High Pressure Air-Knives vs. Compressed air Blowoff Systems

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