Blowing Off Sliced Apple Product in Food Processing Application
This customer is a company that processes and packages fruit and vegetable product for the ready-to-eat market. In their current application, they are blowing off sliced apples coming from a citric acid bath. The citric acid keeps the apples from turning brown too quickly. The customer wants them to have the acid coating but not so much that the apples are dripping with liquid. The current method for blowing them off is a pressure blower air knife system. Problem is that the airflow exiting the pressure blower is at about 60 deg. F. The apples are supposed to be maintained at a temperature of 40 deg. F or below. The heated airflow coming from the pressure blowers is increasing the temperature of the apples by 3 degrees F. Far too much for the customer to allow due to pre-mature spoilage. The customer has decided to implement the Model 110054SS-316 54" (1372mm) 316 Stainless Steel Super Air Knife in the application as the compressed air powered Super Air Knife, with 40:1 amplification ratio, pulls in the majority of its airflow from the surrounding environment. This means that the blow-off airflow is at the same temperature as the cooled area where the blowoff application is placed and no subsequent heating of the apple slices occurs.
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Model 110054SS-316 54" Type 316 St. St. Super Air KnifeThe 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.
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Model 110054SS-316PKI 54" Type 316 St. St. Super Air Knife with Plumbing KitPlumbing kits installed on a Super Air Knife provide properly sized compressed air hose or pipe, and fittings to interconnect the bottom or end compressed air inlets for best performance and to simplify installation. Available installed on all Super Air Knives from 24"-108". EXAIR's Super Air Knife is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage and noise while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1.
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Model 110254SS-316 54" Type 316 St. St. Super Air Knife KitEXAIR 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.
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Model 110054SS 54" Type 303 St. St. Super Air KnifeThe 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.
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Model 110054SSPKI 54" Type 303 St. St. Super Air Knife with Plumbing KitPlumbing kits installed on a Super Air Knife provide properly sized compressed air hose or pipe, and fittings to interconnect the bottom or end compressed air inlets for best performance and to simplify installation. Available installed on all Super Air Knives from 24"-108". EXAIR's Super Air Knife is engineered to dramatically reduce compressed air usage and noise while entraining ambient air at a ratio of 40:1.
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Model 110254SS 54" Type 303 St. St. Super Air Knife KitEXAIR 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.
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