I haven’t done a spotlight in a while, so I figured it was time. In these, I pull from the dozens of phone calls or emails and walk you through how we on the Application Engineering team select a product for a specific application!
In this week’s spotlight, we focus on a common application we see here at EXAIR. Customers have a product that is too wet, and they need to reduce the excess liquid in or on their product.
For this, the customer makes candied cranberries. As they processed down the line, the excess liquid was creating a large mess, and they were spending too much time cleaning. And on top of that, the liquid is valuable to the customer, so the more they can reclaim and sell, the more profit they are making. Currently, the cranberries are moving on a 22″ slotted stainless steel belt. They were just letting the liquid fall off as they moved down the belt and that wasn’t working.
We had a conversation about the Super Air Knives and their ability to provide a forceful blast of air that was adjustable. We settled on a quote for a 22″ custom length 316 stainless steel super air knife to provide the force to get as much excess liquid off the cranberries as possible without blowing them all over the place. This will allow them to have less mess upstream and collect more of the liquid to be sold. Both will increase productivity and profits.
Why custom length? EXAIR produces our products right here in Cincinnati, Ohio, while we carry all of our stock knives on the shelf ready to ship the same day with an order by 2PM EST. The width of this belt was 4″ larger than our closest stock size. But we custom-make knives all the time, so we quoted just that.
Why 316 ST.ST? This is a food operation that requires wash-downs with fairly caustic chemicals. The 316 ST.ST will hold up to those products.
Why the Super Air Knife? Well, the Super Air Knife is the most efficient, quietest knife we offer. The Standard and Full flow are great options for some applications, but the Super Air Knife is the king of them all when it comes to the most efficient way to produce the laminar flow our air knives offer.
With lengths from 3” to 108” and (4) four different materials all available from stock, EXAIR has the right Super Air Knife for your application. In addition to shipping from stock, it’ll also come with our unconditional 30-day guarantee. Test one out for yourself to see just how effective the Super Air Knife is in a wide variety of cooling, cleaning, or drying applications.
EXAIR Super Air Knives are the most efficient compressed air knife on the market. Please reach out if you have an application we can help with!
Jordan Shouse, CCASS
Application Engineer
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