COMPRESSED Air Australia says its EXAIR Full-Flow Air Knives have helped a plastics company with its film feeding operation.
The plastics company had a problem feeding multiple layers of thin plastic film into the machine that laminates them together. The initial machine setup required the workers to manually feed the leading edge of each of the films across the various rollers of the machine.
Due to the confined space of the machine, and the lightweight nature of the film, the feeding task was very difficult and time-consuming. Additionally, there were frequent jams or breaks in the film.
The company installed a series of EXAIR Full-Flow Air Knives provided by Compressed Air Australia. As the film left the edge of one roller, the Full-Flow Air Knives mounted on each side of the film pulled a vacuum to "float" the plastic film to the next set of rollers.
According to Compressed Air Australia, the Air Knives accelerated the feeding operation and prevented the film from bunching up or clinging to itself. Additionally, the compact Air Knives could fit into the machine, and only required a low pressure of 40 PSIG to complete the task.
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