Applications

The customer has a donut reject station after a metal detector in which they currently have an air blow-off into a chute. This set-up ends up destroying the rejected donuts, making a mess in the area. If the pressure is too low, not all donuts make it into the chute which is a problem from a contamination standpoint. With the strategic use of a solenoid valve and a small receiver tank, the customer is able to effectively move the donuts off the conveyor and without making a huge mess that added to cleanup time.

Customer manufactures transmission seals. During the manufacturing process there is a problem with dust on the seals causing the vision system to report it as a defect. Using the Model 6013 High Velocity Air Jet, all contaminants were blown off and eliminated erroneous rejects.

A precision machine shop has a laser cutting operation that is getting a burr caused by the molten metal adhering to the cut edge. Since they are doing precision machining, this is unacceptable. A secondary operation is necessary to remove the burr. They have installed a Model 6013 High Velocity Air Jet and shot the laser through the High Velocity Air Jet. The force of the air blew the molten slag from the laser cut edge providing a clean cut and eliminating a secondary operation.

A plastic injection molder used Model 6013 High Velocity Air Jet to eject molded plastic flower pots from part molds. They increased overall production.

A packaging company installed a Model 6013 High Flow Air Jet to remove a residual drip from the fill head that would sometimes drip on to the next bottle causing a rework cleaning operation. The contaminated can surface was eliminated.

A customer is machining 3/4" diameter x 10" long shafts. After machining, the shafts are moved to a conveyor. On the way, cutting fluid drips on the floor, causing a housecleaning and safety problem. They had installed drip pans that would collect and return the cutting fluid to the machine, but they would collect unwanted foreign material as well, which was obviously undesirable.  To solve this problem, a Model 6013 High Velocity Air Jet was positioned to blow the cutting fluid back into the machine, which kept the floor...and the cutting fluid...clean.

As a periodic maintenance, their customer is blowing out air filters for off road vehicles using an open pipe. The pressure is too concentrated and was damaging the filter elements. Installing a Model 6013 High Flow Air Jet gave a more effective blow off, saved compressed air, and eliminated damage to the filter elements.

A custom machine manufacturer needed a way to remove coolant and chips from metal products being made in an automated machine, prior to a laser inspection cycle. A Model 1126 1" (25mm) Flat Super Air Nozzle was installed to blow off the teeth of these gear-shaped parts, allowing them to proceed through the inspection process quickly and efficiently.

Customer installs optical inspection and measuring systems for a variety of industries. One such installation was in a very dusty environment, and the optical lens needed to be free of dust when it takes its "snapshot." A Model 1122 2" (51mm) Flat Super Air Nozzle was installed to blow a quick blast of air across the lens, immediately prior to the system's activation, resulting in a clear view of the part, and accurate measurement, every time.

Customer manufactures a galvanized, metal molding used in the building industry. Coolant is used to form the metal into the desired shape and must be blown off after going through the forming dies. Customer was using (2) 1/8 NPT, squashed pipe nipples to blow the extrusion off. They were using about 120 SCFM between the two pipe nipples. Customer retrofitted the process with (2)Model 1122 2" (51mm) Flat Super Air Nozzles and dropped total air consumption to 44 SCFM. Air savings for using the nozzles was 63% and the nozzles were more effective at removing the coolant than the previous home-made solution.

Our customer manufactures pool floats and chairs. These molded foam products are complete after they get the color coating. The coating is applied by either dipping the product into it or with a shower. After the coating is applied the parts are hung on a conveyor and allowed to dry. As the parts hang, some of the coating drips down to the bottom edge and drips off. If the coating is drying, the drips form and can become permanent. This is an asthetic issue they want to eliminate. They have chosen the EXAIR Model 1122 2" (51mm) Flat Super Air Nozzle and positioned it at the bottom of the parts to blow off and even out the coating so the drips do not form.

Customer has a bottling line for plastic bottles filled with product. After filling with product and capping the bottle, customer has an inspection station that checks to make sure the caps are installed properly and all the way. The problem is that water used to rinse the bottle after filling stays on the cap. The water causes an occasional mis-read for bad cap install. This results in the bottle being rejected for a problem that it really did not have (2) Model 1122SS 2" (51mm) Flat Super Air Nozzles were recommended to blow off the neck and cap region of the bottle. The elimination of water in this area also eliminated all false readings for bad cap install as well. Before installation of the air nozzle, customer estimated waste due to this problem to be in area of 1 - 2%. At thousands of bottles per day, that cost can begin to add up quickly.