The parts which are assembled from automatic brazing machines need to be cooled prior to the removal. These types of machines are able to breeze up to 4,500 pieces per hour. After the parts are made, the time required for them too cool-off can severely slow down production. Cooling these parts with water is not acceptable due to the configuration of the plant.
After speaking with a STREAMTEK Application Engineer they decided to install 2 Vortex Tubes immediately after the brazing cycle. Both Vortex Tubes were fitted with Cold End Mufflers to keep noise levels down.
The parts were cooled from brazing temperatures of 1500°F (790°C) to safe handling temperatures of 120°F (50°C) within time of 23 seconds, allowing the machine to operate at its maximum production rate. If we compare water cooling with Vortex Tubes we can certainly say that Vortex Tubes offer many advantages! Cleanliness, low cost (save money), compact design, zero maintenance (no moving parts), and many others.
Vortex tubes solve thousands of industrial cooling problems using your standard shop compressed air as it’s only power source. We assure you that our Vortex Tubes can solve your problems too, so don’t hesitate and give us a call 1-888-218-6548 (US and Canada) or +1-705-770-4455 (International Contact) and see for yourself how STREAMTEK Vortex Tubes can work for you.
Since its launch, our line of STREAMTEK™ Vortex Tubes has gained vast popularity among buyers. Some of the most frequently asked questions about these products pertain to their application and benefits.
Vortex Tubes provide an inexpensive and time saving alternative to traditional cooling methods. They are implemented in assembly lines, spot cooling for machines and other industrial processes that require cooling. Their benefits are endless, as they produce a significant temperature drop using only filtered compressed air.
STREAMTEK™ Vortex Tubes are built with Type 303 Stainless Steel. This material of choice gives our Vortex Tubes the following advantages:
This materials provides our Vortex Tubes with a modern, stain-free finish that is easy to maintain.
The corrosion resistance is excellent in a wide variety of corrosive media including hot petroleum products, steam combustion gases, corrosion in atmospheric and pure water environments; as well as corrosion in most acids, alkaline solutions, and chlorine bearing environments.
Further, this materials resist scaling and retains strength at high temperatures.
It is compact and lightweight for easy installation, even in tight areas.
Vortex Tubes are efficient in that they produce refrigeration without moving parts, electricity or refrigerants (CFCs/HCFCs). This, along with their maintenance free appearance, makes these products an inexpensive alternative to tradition methods.
These are some of the benefits of the STREAMTEK™ Vortex Tubes. If you require more information about these products, or would like to learn more about their implementation in your production line, please feel free to visit our Vortex Tubes FAQs or Contact Us, where you can get more detailed information from our experienced Application Engineers.
Jay Patterson
Application Engineer
jay@stream-tek.com
The Vortex Tube is a mechanical device that separates compressed air into cold & hot air streams. The Vortex Tube also known as the Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube was invented by George J. Ranque in 1933. Physicist Rudolf Hilsch later improved on the design and published a widely read article in 1947 on this device, calling it a ‘Wirbelrohr’; translate term meaning ‘Whirl Pipe’.
The Vortex Tube has absolutely no moving parts! The compressed air flows into the unit, where a “generator” causes the airflow to spin at an extremely high speed. This airflow then continues to rotate towards the opposite end of the Vortex “Tube”. By using an adjustable “valve” at this end, some hot air is exhausted. The remaining airflow bounces back creating it’s own smaller vortex within the outer vortex and back through the center hole of the “generator” and exhausts as cold air.
There are many different explanations for the effect and continues to be a debate as to which explanation is correct. What is typically agreed upon though is that the outer vortex has the same rotation rate as that of the inner vortex.
Still confused on What is a Vortex Tube? Email a STREAMTEK Application Engineer (support@stream-tek.com), we will be happy to answer any questions and/or concerns you have regarding What is a Vortex Tube?
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Yup, that’s right! STREAMTEK will soon offer an Aluminum Vortex Tube. It’s going to be priced under $99.00USD and will perform just as good (if not better) than the more expensive Stainless Steel Vortex Tubes that have dominated the industry for decades.
STREAMTEK is committed to improve your plants productivity, and reduce your overall costs in production. We promise to continue our research and development to improve on our current product line, educate the marketplace, and add new products.
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