Global Electronics Industry Manager
Hoe kunnen industriële gassen de kwaliteit van elektronische componenten en assemblages voor de auto-industrie verbeteren?
With a reputation as a top global supplier of reliable, high-performance electric motors, A.O. Smith sought to make further improvements in its production process. (After all, market leaders are never content with “good enough.”) Specifically, the company looked to enhance how it manufactures steel laminations for use in its motors, which power everyday products such as furnaces, air conditioners, pumps, refrigerators and garage door openers. A.O. Smith narrowed its focus to the natural gas exothermic generator used to create an atmosphere for annealing, decarburizing and steaming blue the laminations to enhance the metal.
With a reputation as a top global supplier of reliable, high-performance electric motors, A.O. Smith sought to make further improvements in its production process. (After all, market leaders are never content with “good enough.”) Specifically, the company looked to enhance how it manufactures steel laminations for use in its motors, which power everyday products such as furnaces, air conditioners, pumps, refrigerators and garage door openers. A.O. Smith narrowed its focus to the natural gas exothermic generator used to create an atmosphere for annealing, decarburizing and steaming blue the laminations to enhance the metal.
“We were looking to eliminate carbon monoxide to maximize the magnetic properties of our motor laminates—and, of course, we were looking for cost savings,” says A.O. Smith’s Jerry Shrout, Plant Manager at the Mt. Sterling, Ky., facility. “Our exothermic generators simply weren’t giving us the atmosphere consistency we required.”
For a comprehensive, third-party opinion, A.O. Smith called in a team of Air Products engineers and technicians to thoroughly assess the facility’s technical, equipment and financial needs. The recommendation: replace the exothermic generator with Air Products’ PRISM™ HPN (high purity nitrogen) system, an efficient and cost-effective way to produce one of the industry’s most pure grades of nitrogen. The on-site generators would offer A.O. Smith a fully automatic and highly flexible on-site nitrogen supply system.
Replacing the existing natural gas exothermic generators with the new HPN series plant gave A.O. Smith the capacity to produce 48,000 standard cubic feet per hour of gaseous nitrogen. Onstream since March 2004, the system also offers improved product quality, reliability and safety.
Additionally, the HPN nitrogen was combined with hydrogen from an existing Air Products liquid hydrogen storage and delivery system. The blended and humidified end product provided an optimal atmosphere for A.O. Smith’s motor lamination annealing process.
“Air Products’ team of application engineers and technicians designed and implemented the entire engineering package and converted us from an exothermic atmosphere to a system using nitrogen, hydrogen, and steam,” says Shrout. “This solved our consistency problems, and got rid of the carbon monoxide issues. By installing an on-site nitrogen generator, Air Products was able to reduce our total system costs.”
According to John Bakey, commercial manager, Generated Gases at Air Products, the solution stemmed from the marriage of cutting-edge technology and an understanding of A.O. Smith’s ongoing needs. “Our PRISM systems produce thousands of tons of nitrogen every day without interruption to our customers’ processes,” said Bakey. “That commitment to service is our greatest asset, and one that we look forward to sharing with A.O. Smith for many years.”
The PRISM line of gas generation systems supplies generated nitrogen and oxygen to more than 1,500 customers in over 30 countries worldwide. In addition to offering high purity nitrogen at a desirable cost, on-site gas generation systems offer the benefits of highly skidded and modular generator designs and the ability for remote system operation is backed by customer-specific technical support teams.
The PRISM line of gas generation systems supplies generated nitrogen and oxygen to more than 1,500 customers in over 30 countries worldwide. In addition to offering high purity nitrogen at a desirable cost, on-site gas generation systems offer the benefits of highly skidded and modular generator designs and the ability for remote system operation is backed by customer-specific technical support teams.
Air Products-gassen, die meestal in gasvormige en vloeibare vorm worden geleverd, stellen klanten in een breed scala van industrieën in staat hun milieuprestaties, productkwaliteit en productiviteit te verbeteren.
Argon, an inert gas, is commonly used in applications across automotive production operations to improve quality, and increase efficiency and yield.
Onze ervaren toepassingsteams over de hele wereld kunnen hun industrie- en toepassingskennis gebruiken om u te voorzien van een levering van samengeperste of vloeibare kooldioxide en een technologieoplossing die aan uw unieke behoeften voldoet.
Een inert gas voor cryogene toepassingen, warmteoverdracht, afscherming, lekdetectie, analyse en hijstoepassingen
Gewaardeerd om zijn reactieve en beschermende eigenschappen, en gebruikt door vele industrieën zoals elektronica, voedingsmiddelen, glas, chemicaliën, raffinage en meer kunnen profiteren van de unieke eigenschappen om de kwaliteit te verbeteren, prestaties te optimaliseren en kosten te verlagen.
Nuttig als gas, vanwege de inerte eigenschappen en als vloeistof voor koelen en vriezen. Vrijwel elke industrie kan profiteren van de unieke eigenschappen om de opbrengst te verbeteren, de prestaties te optimaliseren en de bedrijfsvoering veiliger te maken.
Naast het gebruik ervan als een luchtwegen gas voor de gezondheidszorg toepassingen, de sterke oxiderende eigenschappen profiteren veel industrieën door het verbeteren van de opbrengsten, het optimaliseren van de prestaties, het verlagen van de kosten en het verminderen van carbon footprint in vergelijking met andere brandstoffen.
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