Vortex Tubes Keeps Adhesive Cool

A manufacturer of hardwood plywood and veneer uses a soy based adhesive to bond the wood materials. This soy based adhesive is heat activated. The adhesive is moving through the plant in 4" pipe and it moves very slowly so it does pick up some environmental temperatures. At one spot in production the pipe carrying the adhesive is up high in the building and is subjected to a hotter environment which causes the adhesive to become thicker. When the adhesive gets thicker, they have a difficult time dispensing it properly through the machines which bond their plywood and veneer. They have chosen an EXAIR Model 3240 Vortex Tube to push cold air into a ten foot section of 5" (127mm) pipe which will be placed around the 4" pipe carrying the adhesive. This has created a cooling jacket to prevent the adhesive from picking up the heat of the warm environment. It cools the adhesive right before it is dispensed into the bonding machines and has eliminated the problems associated with feeding warmer adhesive into the machines.

Model 3240 Vortex Tube

EXAIR's Vortex Tubes offer a low cost, reliable, maintenance free solution to a variety of industrial spot cooling problems. Using an ordinary supply of compressed air as a power source, vortex tubes create two streams of air, one hot and one cold, with no moving parts. They are constructed of wear resistant stainless steel, which is ideal for corrosive and hygienic environments. Model 3240 is 40 SCFM.
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$313.00
Model 3250 Vortex Tube

EXAIR's Vortex Tubes offer a low cost, reliable, maintenance free solution to a variety of industrial spot cooling problems. Using an ordinary supply of compressed air as a power source, vortex tubes create two streams of air, one hot and one cold, with no moving parts. They are constructed of wear resistant stainless steel, which is ideal for corrosive and hygienic environments. Model 3250 is 50 SCFM.
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$1,437.00
Model 3275 Vortex Tube

EXAIR's Vortex Tubes offer a low cost, reliable, maintenance free solution to a variety of industrial spot cooling problems. Using an ordinary supply of compressed air as a power source, vortex tubes create two streams of air, one hot and one cold, with no moving parts. They are constructed of wear resistant stainless steel, which is ideal for corrosive and hygienic environments. Model 3275 is 75 SCFM.
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$1,437.00