Case Studies & Applications
Link 51
Airknife Drying Tunnel
Airtec Air Systems provided an Airknife Drying Tunnel to Link 51 – One of the leading suppliers of pallet racking and storage solutions in the UK.
Airknife Drying Tunnel – Link 51
Airtec Air Systems provided an Airknife Drying Tunnel to Link 51 – One of the leading suppliers of pallet racking and storage solutions in the UK.
Bespoke Airknife Drying Tunnel
Link approached Airtec to design a bespoke airknife drying tunnel, as part of a linear production process for their pallet racking support steels. The supports needed to be totally dry before the priming stage. An added complication was the pockets and profiles that made the product challenging from an airknife drying perspective.
Airknives And Side Channel Blowers – Working Together
Airtec designed a bespoke airknife drying tunnel which comprised a combination of high velocity airknives and miniature bespoke air cannons.
A side channel blower was employed for this particular application as these can be the most cost effective solution for airknife applications with a relatively small outlet surface area.
The bespoke airknives within the tunnel were calculated to give a sufficiently high exit air velocity, whilst creating back pressure to generate heat. The relatively high pressure capability of the side channel blower can be utilised in this way to further enhance the drying performance of the system, without the use of additional process air heaters.
Airknives
Airknives And Side Channel Blowers – Working Together
Airtec designed a bespoke airknife drying tunnel which comprised a combination of high velocity airknives and miniature bespoke air cannons.
A side channel blower was employed for this particular application as these can be the most cost effective solution for airknife applications with a relatively small outlet surface area.
The bespoke airknives within the tunnel were calculated to give a sufficiently high exit air velocity, whilst creating back pressure to generate heat. The relatively high pressure capability of the side channel blower can be utilised in this way to further enhance the drying performance of the system, without the use of additional process air heaters.
