STRIP
DRYING SYSTEMS
Since
1979, Air Liquid Systems, Inc. has designed and manufactured a broad line of
complete strip drying systems, including
heaters, interconnecting piping, piping supports, and all components for seamless
installation.
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Cleaning
• Quenching
• Surface Conditioning
• Tension Leveling
• Chemical Treating
• Pickeling
ANY
PROCESS WHERE STRIP NEEDS TO BE DRIED
AIR
SUPPLY
Air
Liquid Systems, Inc. supplies all complete strip drying systems with Gardner
Denver’s cast multi-stage centrifugal blowers, complete with
base, coupling, coupling guards, and electric-driven motor. Materials of construction
are cast iron heads and sections, fabricated or cast aluminum impellers mounted
on a ground and polished shaft, and a fabricated steel base. All blowers are
factory run to ensure proper operation with vibration levels less than 0.28
in./sec. (7 mm/ sec.) velocity.
DRY
STRIP GUARANTEED
Below
you will find examples of the strip drying equipment offered by Air Liquid Systems.
Each system supplied by
ALS is guaranteed to provide dry strip. Contact us with any questions.
Direct
Fired Gas Heater complete with “IRI” type valve
train, a combustion air blower, and a heater protection control panel. Safety
shut-down features include settings for high gas pressure, low gas pressure,
low combustion air flow, low main air flow, and high temperature. This unit
is designed for a discharge temperature of 300º F-350 º F (149 º
C-177 º C) with the high temperature limit set at 450 º F (232º
C).
Horizontal
Header Support Table
with sound enclosure. The sound enclosure includes a drip pan and vent fan for
removal of hot moist air from the cabinet. Field testing of the noise level
of this unit is less than 85 decibels.
Horizontal
Header Support Table with four (4) sets of 6” (152 mm)
diameter, 30º “V” headers with adjustable slots, entry and
exit EDPM-coated
header protection rolls (not
shown), and air distribution
box. This unit is used to dry
steel strip after cleaning at
968 ft./min. (295 m/min.), 49”
(1245 mm) strip width.
Strip
Drying System with a direct fired gas heater located after chemical
treatment. This system
is designed to dry 49” (1245 mm) wide strip
at line speeds of up to 600 ft./min.
(182 m/min.).
Strip
Drying System with a steam heater on a push-pull pickle line.
This system is designed to dry 72” (1830 mm) wide strip at speeds of up
to 500 ft./min. (152 m/min.).
Vertical
Header Support Structure with three (3) sets
of 6” (152mm) diameter, 15º “V” headers with adjustable
slots, entry and exit EPDM-coated header protection rolls, and air
distribution
box. This unit is used to dry
steel strip after quenching at 600 ft./min. (182 m/min.), 49” (1245mm)
strip width.
Strip Drying
System with an indirect
fired
gas heater located after chemical treatment. This system is designed to dry
72” (1830 mm) wide strip at line speeds of up to 600 ft./ min. (182 m/
min.).
Indirect
Fired Gas Heater designed with a five (5) burner zone system
which allows for operation of one or more burners, optimizing the units efficiency.
Steam
Fired Heater
33” x 48”, 6-row, red brass.
Our
services include total system proposals, design, manufacture, installation supervision,
and start-up support. In addition to complete systems, Air Liquid Systems supplies
all necessary spare parts.
ALS’s Strip Dryers can be provided with steam heaters, direct fired gas
heaters, indirect fired gas heaters, electric heaters, or no heat, depending
upon conditions and customer preference. Each system is guaranteed to provide
completely dry strip.