air knife drying systems

Maximize the cost-efficiency of your process-air or vacuum applications. Savings up to 80 % vs. traditional process-air systems enable major gains in your operations' throughput and quality.

Paxton has been a leading pioneer in air knives and high-flow centrifugal blower development for the past 25 years. Their experience has led to their expertise in the design of efficient and effective air knife drying systems. They have refined today's air knife designs for "precision drying", including coating control, air curtains, removing dust and unwanted materials, as well as many other valuable applications.

How is the air knife system used?

The air knife systems use a precision-engineered linear slot to direct and utilise high velocity air from a centrifugal blower to:

• dry and remove liquid films from surfaces
• control surface coating
• blow off dust and debris
• convey, hold down or cushion materials with air
• cool/heat materials
• provide air curtain/barrier
• neutralise static charges

Paxton air knife drying systems use significantly less energy than a standard high-pressure plant air system while doing a much more effective job. The essence of the air knife system is a Paxton high speed, single stage centrifugal blower, designed for continuous duty. It delivers an accurate, constant and predetermined volume and velocity of air.

The applications of the air knife drying system reaches over different industries:

• product and parts drying
• car and aircraft manufacturing
• food, processing and packaging
• liquid and particle blow-off
• bottle and can drying
• de-watering
• pharmaceutical industries
• glass and sheet metal drying
• conveyor cleaning and drying