Secomak air knives keep labels in place at Purity soft Drinks.Purity Soft Drinks needed a device to ensure labels and date stamps were correctly applied to bottles at its West MidLands West Midlands, former metropolitan county, central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Birmingham conurbation and comprised seven metropolitan districts: Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, plant. After the bottles are rinsed and filled they are usually wet, and this was causing pre-glued labels to slip when applied. The ink from an ink jet See inkjet printer. printer--showing best before date or date of manufacture--was also not applying properly. Secomak recommended a Powerstrip V air knife An air knife is normally used in manufacturing or as the first step in a recursive recycling process to separate lighter or smaller particles from other components for use in later or subsequent steps, post manufacturing parts drying and conveyor cleaning, part of component drying system, which was installed on the bottling line “Bottling” redirects here. For the act of abuse at concerts, see Bottling (concert abuse). Bottling lines are production lines that fill a product, generally a beverage, into bottles on a large scale. and instantly dried the bottles, ensuring correct labelling and printing. The Powerstrip V is easy to adjust, allowing different sizes of bottles to be dried, and the entire system is enclosed within a Perspex cabinet, which contains the spray produced by the air knives. Installation is very easy, with no special tools or contractors required. Modular in design, Secomak's Powerstrip air knive systems are custom-built for each specific application and can be used on bottling lines with speeds ranging from 200 to 1.800 bottles per minute. Configurations range from simple air knife kits to fully engineered systems incorporating stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. cabinets, drip trays, sound attenuation Loss of signal power in a transmission. Attenuation The reduction in level of a transmitted quantity as a function of a parameter, usually distance. It is applied mainly to acoustic or electromagnetic waves and is expressed as the ratio of power densities. and adjustable guides. Secomak estimates that air knives can reduce drying costs by up to 90% when compared with thermal drying. Expensive maintenance contracts are not required and all spares are backed by the company's 30 year reputation. Contact Secomak Limited on tel: 020 8952 5566 or visit www.secomak.com |
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