Blower powered drying system January 1st 2012 A blower-powered drying
system at the Dana driveshaft
assembly site,Wellingborough,
has boosted the plant's prepainting
drying process,
giving effective paint
coverage of drive shafts and
related components, and
reducing costs.
Shafts and components
passing through the drying
process undergo a washdown.
Complex and irregular
shapes have catchment areas
where water can get trapped.
A blower-powered drying
system from Air Control
Industries comprises two
opposing banks of 15
reciprocating air-delivery
nozzles, mounted vertically at
the entry point into the oven.
Nozzles sweep up and down
to deliver a moving volume
of high velocity air, while
creating turbulence to dislodge
water trapped in recesses. More articles from Air Control Industries Ltd: |