A leading beverage production enterprise in China installed three 7.5HP circular high-pressure blowers and four air knives in front of the labeling machine to remove moisture from plastic bottles and ensure the smooth completion of labeling operations. Due to the low wind speed of the annular high-pressure blower, it is unable to effectively dry the bottle body, resulting in a high rework rate for labeling operations. After on-site evaluation by professional fluid engineers from Smaid, a specific solution was tailored to the customer. Two AT-500 (5.5KW) high-speed centrifugal fans were used, along with five SMAIT aluminum alloy high-efficiency pressure equalization air knives, to successfully solve the bottle drying problem for the customer and save 15HP (11.2Kw) of energy consumption per hour. The specific effects are shown in the table below

What are the current problems in the drying of the liquor industry?

01. Huge energy consumption, occupying most of the energy consumption of the production line

02. The effect is not ideal, and the air knife drying effect is not ideal. A dedicated person needs to wipe the water to meet the drying requirements

Famous domestic beverage enterprises have 36 beverage filling production lines, each of which has a capacity of 6000PCS/hour. It is necessary to dry the canned Baijiu bottles to facilitate the labeling process. The original blowing system used four 55KW traditional side flow vortex fans, paired with four sets of stainless steel air knives for drying operations. The air knife drying system accounts for more than 70% of the energy consumption of the entire production line. Not only does it consume a huge amount of energy, but the air knife drying effect is not ideal, requiring a dedicated person to wipe the water to meet the drying requirements. In recent years, with changes in national policies and increasingly fierce competition in the market, energy conservation and emission reduction, as well as reducing production costs, have become important means for enterprises to enhance their market competitiveness. The customer learned about Smed through a friend's introduction and hopes that Smed can solve the customer's above-mentioned problems.

What problems can Smart solve for you?

After on-site investigation by Smed technicians, combined with the application experience of a certain beverage industry customer in the early stage, a Smed high-speed centrifugal fan AT-500 (5.5KW) was adopted, equipped with a set of 42 Smed spider hand-held air knife systems, with a designed total power of 5.5KW, installed in the customer's original air knife frame. The above changes enable each beverage bottle passing through the wind cutting zone to undergo a total of 42 wind cutting drying processes from the bottle cap/neck/body; Compared to the original system of 4 sets/8 air knives, the number of blowing times has increased by 5 times. In addition, the outlet wind speed generated by the Smad high-speed centrifugal fan is about 250 meters per second, and the 40-50 ° C hot air generated by the high-speed rotation, compression, and friction of the fan blades provides strong support for the entire drying system!

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