Control Industries Air Knife Systems Blower-driven solutions that increase production efficiencies and save significant running costs. Overview: If you are removing moisture, swarf or static charge from conveyed materials, or looking to evenly distribute coatings onto a product, ACIAir Knife Systems are the Total Solution. Powered by a centrifugal blower an ACIAir Knife System is a low pressure, high volume air-delivery tool that is designed specifically to blow-off all surface liquid/moisture; clean web materials; and thoroughly dry all components and produce. Their ease of installation, and low energy consumption makes them an efficient, cost effective solution providing significant savings over alternative thermal and compressed-air systems. Comparisons to Compressed-Air: Blower-driven air produced by an air knife system will be: • More cost effective to operate - reducing running costs by up to 90% • Quieter - due to lower pressure operation, the expansion ratio and turbulence of the air produced is reduced significantly • Cleaner - blower-driven air is both dry and oil free, no additional filtration is required • Safer - compressed air operates at high pressures and always has the potential of being a danger to employee safety • Compressed air is at its least efficient when used for discharging into free air Blower-driven air can reduce energy usage by 50-75% for the most applications Benefits of Air Knife Technology By installing an ACIAir Knife System, companies will instantly: • Increase productivity • Increase product quality • Improve the working environment • Reduce running and maintenance costs • Give fast payback returns on the initial investment

Air Knife Systems Blower-driven solutions that increase production efficiencies and save significant running costs. System Solutions Customers’ applications, their products and environments will naturally vary. Because of this ACI has developed a number of System Solutions that will cater for the removal of most surface moisture/debris demands. Air Knives: • Available in anodised aluminium alloyAA25 or in either 4 stainless steel 304 or 3 I 6 • Can all be customised for customer-specific requirements • All stainless steel options can be supplied in a variety of shapes including chevrons, squares...

Air Knife Systems Anodised Aluminium - AK05 / AK08 ACI air knives are a precision engineered plenum chamber. They are designed to produce an efficient, effective, clean, high-velocity air curtain that remove surface debris, dust, water and any other liquids that can form or pool during manufacturing processes. Powered by a centrifugal blower, ACI air knives are ideal production tools for all surface ‘blow’-off ’ and cleaning applications. They are well suited to even the toughest of industrial environments and are available in many configurations and materials. Drawing 1: AK05 Outline Other features:...

Air Knife Systems Anodised Aluminium - AK05 / AK08 Drawing 3: AK05 Inlet Options

Air Knife Systems Anodised Aluminium - AK05 / AK08 Drawing 4: AK08 Inlet Options

Air Knife Systems Anodised Aluminium - AK05 / AK08 Drawing 5: AK08 Inlet / Mounting Options

Air Knife Systems Stainless Steel - AKSS05 / AKSS08 / AKSS10 Fabricated from 304, the stainless steel range of air knives are perfectly suited for harsh or corrosive environments, in particular the food and beverage industries where cleanliness is of paramount importance. ACI stainless steel air knives are readily supplied to suit precise individual customer needs: • Materials - plenum chamber stainless steel 304 S11 1-4307 BSI449 / Fittings to the same specification (A2) • Various mounting options available, including studs/spigots, tapped holes and brackets • Longer inlets available - note,...

Air Knife Systems Anodised Aluminium - AK05 / AK08 Drawing 7: Examples of different AKSS design options

Air Knife Systems Reciprocating Air Nozzle Systems Where products demand a more vigorous air movement action, and particularly when products might be vulnerable to contact or surface damage, ACI’s Reciprocating Air Nozzle Systems are ideal for surface drying operations. Reciprocators employ a bank(s) of flexible nozzles that move back and forth across the product whilst delivering high volumes of air at low pressure. This simple reciprocating action combined with a powerful airflow is capable of dislodging moisture and debris trapped in the most awkward of places - even blind holes. The nozzles...

Air Knife Systems Reciprocating Air Nozzle Systems Drawing 12: Example Reciprocating Nozzle System Outline Drying truck cabs Drawing 12: Example Reciprocating Nozzle System Outline Drying automotive drive shafts Please note (1) - all drawings measurements are in millimeters (mm) Please note (2) - above technical specifications are subject to change Ref: Airknives(5)2014V2

Air Knife Systems Blower-driven de-ionisation systems Blower-powered de-ionisation air knives produce fastmoving ionised air which has the effect of neutralising static electricity and removing contaminants. These systems can be applied to cleaning plastic parts, mouldings, glass, automobiles and other large objects removing the dust and eliminating the static electricity to prevent re-attraction. In summary: • Powerful ionisation kills the static charge holding the dust, allowing the fast blade of air to remove it for thorough cleaning • The laminar airflow limits the recombination of ions in...

Air Knife Systems Blower-driven de-ionisation systems How they work ACI de-ionisation air knife systems work by producing an electrical field that causes air molecules in the vicinity of the de-ionisation bar to break into positive and negative air ions. These ions are then picked up by the air stream produced by the air knife system and propelled into the work area where they are attracted to and neutralise charged surfaces and materials. Note - air knives can be positioned above and below conveyed product if required Drawing 10: De-ionisation system example