The machine used in many factories that manufacture products is the "air blower". Air blowers play a role in improving the quality of products, but did you know that they actually consume a large amount of electricity during operation?
In order to reduce the amount of electricity consumed and the costs associated with consumption, it is important to review and improve the air blow. Therefore, this time, we will introduce the role of air blow in factories, the relationship with electricity, and "pulse blow", which can be expected to greatly improve efficiency.
Essential for product manufacturing! Role of Air Blow and Relationship with Power
Let's reconfirm the role of the air blow and its relationship with electric power.
Role of Air Blow in Factory
An air blow is a pneumatic system, a nozzle attached to a machine, or a manual air gun. When activated, compressed air jets from the tip of the nozzle or air gun. Compressed air is air that has been contracted under pressure, and it is an essential power source for a wide range of machines, including air blowers, pneumatic brakes, prime movers, and cylinders. In air blowing, it is possible to remove dust such as water droplets and cutting chips adhering to the product and cool the main body by directly applying compressed air to the product. This is one of the essential tasks for improving product quality.
Relationship between air blow and power
Compressed air used for air blowing is the most expensive of all energy sources. One of the reasons for this is the large amount of power it consumes. Despite this, there are currently not many factories working to reduce consumption, probably because they originally use air.
Around 20% of the total cost of power consumption in factories is used to produce compressed air, and approximately 50% to 70% of the produced compressed air is used in the air blowing process. In order to keep the total cost low, it is effective to cut down the items with a large percentage. In other words, by reducing the consumption of compressed air used in the air blow, the total cost of electricity consumption can also be reduced.
Installing nozzles and air guns with improved power efficiency is an effective way to reduce compressed air consumption, and depending on the product, compressed air consumption can be cut by 50% or more. Reducing the consumption of compressed air also leads to energy savings through power savings.
Also for improving product quality! The point is "pressure" and "timing"
Efforts have been made to reduce the consumption of compressed air, such as cutting the number of nozzles and reducing the diameter of the nozzles to increase the pre-pressure. However, these efforts may have disadvantages such as a loss of effective energy in exchange for reducing consumption. In order to reduce the consumption of compressed air without losing effective energy, it is effective to use an air blow called "pulse blow" that can jet compressed air at intervals by switching the valve.
Reduced air consumption
General air blow is a continuous supply, so it always consumes air during operation. On the other hand, the pulse blow blows out air intermittently, so air consumption is turned off, albeit for a short time of 0.05 to 0.1 seconds. The impact force of the air blow is the strongest immediately after opening, and with the pulse blow, it is possible to blow air with a strong blow force at all times. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the same effect while reducing the air ejection amount compared to general air blow.
Improving blow force by applying intermittent impact
In the case of continuous supply air blow, dust and water droplets are removed by continuously blowing air onto the object. On the other hand, pulse blow removes by intermittently blowing air to the target and repeatedly impacting it. In continuous blowing, a force is applied to push foreign matter such as dust onto the object, so there are cases where it is difficult to remove it by blowing from one direction. With pulse blow, intermittent impacts apply force to knock out foreign matter, so foreign matter can be removed more efficiently.
By reviewing and improving the air blow, you can effectively reduce the cost of power consumption. It also helps to save energy and improve product quality. For the smooth operation of your factory, please consider introducing a pulse blower.