Secomak

Secomak Ltd has been the industry leader in air movement technology for over 80 years. Using our expertise and experience of air movement technology we have developed an array of application-specific equipment that utilises high specification, compressed air and blower driven Airknife drying systems.

Our solutions are efficient, energy saving, cost effective and environmentally friendly. They are designed to suit the specific application and are engineered to meet the exacting requirements of our worldwide customer base.

Airknife Solutions

Secomak Airknife solutions use low pressure, high velocity air to remove surface moisture, dust and waste material from almost any surface. Secomak Airknife solutions are particularly suitable for drying bottles and cans, jars, cables, tubes, sheet material, extrusions, components, castings or any product which needs to be dried externally. Energy costs can be reduced by up to 90% compared to other drying methods such as compressed air or a drying oven.

Air Knife Blowers

Other applications include the removal of waste material from conveyors, dust components and controlling the thickness of films and coatings. Air knives can be manufactured in a variety of designs and materials to suit the application and are powered by a matching Secomak air knife blower.

Bottle Drying Systems

Secomak’s bottle drying systems consists of the PowerStrip range and the Mistral range. They provide a flexible solution for any production line application problem. These application problems include drying prior to: crown capping, final packing, marking, date coding, shrink sleeve applications, empty bottle inspections (EBI), full Bottle Inspections (FBI), labelling, neck labelling and after passing through the pasteuriser.

Modular Drying

In the PowerStrip modular drying system range the essential components are the unique Secomak Air Knives and the High Velocity blower, developed specifically to power them. As moisture laden bottles pass beneath the outlet of the airknife, a curtain of air pushes the approaching liquid back, forming a standing wave. Residual moistures from the bottles are shattered into tiny droplets which are dispersed by the continuous stream of air.

In the Mistral drying system range the essential components are the unique Secomak ‘micro-nozzles’ and the Beckair ‘Ringjet Air Amplifiers’, which multiply the compressed air supply volume by at least 25 times. As the bottles pass through the Mistral tunnel, the micro nozzles lifts tiny droplets of moisture from the bottle into the surrounding air, producing a fine mist within the unit. The resultant mist is either evacuated from the top of the chamber or driven downwards away from the neck or the crown cap. As the bottles leave the Mistral tunnel, two Beckair ‘Ringjet Air Amplifiers’, dry the remainder of the container.

Can Drying Solutions

Secomak’s can drying range consists of the Tornado Dryer and the Can Top Dryer and they provide excellent application solutions for production line problems. These application problems include drying prior to: can labelling, packaging, coding, marking and drying after the pasteurisation phase.

The Secomak Tornado Dryer uses Beckair ‘Ringjet’ technology to extract bulk water from the top of cans. This Ringjet Technology helps to convert low volume, high pressure, compressed air to high volume, low pressure air. The Tornado Dryer incorporates a patented central agitation nozzle and has no moving mechanical parts, operating from a compressed air supply.

Packaging Water Removal

The two systems combined together, provides optimised drying of top or bottom of cans to within the BCME’s specification. This bulk water removal system is a low noise and low energy system that removes typically 99% of water from can tops or bases. The bulk water removal shape provides full containment of water. The Secomak Can Top Dryer provides the final stage of drying. The addition of side airknives to the can top gives fill side drying capability.

Registered as an ISO 9001:2000 company our manufacturing facility at Elstree in Hertfordshire has the latest production, testing, demonstration and process development facilities to ensure the highest possible standards of manufacture and product quality.