The typical uses of compressed air in automotive manufacturing includes:
- Air operated robots
- Plasma cutting & welding to help speed & reliability
- Air tools are preferred to electronic tools because they are light & easy to use
Compressed air is used to form a critical vehicle component such as stamping door panels & trunks
Result of contaminants in compressed air during manufacturing
As per ISO 8573, compressed air has following contaminants
- Oil
- Water/moisture
- Dust
Contaminated compressed air can badly affect the automotive operations as below:
- Frequent equipment breakdown and damage
- Cause costly equipment replacement
- Expensive downtime during manufacturing
- Uneven paint finish with stains of oil,moisture and dust
- Paint to be crack, flake or bead
- Create future corrosion on the final finish on a car
- Dust in air can cause clog nozzles
- Wastage of costly man hour/Energy.
- Increase in valves/cylinders spares inventory.
- Delayed production can cause delayed delivery & harm the business.
Solution
Drytech always ensure application-based quality of air offering best solution to the customers need. Drytech provides solution for the automotive industry with below products
Heatless Air Dryer
HD series offers quality class of air. The usage of filtered, dry air as per ISO recommendations results in reduced wear and tear, increased machine uptime, lower rejections, better product quality.
It delivers oil, moisture & dust particles free air, which results in Save in Energy.