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Compressed
air is the most popular medium for atomizing paint in automobile
paint shops. Moisture present in the compressed air line used for
spraying the paint affects not only the final finish of paint but
also affects the quality and life of paint.
Maruti Suzuki, when faced
with the problem of moisture in their compressed air line in their
Bumper Paint shop approached Delair to solve the problem.
Delair helped to solve the
problem by installing two engineered type COMPRESSED AIR DRYERS
which ensured supply dry compressed air at 106 nm3/min. |
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| .....A Soapy
Affair |
| Hindustan
Lever a leading Manufacturer of toilet soaps, Liril and Lux was
facing the problem of getting a quality finish for the soap cakes.
Moisture present in the compressed air (used for ejecting the soap
after stamping) cakes resulted in poor surface finish of the soap.
Delair provided a solution
by installing a compressed air dryer which removed moisture from
the air leaving the compressor. The dryer model selected for this
job was heatless compressed air dryer model DC 128. |
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for a Good Tennis Racquet |
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Carbon
Composite India Ltd., a 100% exports unit manufacturing high quality
tennis racquets did not want to take chances with the final quality
of the racquets, which they were exporting to clients like Mizuno
Corporation, the Japanese sports goods company. They installed a Delair
Refrigeration type Compressed Air Dryer model DIA 110A to dry the
compressed air used in their molding machine and painting process. |
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Printing |
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Ushodaya Publications, newspaper is printed by neumatically controlled
offset printing machines. Sluggish operation of cylinders and frequent
malfunction of pneumatic valves of the printing machines resulted
in poor print quality. Moisture and oil vapour present in the compressed
air used to operate the pneumatic cylinder and valves caused frequent
breakdowns.
Ushodaya has been able to overcome it's production
and quality headache by installing a Delair Heatless Compressed
Air Dryer Model DC 125 which keeps moisture and other contaminants
out of the compressed air stream. |
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...Sifting Quality Tea from the Ordinary |
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Tea
sorting machines are used to sort out various types of tea leaves,
so that they can be graded and blended according to their quality.
Tea sorting machines use compressed for its sorting
process. The compressed air is able to sift out big leaves from
the small and so on. And like so many other processes, moisture
is the main barrier to the smooth process of sorting. It is best
to ensure that the compressed air is clean and dry before it is
fed into the sorting machines. Maud Tea Company, Assam, successfully
solved the problem of excess moisture in compressed air by installing
Delair Heatless type Compressed Air Dryer model DC 122 with pre
and after filters with its sorting machine.
The heatless dryer has proved to be an ideal
solution since it is:-
automatic and continuous in operation
low in first cost
simple to install
low in maintenance and operation cost.
All of which help in keeping tea sorting machines and all such equipment
using compressed air operating with minimum failure |
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| LPG
cylinder manufacturers pressure tests the cylinder after final assembly
with compressed air at 7 kg/cm2 .
Two major South based manufacturers of LPG cylinders were facing rejection
of their cylinders due to corrosion of cylinder after the pressure
test. The cause, moisture in the compressed air!! Approached with
the problem, Delair installed compressed air dryers after the compressor
to achieve a dewpoint of -40o C,
which totally eliminated the problem of corrosion of cylinders. |
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Lacquering or Spray Painting |
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Kanchan
Frazer India Pvt. Ltd., Madras, a leading manufacturer and exporter
of automatic numbered locks, were facing severe quality problems,
as compressed air, used to lacquer the metallic lock, had moisture
in it. This resulted in making of metal locks dull. With the installation
of Delair Heatless Compressed Air Dryer, the problem of moisture was
totally eliminated allowing Kanchan Franzen to maintain the shine
of their locks. |
| Cigarette
Manufacturing |
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Moisture in the compressed air line results
in lumping of tocacco while under process and packing. ITC Ltd.,
was losing large quantity of tobacco because of moisture in compressed
air line network.
Delair solved the problem for ITC by installing
a refrigeration dryer to provide moisture-free air at required dewpoint. |
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