On a busy day not long ago in an Atlanta food processing plant, workers bustled, producing breaded products like onion rings and fish sticks. Excitement was in the air. Unfortunately, flour dust was also in the air. While workers found ways to deal with it on their clothes, the equipment was another story.

Designed to provide a stream of 20°F (-7°C) cold air to prevent heat buildup, reduce downtime and increase productivity, the Mini Cooler with dual-point hose kit is effective on small machining operations to eliminate burning, melting and heat-related breakage. 

As I wrap up our April issue, I can’t help but hope for more April-like weather by the time you’re reading this. Winter in the upper Midwest may have started late — we had green grass until late December near where I live.

In countless process facilities, power plants and oil fields across the country, machinery is hard at work producing materials, electricity, oil, gas and other goods that keep the U.S. economy humming. 

The basic operation of vortex tube technology — how, without any moving parts, vortex tubes create hot and cold airstreams from a compressed air source — is the focus of a five-page white paper.

Vortex-tube cabinet cooling systems have been solving problems associated with overheated electronic control systems for decades. Cabinet coolers provide advantages for everyone involved in the purchasing cycle — engineers, maintenance and plant personnel and purchasing agents. 

There is no dispute that power densities have increased as enclosure volumes have gotten smaller. 

Frigid-X is preset to produce an optimum flow and temperature drop to 20°F (-7°C), depending on inlet compressed air temperature.

Keeping electronics operating in manufacturing facilities is essential to reducing costs and maintaining production schedules.

Spot cooling prolongs tool life and improves production rates and quality.