| Canadian Air Systems Co. is a well known | | | | least 80% of an employee's time. For |
| designer and manufacturer of industrial | | | | manufacturers running two or three shifts a |
| blow-off air-knife systems. | | | | day, those man-hour savings add up to |
| | | | substantial cost savings. |
| Many industrial manufacrurers that | | | | |
| traditionally were using compressed air for | | | | The maintenance of the system is minimal, it |
| their blow-off needs realize the problem | | | | consists of air filter replacing ones in few |
| stemmed from their use of compressed air. | | | | months... it takes may be ten minutes... |
| Employees using compressed air guns were | | | | that's all the regular maintenance that the |
| unable to completely blow off cleaner / | | | | blowoff system requires. |
| phosphate solution from steel parts surface | | | | |
| as they emerge at high speed from industrial | | | | Standard material of Air-Knife construction |
| washer. Moreover, the cost to make the | | | | includes a mild steel blower and aluminum |
| compressed air is excessive. Compressed air | | | | air-knife body with steel powder coated or |
| may be the most expensive product a plant can | | | | stainless steel support columns. But some |
| make using electricity; so that using of | | | | tough industrial applications might |
| compressed air for blow-off applications is | | | | necessiate using of stainless steel air |
| considered by many industrial users as "just | | | | knives or stainless blowers, that are |
| one huge air leak". | | | | available from Canadian Air Systems too; as |
| | | | well as inline De-Ionizing accessory |
| Another common problem at industrial plants | | | | |
| is lack of space to establish a normal drying | | | | Canadian Air Systems Co. is a world's leading |
| line, forcing them to look for a blowoff | | | | designer and manufacturer of high-penetration |
| method that could be installed in an absolute | | | | air-knives for a variety of industrial |
| minimum of space. | | | | process applications: |
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| Canadian Air Systems Co. has developed an | | | | * Liquids Blow-Off Devices |
| universal blow-off air-knife system that | | | | |
| includes a super high pressure single stage | | | | * Fast Air Cooling |
| centrifugal pressure blower ans a system of | | | | |
| tube-type slot air knives, that completely | | | | * Conveyor Belt Cleaning |
| replaces traditional compressed air blowoff | | | | |
| systems, and save money due to much higher | | | | * Process Air Curtains |
| operating efficiency. A flexible PVC pipe is | | | | |
| sued to feed Air Knives from the outlet og | | | | * Conveyor Dryersfor a number of industries |
| high pressure blower. Adjustble slot opening | | | | and applications: |
| at each air-knife enables to regulate the air | | | | |
| velocity and volume, as well as "focus" air | | | | - automotive parts production; |
| blow off system on a certain distance from a | | | | |
| flat surface that has to be dryed. If | | | | - beverage bottles conveyor drying; |
| necessary an additional air damper at the | | | | |
| blower can be added fro more flexibility. An | | | | - plastic industry; |
| inlet blower Filter helps to eleiminate any | | | | |
| dust and solid particles inside the blower | | | | - glass manufacturing blow off and cooling; |
| and air knives. Typical air velocity at the | | | | |
| exit from Air Knife reaches 30,000 - 40,000 | | | | - pallets cleaning; |
| feet per minute, that provides efficient | | | | |
| flowoff effect even with relatively | | | | - industrial air-curtains for fume separation |
| high-speed conveyor lines. | | | | . |
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| A specially designed support system for Air | | | | Air knives are available in extruded |
| Knives also allows for directional adjustment | | | | aluminum, welded steel, stainless steel, |
| of the air flow around moving parts. With | | | | plastic construction; lengths from 12" to |
| this elaborated air adjustment system it is | | | | 144"; air velocities up to 40,000 Ft/min; |
| easy for an employee to re-direct blow-off | | | | adjustable slot opening, flexible support |
| air to handle whatever industrial process | | | | structures; precise focusing systems. |
| configuration is being run at any given time. | | | | |
| | | | For special applications Canadian Air Systems |
| An added bonus is that Canadian Air Systems | | | | offer air canons and air nozzles to achieve |
| AirKnife System lets its customers free up at | | | | turbulent high velocity air flow. |