Both these products answers many issues faced by manufacturing realm
Huestis Ceramic “Air miser”
The ceramic lined “air miser” air wiper was designed and developed by customer demand. For years, manufacturers have been plagued by human error on poor centering and alignment of product as it goes through the air wiper causing premature wear and damage to the plastic air wiper bodies. In most cases, not only does it damage the body, but also the product as it rubs and cuts into the plastic. Over the years, many manufacturers’ approaches to this issue have been tried from ceramic eyelets and partial ceramic inlet guides leading into the canal or cavity of the air wiper. Most of these designs were abandoned due to lack of performance, breakage, and cost. Later versions of full bodied inserts resulted in much higher costs as well as less than stellar performance. In answer to this problem, Huestis Industrial decided that it had to be built exactly as a standard air miser. It had to have a full bodied ceramic insert. It must perform exactly as the standard air miser, and it must have replaceable inserts. Thus began our design work, ceramic search, and testing in the field. The results were outstanding!
Not only did it fill all of the customers needs, and use less air than other air wipers, it is “Huestis Industrial rugged”, standing up to the rigors of daily wear and tear of manufacturing activities. It performs as well and delivers the same economy in air usage as our standard air misers (some say better) and it takes away the need for centering guides and frequent supervision and adjustment.
Huestis “Down Drafter” air wiper
The Huestis Down Drafter air wiper was created to answer a variety of issues within the manufacturing realm. Our first application was to address the medical tubing extrusion business where avoiding blow back or disturbances of the water field or trough is as it is dried is crucial for the clean room environment and must be minimized. Thus we started with a rear exiting 45 degree angle down drain with a threaded reversible 3/8” opening. Further testing led to another need and another discovery in other extrusion businesses, where today’s higher process speeds require ganging multiple air wipers together in an enclosure or mounting to obtain effective drying. Because most air wipers blow liquid to the rear from a 90 degree opening or drain/exhaust they blow water back onto moving product as it exits from the previous air wipers in line diminishing the drying effect. This led to the development of the Huestis Industrial’s “Down Drafter” air wiper. It has a ¾ “ bottom center drain that is threaded, allowing the customer to use a fitting and attach a hose or pipe to return liquid back to process without an enclosure if desired. It also has our patented nozzle jets both in the front and rear of the air wiper to minimize blowback, increasing performance and keeping product much drier than standard air wipers. We also found in field testing that it has much better performance at high speeds over the standard designs and still offers greatly reduced air consumption. There is a metering air valve that allows the customer to tune and balance the air flow between the front and rear jets for the best results of each product.