Use Air Knife to Remove cutting Oil
Previously, I talked about a satisfied customer who implemented STREAMTEK Advanced Air Knife into his production line to remove oil from his food products. Today, I would like to share with you another example of the way a STREAMTEK Advanced Air Knife can be used, brought up through a different customer interaction in February.
Our customer had problems with cutting oil which was used in the manufacturing of threaded bars. The problem was the oil carried along the conveyor together with threaded bars and was dripping onto the floor around the conveyor causing an enormous health and safety concern for workers on the line who were removing the cutting oil by hand. The customer wanted to see if our Air Knives would be able to assist in the prevention of the oil spilling to the floor and possibly separating it for reuse.
After a meeting with our Application engineer, he decided to try our 42″ Stainless Steel Advanced Air Knife. With our guarantee, he was comfortable with testing it out, knowing if for any reason he was unsatisfied he could return it within 30 days for a full refund and no restocking fee.
During a follow up with the customer, he was more then happy to share with us how easy the installation of the Air Knife was to his production line. By following the Air Knife Installation Manual, he installed the Air Knife just prior to where the bar is dropped onto the conveyor and he also installed an empty tank below the conveyor, allowing the excess oil blown off to be caught and available for reuse. Once installed, he said that the Air Knife was able to produce enough air flow to blow all the excess oil from the thread bars to the installed tank upon exit of the machine leaving the conveyor completely clean. By adding Air Knife on his production line this customer was able to:
- remove the safety hazard,
- save money labor to manually remove oil
- reduce material costs (costs on oil)
As you can tell from our recent customer interactions, whether working with food or metals, Air Knives, can help your company in completing your production process easier, cheaper and most importantly safer then previously done. Stay tuned for further publications on Air Knife applications. If you would like more info to complete your order please visit one of our Air Knives today.
Doug Sumner
Application Engineer
doug@stream-tek.com
