Bottle Drying System, Air Knife & Industrial Dryer Equipment

This section of our website keeps you updated about ACI New Products and Services.

Air knives boost performance of infra red drying systems

With the changeover from solvent-based to water-based coatings, in accordance with the VOC Directive, drying times in hot air circulation ovens have increased, reducing throughput. One way to ameliorate this situation, ...

ACI Systems eliminate moisture for Swan Brewery

The Swan Brewery is one of Western Australia's best known companies. Though more than 90 breweries have come and gone in WA, Swan has remained the stalwart of the industry.

With its compressed ...

New Website for ACI: March 06

ACI has recently recreated its corporate website, www.air-con.co.uk. The company, world leaders in the manufacture of industrial fans, blowers and Drying Systems based on Airknife Technology, have crafted an easily navigable site for their ...

Inbev goes dry with ACI

A combination of economics and higher efficiency are the key factors that underline the success of Air Control Industries’ bottle and can drying systems installed at InBev’s plants in Magor (South Wales) and Leuven in Belgium. ...

“Compact Blower Attains Unsurpassed Level of Reliability”

The advantage of size with many high-speed compact blowers is frequently compromised by the increased failure rate due to the higher speed and therefore wear of its component parts. Most of the US ...

Enhanced reliability for EP10A Compact Blower

The range of 'EP10' compact, variable-speed blowers that can handle both hot and cold air has been upgraded to give enhanced reliability and quieter operation. The blower head is now cast and machined as a single ...

Portable instruments for air measurement now available

The KIMO range of portable hand-held instruments designed for special applications; HVAC measurement and control requirements are now available in the UK from ACI.

KIMO’s range offer specific function units (i.e. micromanometer; thermometer; anemometer; hygrometer and tachometer) ...

New Airknife Bottle Drying machine is quieter and user friendly

A new quieter and more ergonomically designed bottle drying machine has been introduced by Air Control Industries (ACI) of Chard. Based upon ACI’s energy efficient, blower-powered ‘Airknife’ system, the new bottle drying unit has ...

EBM-PAPST - the new name for EBM

ebm-papst UK Ltd is the new name for the former ebm organisation, the manufacturers of fans, drives, motors and control equipment, which includes the German companies ebm-Werke, Papst Motoren and mvl Motoren Ventilatoren Landshut. ...

Who determines when your factory shuts down - you or your blower?

Air Control Industries have designed, manufactured and supplied their air movement solutions over many years and we have kept a careful record of the causes of failures that can ...

We're Famous

Air Control Industries will feature on a new CD-ROM, produced by Business Link Somerset, which highlights how local businesses are harnessing the power of the Internet to develop their national and international markets. E-business adviser, Kevin Redpath, says “We ...

ACI Introduces Client Training Modules

As a market leader in air movement technology including curved forward bladed, backward curved bladed, and radial bladed fans, ACI are now complementing their technology with a range of training modules specifically designed to assist clients ...

Under Pressure to Save Money?

Every organisation has to remain competitive to survive in manufacturing, yet many are not aware that their energy bill is a controllable cost that can be reduced by some common-sense actions. And remember - every £1 ...

NEW CENTRIFUGAL SERIES OFFER MORE POWER

3 new blower units have recently been added to ACI's centrifugal range of fans. The MR280, MR315 and the MR400R offer significantly increased flow rates and pressures.

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What a load of Hot Air!

The EP10H is capable of accepting inlet air temperature of up to 365°F (185°C) without the requirement of any additional services such as chilled water for bearing cooling. The unique bearing configuration used within ...

ACI'S MANAGING DIRECTOR RETIRES AFTER 35 YEARS

Eric Forknall who has been with the Company for more than 34 years, covering five decades, has become Chairman of ACI, replacing Dr John Ault OBE who is retiring. Paul Tuffin, previously ACI's ...

PAUL TUFFIN ANNOUNCED AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR

New Managing Director, Paul Tuffin, joined ACI Limited in 1991 as Project Manager of the Airknife product from the Ordinance Division at Normalair-Garrett. Under his direction, Airknife product sales have risen from £30K ...

BRUSHLESS DC MULTI STAGE AVAILABLE

Continuing it’s ongoing product development programme, part of the multi stage exhauster and blower range can now be offered with brushless DC motors allowing significantly improved performance and greater control. For example, the development of ...

Schneider Inverter Drive improves multi stage performance

Schneider Electric, the leading UK and World expert in the development and manufacture of products for the distribution and industrial applications of electricity, have started supplying ACI with their full range of inverter drives. ...

EP10A CONTINUED DESIGN IMPROVEMENT

The EP10A Compact Blower unit has continued to incorporate design improvements that now see a major step forward. In particular, the bearing housing and shaft have been re-designed to give an improved bearing alignment by incorporating ...

Italian Agents announced.

ACI would like to welcome Mr Luigi Angiolini and Mr Attilio Vigano of TESCOM Srl to its team of World Wide Agents.

TESCOM S.r.l
Viale Rimembranze - 14
20034 - GIUSSANO (MILANO)
Phone: 0362 332092
Fax: 0362 ...

Jetblack solves personnel cleaning issues

The success of ACI’s wall mounted Jetblack Cleaning Station is proving that the improper use of compressed air for personnel blow-down is a declining problem. Easily fixed to the wall, the JETBLACK has been specifically designed ...

ACI fans get ATEX stamp of approval

Air Control Industries Ltd has recently completed the process of gaining approval to the very latest stringent ATEX Directive. The European Directive 94/9/EC now applies to ACI’s comprehensive range of fans, blowers and exhausters ...