Air Knives

Efficient & Energy Saving for Drying, Cooling, or Cleaning

Air knives are the most efficient and energy saving method to deliver compressed air for large drying, cooling or cleaning applications. An air knife creates huge volumes of air with lower compressed air costs, by entraining surrounding air. Three models of air knives deliver air at 25:1 to 50 times the amount of compressed air used to help with your application needs.

All air knives are available with effective length of 3″ (76 mm), 6″ (152 mm), 12″ (305 mm), 18″ (457 mm), 24″ (610 mm), 30″ (762 mm), 36″ (914 mm). Overall Length is 1″ longer than effective length to allow for air on either end. Custom sizes upon request.

Printing and Binding

High speed binding requires quick drying of the glue so books can be fed along the stacking conveyor. The high volume of air from the model 85012 Air Knife speeds the outer drying of the glue so the conveyor can operate at maximum speed.

Textiles

The Model 86036 Hurricane Air Knives are ideal for cleaning and drying large rolls of cloth.

Painting

The 36″ Model 82036 Slim Line Air Knife with air filter creates an air barrier and helps prevent airborne powder from reaching the worker. The Slim Line construction ensures easy clean-up and long life.

Powder Coating and Curing

The model 85024 Aluminum Air Knives cool wheel rims as they exit powder coating ovens.

What is an AiRTX Air Knife?

Air knives are the most efficient and energy saving method to deliver compressed air for large drying, cooling or cleaning applications. An air knife creates huge volumes of air with lower compressed air costs by entraining surrounding air. Three models of air knives deliver air at 25:1 to 50 times the amount of compressed air used to help with your
application needs.

Our three models of air knives include Industrial, Slimline, and Hurricane. Each model is available in stainless steel and aluminum. The industrial model is the standard with air amplification of 25:1. It is great for all purpose jobs; blowing off, water removal, and cooling. The Slimline also has 25:1 air amplification but has a smaller more compact body than the other two models. This model is great for tight, hard to reach places that you otherwise would not be able to clean. The final model is the Hurricane. This is our strongest model delivering compressed air at 50:1. It is best used for high volume drying and cleaning large surfaces.

Advantages of an Air Knife

• 50:1 Air Flow Amplification (Series 86000 Air Knife)
• Wide area blow-off or cooling with less noise
• Replace open line jets with AiRTX Air Knives
• Low initial and operating costs
• Up to 70% less compressed air usage than open air line
• Easy to control flow/force
• No rotating machinery, guards or clumsy ducts
• No maintenance, no moving parts
• No electricity or explosion hazard
• No RF/EMI interference
• Instant on/ off
• Slimmer Cost – 20 to 25% Cost Savings over conventional Air Knives (Series 82000)
• Slimmer Air Usage – 30% less consumption with same (Series 82000) 25:1 Air Amplification (Series 85000/80000)
• Convenient Rear Connection to compressed air source (Series 82000)
• Quiet

Uses For AiRTX Air Knives

• Removing water from sheet plastic or metal
• Blowing off chips, trim scrap and swarf
• Parts cleaning before painting
• Creating an “air wall” between processes
• Cooling extruded parts
• Cleaning/cooling of metal strip and plastic/paperwebs
• Cleaning/cooling of conveyors and conveyorized parts
• The Slim profile provides a perfect solution in a tight working environment (Series 82000)