Description

3” Aluminum Standard Full-Flow Air Blade Only

The Air Knife – Air-Blade Blow-Off System from Nex Flow™ is easy to install and maintain. It can reduce both compressed air consumption and noise levels.

It produces a “laminar” flow of air using the Coanda effect. This draws a large volume of air from the surrounding area along with the small amount of compressed air from the Air-Blade. It also produces an output flow up to 30 times.

The air knife system payback on compressed air savings can be seen in some applications.

FEATURES

• The low cost air knives are rugged with a multiple port design for mounting flexibility. It is coated for longer life compared to competitive products that advertise a full flowing air knife type of system.
• It is made of a coated aluminum body and hard-coated cap. Stainless steel models are available for high temperature and corrosive applications.
• The multiple air inlet ports at the back ends in a compact design with additional mounting holes.
• Airflow amplification is approximately 30:1 compared to 3:1 for drilled pipe or open jets and tubes.
• There is instant on-off mechanism with no moving parts. There are no electricity or explosion hazards.

BENEFITS

Air Knife & Air-Blade Benefits:

• It is built and designed for significantly longer life in difficult environments compared to competing products.
• There are flexible mounting options and can easily fit in small spaces.
• Energy reduction in compressed air can use up to 90% and noise reductions of 10 DBA.
• It is maintenance-free. The output is easily controlled and safe to use.

SPECIFICATIONS

Standard lengths: 3” (76mm)

Materials of construction: Aluminium or Stainless Steel

Connection Type: Female NPT

Shims: Stainless Steel

Max. Operating Pressure: 10 Bar

Velocity at 152mm: 50m/s

Blowing Pattern: Flat

Air Amplification: 30: 1

Sound Level at 5Bar = 81dB(A)

APPLICATIONS

Typical applications replace drilled pipe, or rows of nozzles used for blow-off, cleaning, drying or cooling..

Automotive:

• Remove water, coolant, dust, and scrap in parts manufacturing and in assembly operations. Can be used to cool parts.

Bottling:

• Blow off of water prior to labeling, palletizing or packaging. Moving light materials.
• Open and close packaging lids or tops.

Chemicals:

• Blow off of chemicals or water prior to labeling or packaging as with bottling operations.

Food:

• Remove water from product or packaging.
• Control application of some materials to the food product such as sugar, icing etc.
• Open pouches in bagging operations. Dry food.

General Manufacturing:

• Part ejection, air curtain barrier, dust and liquid blow off from all types of parts.
• Ideal for replacing fans in some cooling operations.

Metals:

• Coolant and other liquid removal on process lines from Aluminum, Steel, Brass or other materials.
• Dry metals prior to other operations such as plating or polishing.
• Cool metal parts prior to coating or painting.

Paper & Lumber:

• Paper dust removal and control.
• Dust removal from plywood and panel board.

Plastic:

• Dust and scrap blow off.
• Cool off molten plastic in dip molding.

Printing:

• Cooling to set some inks, scrap blow off, hold down labels prior to printing, cool adhesives to allow fast speeds in label applications and binding operations.

Pharmaceutical:

• Remove liquid prior to labeling or packaging waste removal from solid materials.

Textile:

• Cleaning and drying of cloth or other materials.

ACCESSORIES:

It is important to keep the air supply clean and dry. We recommend a water removal filter with a float type automatic drain with a minimum filtration of 5 micron. If there is a chance of oil in the lines, we suggest an oil removal filter as well with a minimum filtration of 0.3 micron, also with an automatic drain. To minimize air use, we recommend a regulator with gauge to set the minimum pressure necessary to operate the system. If the system can be turned on and off as necessary, we recommend a system such as our PLCFC System.

• Mounting Kits
• Extra shims
• Coupling kit
• Oil Removal Filters
• Oil Removal Filters
• Regulator+ Gauge
• PLCFC System