Vortec, an ITW Company
10125 Carver Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242
1-800-441-7475
[email protected]
www.vortec.com
Cooling Large Industrial Parts
in 60 seconds
How do you take large industrial equipment from 350 to 100 degrees
Fahrenheit in under 60 seconds?
This was the challenge faced by Anderson Machine Manufacturing, a Richmond, VA-based
company which builds custom machines for a broad spectrum of industries and applications.
In 2009, one of their clients, a multinational corporation, sought Anderson Machine’s aid in
creating a machine to compress and cool the components of an industrial-size gearbox shaft.
The client wanted extremely rapid
cooling, so top of the line air equipment
was a necessity. Since the components
of the machine had to remain dry,
mist cooling was not an option.
Todd Anderson, Vice President and
Mechanical Engineer at Anderson
Machine, explains that “as a mechanical
engineer, you know to do what you’re
good at and find the best experts you
can for other areas. We knew that in this
case, meeting the client’s requirements
meant finding an extremely high level of
expertise in air technology.”
After learning about Vortec online,
Anderson explained the machine his
client sought. Vortec engineers analyzed
the specifications Anderson provided
and developed a solution. “Building as
many different machines as we do, I
deal with a lot of different vendors,”
Anderson states. “With Vortec, they
hit the ground running, grasping our
needs right away instead of needing to
have things explained to them twice.
We told them how big the assembly
was, what materials were involved and
the timeframe. They performed the
heat load calculations to determine
which products would work, then sent a
spreadsheet showing the products with
the right cooling capacity.” By using four
of Vortec’s model 610 Cold Air Guns,
Anderson was able to deliver a machine
which cooled the equipment quickly,
meeting the client’s requirements.
Vortec, an ITW Company
10125 Carver Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242
1-800-441-7475
[email protected]
www.vortec.com
Cooling Large Industrial Parts
in 60 seconds
Success breeds new challenges. Anderson’s clients were so pleased with the initial machine,
that they requested a more advanced version. They wanted a machine capable of handling
much larger pieces of equipment then their initial specifications had required. Anderson turned
to Vortec for assistance in enhancing the design of the original machine to handle these new
requirements.
Vortec’s engineers realized that,
although the Cold Air Guns effectively
cooled smaller equipment, a two-
stage cooling process was necessary
to bring down the temperature of
the larger, denser equipment. They
suggested that Anderson retrofit the
machine, adding a preliminary cooling
phase. Vortec also recommended
shifting to the larger, more powerful
model 630 Cold Air Guns rather than
the smaller model 610’s which were
originally used.
The 2-part cooling cycle necessary
for the larger equipment involves
using Vortec Curtain Transvector Air
Knives to remove most of the heat,
taking the temperatures of equipment
from 350 to 150 degrees F. The
Curtain Transvectors use compressed
air, amplifying the air flow to rapidly dissipate heat by bringing more airflow (cubic feet per
minute) to bear on the equipment. Curtain Transvector air knives bring more than three times
the cooling capacity of standard nozzles. During this initial stage, machine operators can stop
the process and take infrared temperature readings. In the second stage of the cooling process,
four of Vortec’s Cold Air Guns model 630 cool the equipment, lowering the temperatures from
150 degrees F to under 110 degrees. The combination of the model 630 Cold Air Guns and
Model 921 Curtain Transvector air knives bring the temperature of the large gear equipment
down from 350 degrees to 100 degrees F in less than a minute.
“I give Vortec high marks,” Todd Anderson states. “When we presented them with an increased
level of challenge based on our client’s new specs, they didn’t blink. The Vortec crew
really has their heads screwed on right as far as interfacing with clients. And in addition
to great products and an excellent understanding of technology, they also offer a very
reasonable price.”
For more information on Cold Air Guns, click here or scan this QR code
with your smart phone. For more information on Air Knives, click here.
Cooling Large Industrial Parts in 60 seconds
How do you take large industrial equipment from 350 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in under 60 seconds? This was the challenge faced by Anderson Machine Manufacturing, a Richmond, VA-based company which builds custom machines for a broad spectrum of industries and applications. In 2009, one of their clients, a multinational corporation, sought Anderson Machine's aid in creating a machine to compress and cool the components of an industrial-size gearbox shaft.
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