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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.
EXAIR's 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle is a highly efficient, unique flat air nozzle. Air is released through the thin slot, across a flat surface. The result is a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise.
EXAIR's 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle is a highly efficient, unique flat air nozzle. Air is released through the thin slot, across a flat surface. The result is a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise.
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.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose and Mag Base includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required and a One or Two Outlet Magnetic Base for firm attachment to metallic machinery.
This customer makes customized window displays for stores and shopping centers. They designed one, using (2) Model 6984 2" (51mm) Aluminum Line Vac Kits to convey polystyrene beads vertically 14' into a slotted box, which then distributes them sporadically across a 20' width to create the appearance of snow falling. This is a display that will be going into a shopping area for the winter season.
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.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose and Mag Base includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required and a One or Two Outlet Magnetic Base for firm attachment to metallic machinery.
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 aesthetic 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.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose and Mag Base includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required and a One or Two Outlet Magnetic Base for firm attachment to metallic machinery.
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.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required. The Stay Set Hose has "memory" and will not creep or bend.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose and Mag Base includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required and a One or Two Outlet Magnetic Base for firm attachment to metallic machinery.
Customer manufactures wire forms for the concrete industry. The wire forms are the cradles and various other items that hold steel reinforcing rods into place for pouring concrete. They make 2000 different ones. The customer has operators that feed parts into and automatic welder. When the welder is activated, weld spatter generally pops out in the direction of the operator. The engineer wanted to protect the operator from the weld spatter by deflecting it away with air. Using a Model 1122 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle, Model 1132SS Shim Set, and Model 9212 12" Stay Set Hose (2 per weld station), the customer is now able to generate sufficient airflow across the weld areas to deflect the weld spatter away from the operator and into a more suitable direction. The benefit to the operator is that they now do not have to worry about being injured by the hot sparks and spatter.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required. The Stay Set Hose has "memory" and will not creep or bend.
Shim sets for the 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle includes a .005" (0.13mm), .010" (0.25mm), and .020" (0.51mm) thick shim. A .015" shim is installed in the Model 1122 and 1122SS Flat Super Air Nozzles.
A water bottling company was experiencing poor quality on their ink jet date codes caused by excess water on the cleaned bottles. The bottles needed to have only the specific area for the date code blown off, not the entire bottle. The customer also desired some adjustment and positioning options for the application. EXAIR outfitted this customer with Model 1122 2" (51mm) Flat Super Air Nozzle and Model 9212 12" (305mm) Stay Set Hose as well as Model 1132SS Shim Set for the Model 1122 nozzle. They have been able to remove the water from the bottle and produce quality date codes on the bottles.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required. The Stay Set Hose has "memory" and will not creep or bend.
Shim sets for the 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle includes a .005" (0.13mm), .010" (0.25mm), and .020" (0.51mm) thick shim. A .015" shim is installed in the Model 1122 and 1122SS Flat Super Air Nozzles.
An automotive chassis manufacturer needed to separate individual sheets of 36" X 15" X 0.080" metal sheets from a stack, to move through their production cycle. They normally use a magnet, but these sheets are non-ferrous. They installed (2) Model 1122 2" (51mm) Flat Super Air Nozzles at (2) corners of the stack to facilitate separation of the sheets.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. Force and flow may be easily increased or decreased by installing a different shim.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required. The Stay Set Hose has "memory" and will not creep or bend.
EXAIR's 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle is the 2" wide version of our highly efficient, 1" Flat Super Air Nozzle. The patented design produces a wide, forceful stream of high velocity, laminar airflow with minimal air consumption and noise. The 2" Flat Super Air Nozzle with Stay Set Hose and Mag Base includes EXAIR's Flexible Stay Set Hose for applications where frequent repositioning is required and a One or Two Outlet Magnetic Base for firm attachment to metallic machinery.
A manufacturer of aluminum rods was having problems with removing drawing die lubricant from aluminum bar being cut to length. The lubricant was causing the bar to slip in the grippers, causing the bars to be cut short. Passing the bar through a Model 2402 2" (51mm) Super Air Wipe effectively removed the lubricant, and eliminated grip slippage.
A silicon wafer manufacturer needed to dry the wafers off before they went to a subsequent process. The wafers are 12" in diameter, and 0.325" thick. The standing water on the surface will dry and cause defects because of water spots. The solution was to install two Model 110212SS-316 12" (305mm) 316 Stainless Steel Super Air Knife Kits to blow off both sides as the wafers are transferred from one belt to another on the conveyance line. The customer was able to get good results at 40 psig inlet pressure to the knives and reduce the defect rate considerably.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
This nanofiber manufacturer needed a way to "fluff up" a fibrous web of their material. When it exited the last proprietary process, it was (necessarily) flattened, but they needed to expand it into a low density, but consistent mass. The product moves along a mesh belt conveyor, so they installed a Model 110218SS-316 18" (457mm) 316SS Super Air Knife Kit. The durable, corrosion resistant 316 Grade Stainless Steel is necessary due to the heat and aggressive chemical exposure. The infinitely adjustable laminar curtain of air, blowing up through the open mesh of the belt, provides the perfect amount of "fluffiness" for the product.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
This customer vacuum packs prepared foods (most notably, high-quality meats) for restaurants, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, and the military. They wanted a more efficient, faster way to remove excess moisture from cuts of meat before packaging…while their proprietary technique enhances the meat by keeping in moist and juicy, the excess surface moisture was detrimental to the quality and taste. They installed two Model 110248SS-316 48" (1219mm) 316SS Super Air Knife Kits, one above and one below a section of chain conveyor. These Air Knives quickly strip the excess moisture away, right before the cuts of meat are packaged, ensuring the highest quality, while speeding up their process.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
This customer installs systems of 7' diameter pipe over long distances, up to 5 KM. They need to evacuate the welding fumes to the closest opening, which can be 100 feet away. Fans that are capable of this are large and cumbersome. Instead, they use (2) Model 120028 8" (203mm) Super Air Amplifiers to the system. One pulls fumes out through an opening while the other pushes fresh air into the pipe.
The Super Air Knife is the most efficient compressed air knife on the market and our most popular design! It delivers a uniform sheet of laminar airflow across the entire length with hard-hitting force and the lowest operating cost.
The Super Air Knife is the most efficient compressed air knife on the market and our most popular design! It delivers a uniform sheet of laminar airflow across the entire length with hard-hitting force and the lowest operating cost.
EXAIR Super Air Knife Kits include a Super Air Knife, shim set, filter separator and pressure regulator (with coupler). EXAIR's Super Air Knife, the most efficient compressed air knife on the market, is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1. Noise levels are greatly reduced when compared to other blowoffs.
This customer manufactures aftermarket automotive products. They were going through an activity based accounting exercise to assign overhead costs to their various departments. In particular, one department uses considerably more compressed air than all the other departments and should bear most of the company's compressed air costs. What they needed to establish is how much compressed air each department uses and allocate compressed air costs accordingingly. Using Model 9095 Digital Flowmeters they were able to measure air consumption for the various departments. From that data they were able to calculate a burden rate for each department according to their use.
Using Model 120024 4" (102mm) Super Air Amplifier to produce wind on the dance floor of a nightclub. "Used to enhance the experience of the patrons.".
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