VORTEX TUBES Sub-Zero Spot Cooling from Compressed Air Vortex tubes produce up to 6000 BTU/hr (1757 watts) of refrigeration and temperatures as low as -40o to solve a variety of industrial spot cooling and process cooling needs. With no moving parts, a vortex tube is highly reliable and inexpensive; and requires no electrical connection at the cooling site. Vortex tubes cool instantly, relying only on compressed air spinning in the tube to separate the air into cold and hot air streams. As an effective and low-cost solution to a wide variety of industrial spot and process cooling applications, Vortex tube performance is easily adjustable. While normally used for cooling, vortex tubes can also be used for heating applications, merely by channeling the exhaust hot air to the application. Vortec was the first company to develop and apply the vortex phenomenon into practical and effective cooling solutions for industrial use in 1961. Since then, vortex tubes have been applied for a wide range of cooling applications on machines, assembly lines, in processes and for testing and measurements. Model Number Brass / Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Cooling Capacity Applications Injection Moulding Heat Sealing Operations Spot Cooling Assembly Cooling Temperature Cycling Vortec, an ITW Company 10125 Carver Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 1-800-441-7475 [email protected] www.vort

VORTEX TUBES How It Works Compressed Air In Vortex Generation Chamber A Vortex Tube spins compressed air to produce hot and cold air streams, generating temperatures down to 100°F below inlet temperature. Fluid (air) that rotates around an axis (like a tornado) is called a vortex. A Vortex Tube creates cold air by forcing compressed air through a generation chamber, spinning the air at a high rate of speed (1,000,000 RPM) into a vortex. The high-speed air heats up as it spins along the vortex generation chamber’s inner walls toward the control valve. A percentage of hot, high-speed air is permitted...