What are some potentially inappropriate uses and what are the alternatives?
Open blowing: using compressed air with an open, unregulated tube, hose, or pipe for cooling, cabinet cooling, parts ejection, conveyor clearing. Blowers and fans are very good alternatives to a lot of open bowing applications. Sparging: aerating, agitating, oxygenating, or percolating liquid with compressed air. Blowers are an excellent alternative for these applications. Aspirating: using compressed air to induce the flow of another gas with compressed air such as flue gas. Again blowers or fans are an excellent alternative. Atomizing: using compressed air to disperse or deliver a liquid to a process as an aerosol. An example is atomizing fuel into a boiler or atomizing water for parts cleaning. Again blowers or fans are an excellent alternative. Open drains: Open drains are open tubes or pipes used to drain liquids from filters and dryers. Zero loss air drains are an excellent alternative to open drains. Please contact your local Scales Industrial Technologies expert for help in imp
