Use Air Knife to Remove water from peas before freezing
A Pea Packaging company contacted us the other day to see if our Air Knife would be able to assist in removing water from their peas prior to freezing. They were encountering a problem with excess water causing the peas to clump together and they had received several complaints. The company was also experiencing issues in the production process due to the water icing up the conveyor belt and jamming their production line.
Our engineer assisted our customer with choosing the right Air Knife for their needs and told them that 54″ Advanced Air Knife would be able to remove all the water from the peas in a few seconds and the peas would be able to enter the freezing process completely dry. The customer contacted us back shortly after installation and informed us that he was satisfied with the results. He placed the 54″ Advanced Air Knife over the conveyor belt immediately before the freezer. He mounted it easily with the 5 holes located at the rear of the Air Knife to connect to the compressed air power source and using a small amount of compressed air he was able to successfully remove all the excess water from the peas.
We sell our Air Knives with a standard machined .002″ Stainless Steel shim which will work for most applications. The installation is easy and problem free. Contact our sales team for more details.
Jay Patterson
Application Engineer
jay@stream-tek.com
