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Most applications that use compressed air, no matter what the industry, require that the compressed air is clean and dry.  Below is a list of typical applications by industry.  Click on the industry for specific details of real applications in which the Application Dryer has solved a problem.

 

Industry

Uses of compressed air

 

 

Bottling

Valves, Cylinders, Labelling Machinery, Ink Jets

 

 

Dental

Air Motors, Grinders, Drills, Air Drying

 

 

Food Processing

Packaging Equipment, Valves, Cylinders, Labelling Machinery, Ink Jets

 

 

Manufacturing

Air Motors, Valves, Cylinders, Controls, Plasma Cutting, Diaphragm Pumps, Vacuum, Welding Machines

 

 

O.E.M.s

 

 

 

Packaging

Valves, Cylinders, Air Motors

 

 

Plastic Molding

Air Controls, Valves, Cylinders

 

 

Sand Blasting

Valves, Air Conveying

 

 

Spray Painting

Agitation Equipment, Pumps, Blasting Pots, Paint Guns

 

 

Wood & Sawmills

Air Logic Controls, Valves, Cylinders, Air Motors, Air Hoists

 

Bottling

Brewery
In a bottling plant in Teeside - England, water in the compressed air line was affecting the pneumatic control system and causing significant plant downtime.  A refrigeration dryer was installed in the compressor room but this was some distance away from the bottling plant.  A 1/2" Eliminizer was fitted to the inlet air supply and there has been no trace of water in the control system since.  The throughput of the bottling plant has increased as a direct result.

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Dental

Dental Surgery
A large dental practice in Essex - England were experiencing problems with their drills.  It was established that water in the compressed air was getting into the drills and the resulting corrosion was causing the drills to seize up.  A 1/4" Eliminizer Combo was fitted to the instrument table in each surgery.  Since then all the drills have worked perfectly, saving the practice money and giving the dentists piece of mind to concentrate on their patients.

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Food Processing

Frozen Food Manufacturer
A frozen food factory in Glasgow used an ink jet printer to print bar codes and "sell by" dates on the packaging of their food.  Due to the heavy contamination in the compressed air, the protection afforded by their existing conventional filters was insufficient.  Product rejection was high due to the ink running and bar codes being unreadable.  1/4" Eliminizer Combos were fitted to all the ink jet printers and product rejection has been reduced by more than 90%.

Salmon Farming
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xpensive pneumatically operated stun guns are used by a Scottish salmon farming company to humanely harvest the fish.  Harvesting is carried out at sea in all weather conditions and the guns were failing regularly because of water in the compressed air.  When a gun fails, the operator has to return to shore for a replacement which results in significant lost time.  A 1/2" Eliminizer was fitted on one barge and downtime was significantly reduced.   Eliminizers were quickly installed on all the other barges.  As well as reducing the failure rate, the maintenance interval of the guns have also been extended.

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Manufacturing

A manufacturer of polystyrene boxes for the television and computer industries in West Lothian - Scotland installed a very expensive new shaping machine but found that it constantly failed.  A detailed investigation established that condensation in the compressed air was causing the failures.  A 1/2" Eliminizer was fitted onto the air inlet of the machine which transformed performance.  Since then the machine has been running fault free.

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OEM's

Hi-Fi Equipment - Linear Tracking Tonearm
Kuzma Ltd of Slovenia have been manufacturing turntables since 1982.  The AIR LINE passive linear-tracking tonearm is one of their more recent product in their quest for the perfect sound.  Air bearing are used to provide a truly frictionless parallel tracker.  The air bearings are supplied by a compressor but to maintain the friction free motion, the compressed air must be free from water and contamination.  Each tracker is fitted with and Eliminizer Combo to remove water, oil and dirt from the compressed air.              Reviews:      HI FI PLUS - UK              IMAGE HI FI - GERMANY

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Plastic Moulding

Engine Component Manufacturer
An engine component manufacturer in Belfast - Northern Ireland installed a new injection moulding machine and were instructed by the manufacturers of the machine to ensure that the air supply was dry.  Although they had a refigeration dryer, they still experienced water in certain areas of the factory so they fitted an Eliminizer to the machine to protect their guarantee.  The injection moulding machine has run perfectly since installation and has help with the overall productivity of the factory.

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Packaging

Abattoir
This large abattoir in Bristol processes and packages the meat from the slaughter animals.  The packaging machines are situated a cool room.  As the compressed air enters the cool room it drops in temperature causing water vapour to condense into liquid.  This liquid water was causing the valves and cylinders in the packaging machine to regularly fail.  An Elimizer was fitted to each of the machines and the packaging is no longer the company's bottle neck.

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Printing

 

Sand Blasting

Commercial Vehicle Repairer
A shot blasting machine at a large commercial vehicle repairer in Liverpool  were running off a mobile compressor.  The water in the compressed air was mixing with the shot and causing the machines to seize up.  Since fitting a 2" Eliminex onto the shot blasting machine it has not seized up once.

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Spray Painting

Bus Manufacturer
A bus manufacturer in Edinburgh - Scotland had a large spray shop.  Small blisters were appearing on the paint finish of their buses which were being returned for a re-paint.  This blistering was being caused by water in the compressed air mixing with the paint.  1/2" Eliminizer Combos were fitted to each spray booth and the problem was solved.  A refigeration dryer was also considered but the Eliminizer Combo option was found to cost less and to be more effective.

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Wood & Sawmills

Sawmill
At regular intervals, production at Adam Wilson & Sons Ltd, a softwood sawmill in Ayrshire - Scotland had to be stopped to strip down a cylinder operating one of the clamping arms on a saw because of a build up of water in the cylinder.  A 1/2" Eliminizer was fitted in front of the clamping arm cylinder and since then there has been no downtime or lost production on that saw.  Eliminizers have now been fitted to all the saws.                          Customers Comments

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