Major automotive manufacturers use Airknife systems from Air Control Industries both to dry vehicle bodies after washing and to neutralise static charge before finishing.
Major automotive manufacturers use Airknife systems from Air Control Industries both to dry vehicle bodies after washing to get them absolutely dry and free of contaminants before painting and to neutralise static charge before finishing, particularly on bumper lines. Airknife systems are also used to dry body shells after leak testing. Easy installation, low noise, low pressure and low energy consumption make the blower powered ACI airknife an efficient, cost effective, reliable and safe system to achieve ideal conditions for paint application.

Powered by any of a wide selection of ACI fans and blowers, including multi-stage, radial or compact units, ACI airknives direct air down a plenum chamber and out through a parallel slot, providing a controlled curtain of high velocity, low pressure air.

The ACI blowers supplying the air typically generate less than 0.25 Bar (3.6psi) so are safer and quieter than compressed air and as much as 90% cheaper to run.

Air from ACI blowers is also dry and oil free - appropriate filtration can make it free of particulate too.

ACI specialises in supplying complete turnkey solutions, not just the Airknife equipment itself.

Several major vehicle manufacturers have ACI solutions such as the Airknife halo system, in which free standing support franmes straddle the production line like a bridge as a means of supporting the Airknives above the vehicle body as it is passed through for drying.