Category: Things to Consider

Things To Consider – Cooling Control Panels

When choosing the means to cool control panels or any electrical and electronic enclosure, you need to consider the control panel rating and factory environment before selecting the best method.

Nex Flow Air Products Corp. manufacturers and markets specialized compressed air technology for cleaning, drying, blow off, moving and cooling including vortex tubes and products that incorporate vortex tube technology.

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Things to Consider Look at Everything When Designing a Compressed Air System

Designing a compressed air system

Often the end use of compressed air is not considered adequately in the design of a compressed air system but it can affect the other choices that need to be made in the design.

In a system, you need to consider the compressor and the compressor room, the piping, filtration, the end use of the compressed air even the location of the end-use applications.

A great deal of focus tends to be on the air compressors and how they interact which is the main focus for compressed air auditors.  This is sensible as their efficient performance is essential for optimizing energy use.  However, the piping system design and layout and the location of the devices consuming the compressed air are also important.

These things can affect the choice of compressor type and setup.  It gets even more complex is the air-consuming items do not operate all at the same time.

Nex Flow Air Products Corp. manufacturers specialized compressed air technology for blowoff, cleaning, drying, cooling and moving and also offers quality and unique products for improving, and maintaining your compressed air system.

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Things to Consider – Choosing a Compressed Air leak Detector

Factors to consider in choosing a hand-held compressed air leak detector for factory maintenance.

Nex Flow Air Products Corp. manufactures specialized compressed air technology for blowoff, cleaning, drying, cooling and moving and also offers quality and unique products for improving and maintaining your compressed air system.

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Things to Consider – Considerations in Using a Vortex Tube to Cool

Considerations in Using a Vortex Tube to Cool

Vortex Tubes are ideal for spot cooling due to their compact size and ease of use. But certain considerations must be kept in mind to use them effectively.

In choosing a vortex tube, there is a bias that the colder the temperature, the greater the cooling.  This is only partially correct because the cooling effect results from both low temperature and total cold airflow.    In addition, temperature drop and flow are interdependent in a vortex tube.  The greater the cold temperature drop, the less the flow.

The less the temperature drops the greater the flow.  Optimum percentage of cold end airflow for maximum cooling is between 60% and 80% of the compressed air input to the device.

If the cooling effect is not the most important factor for the application, then cold temperature of course should be the focus.  The colder the temperature produced, the lower the cold end flow as well.

Other things to consider is transmission distance for the cold end flow and back pressure implications along with other things as outlined in the blog.

Nex Flow Air Products Corp. manufactures vortex tubes and packaged versions for tool cooling, and control panel enclosure cooling and can make systems of any size for special applications.

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Things to Consider – The Important Considerations for Blow Off with Compressed Air

Certain factors are important when considering compressed air for blow-off and cooling applications.

Despite its perceived high energy cost, compressed air is still used extensively for blow-off applications. It can often accomplish the desired task in a simple, compact manner that offsets this energy cost.

However, engineered blow-off products can reduce the energy used by recovering the energy lost as noise and pressure drop by converting it into kinetic energy for blow-off and cooling applications.   This energy recovery can be significant.

Noise is one detrimental by-product of using compressed air for blow-off and cooling.  But properly engineered blow-offs can significantly reduce compressed air exhaust noise and usually meet OSHA or other international safety standards.

A significant advantage of using engineered blow-off products that recover energy lost by open tubes and jets is the resulting laminar flow of the output air.  This creates energy for blow-off and cooling at greater distances from the air discharge point and, therefore, the most flexibility in any cleaning, drying, and cooling application.

Knowledge about compressed air is generally lacking and it would be wise to read up on the use of compressed air and its care and maintenance.   It is also essential to separate fact from fantasy from some claims and use “engineering” sense when they may not make any sense, as explained in the video.

Properly engineered blow-off devices can improve the performance and efficiency of a cleaning, drying, and cooling operation that uses compressed air but understanding how they operate will assist in the choice of the correct product

Nex Flow Air Products Corp. specializes in compressed for blow-off, cooling, and moving applications.

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