 25 times their consumption rate.

Air Amplifiers have no moving parts and are basically maintenance free. EXAIR’s amplifiers operate on a source of clean compressed air and do not use electricity. The outlet flows are easily adjusted by opening or closing the air gap. By regulating the supply pressure you can tune in your outlet flow to meet your specific needs. Vacuum and discharge ends of the Air Amplifier can be ducted, making them ideal for drawing fresh air from another area or for moving smoke and fumes away.

Super Air Amplifier Family

EXAIR has 5 standard sized Air Amplifiers ranging from 3/4″ (19mm) to 8″ (203mm) plus an Adjustable Air Amplifier . If you have a specific application EXAIR can manufacture Air Amplifiers to fit your application. If you have a project and think EXAIR’s Air Amplifier or any of our Intelligent Compressed Air Products please contact me or any of our qualified Application Engineers to discuss your project.

Eric Kuhnash
Application Engineer
E-mail: EricKuhnash@exair.com
Twitter: Twitter: @EXAIR_EK

EXAIR Super Air Knives Improve Labeling Process on Bottling Line

Published on by Tyler DanielLeave a comment

I recently worked with our Argentinian Distributor on an application for a local beverage manufacturer. The customer has a wide range of different beverages that they produce in various sizes and bottles and was having issues with a labeling operation.

plastic water bottles

After the bottles are filled and sealed, they go through a washing operation to remove any contaminants from the outside of the bottle. Afterwards, they make their way along a conveyor where a label is applied around the outside of the bottle. The bottles aren’t always completely dry by the time they get to the labeling step. Any residual moisture on the outside of the bottle can present a problem where the label doesn’t fully adhere to the bottle.

After complaints from their customer about product being received with labels that were peeling off, they implemented a quality check to ensure that the bottles that weren’t properly labeled were fixed before they were shipped out. While this resolved the problem for their customer, it required an extra step.

After searching and discovering EXAIR’s Super Air Knife they reached out for assistance. Due to the variability of the bottle sizes, they needed a solution that was easily adjusted based on what product was being run that day. Fortunately, EXAIR offers a Universal Mounting System for our Super Air Knives that’ll allow them to easily position their blowoff as they need.

The video below shows just how versatile the system is, once locked into position it will stay put until you reposition it! This way, they can set up prior to each shift according to the bottle they’ll be running through.

The solution was to install (2) 110036 36” Super Air Knives with (2) Universal Mounting Systems for each. Any knife 24”-54” will necessitate (2) Universal Mounting Systems, 55”-71” will require (3), 72”-95”, and 96” and over will require (5) to sufficiently support the weight of the knife.

The knives provided a strong blast of air that was able to remove any residual moisture from the exterior of the bottles. This eliminated the need to have a post labeling inspection and the bottles were labeled properly on the first go! Adjustments in between different bottle sizes were made simple with the help of the Universal Mounting System.

SAK pre label blowoff
(2) 110036 Super Air Knives positioned with Universal Mounting System

At EXAIR, we’re all about providing safe, efficient, and reliable solutions to a host of industry related problems. With same day shipment for stock items with an order received by 3:00 ET and a team of highly trained Application Engineers, we’re ready to take your call and get a solution out to you today. Don’t just take my word for it, find out for yourself!

Tyler Daniel
Application Engineer
E-mail: TylerDaniel@EXAIR.com
Twitter: @EXAIR_TD

 

Plastic bottle photo courtesy of Klearchos Kapoutsis via Creative Commons License