Gast Group’s new desiccant air dryer now available across the entire JUN-AIR range
Launched in 2012, the JUN-AIR iQdryer from the Gast Group – a member of the IDEX Corporation’s health and science division – is the company’s latest high-purity, heatless desiccant air dryer designed to lower the energy consumption of compressors by reducing pressure drop.
The iQdryer, which is now available as an option across the entire JUN-AIR range of compressors and vacuum pumps, features a revolutionary design that applies modern materials and a number of patented features to increase reliability and simplify maintenance procedures, while ensuring continuous delivery of high-quality compressed air.
To ensure reliability and eliminate the risk associated with float drain malfunction, condensate is collected in a ‘quiet-zone’ that is vented with every cycle using timed solenoids. Purge adjustment screws are also located after fine dust filtration to eliminate contamination and the loss of performance.
Maintenance has been simplified by combining the filter and desiccant in an easily exchanged, externally-fitted cartridge, which has increased maintenance intervals from 2000 hours to 4000 hours and means that the handling of loose desiccant and contaminants is avoided. In addition, JUN-AIR has introduced an all-in-one service kit that contains everything required to service the iQdryer, including new cartridges. These kits, which are available from Gast Group’sUKheadquarters or via its local, regional and national distributors, contain easy-to-follow instructions and are sealed in air-tight foil bags to prolong shelf life.
The iQdryer’s unique, patented design combines the filter and desiccant dryer in a single cartridge and, by eliminating external filters and drains, JUN-AIR claims that the iQdryer reduces the energy consumed by the compressor.
An integrated PLC control and display system provides full operational and monitoring data. It also indicates when the iQdryer requires servicing and, to prevent wet air travelling downstream, ensures the dryer resumes its cycle from where it was interrupted.
The iQdryer has a maximum working pressure of 12 barg (optimum range between 4 and 10 barg) and is available for all JUN-AIR’s oil-free compressors, including its stand-alone and cabinet-based solutions. It meets the highest standards of purity, delivering air in accordance with ISO 8573:1 2001, Class 2 dust (1 micron) and Class 2 water (-40°C pressure dew point). In addition, its high-tensile, extruded aluminium columns contain twin dryer chambers that are anodized for corrosion protection. A pressure maintaining device ensures that desiccant bed velocities are controlled to maintain dew-point performance; and the patented filter/desiccant cartridges (one per column) contain desiccant and inlet/outlet filtration.
For further information on the iQdryer Series, call +44 (0)1527 504040, email sales.gast@idexcorp.com or visit www.jun-air.com.
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For further information contact:
Andre Goodson, Gast Group Limited
Unit 11, The IO Centre, Nash Road, Redditch, B98 7AS. UK
Tel: 44 (0)1527 504040, Fax: 44 (0)1527 525262
Email: gastgroup.uk@idexcorp.com Web: www.gastmfg.com / www.jun-air.com
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Since 1921, Gast Manufacturing, Inc. has been designing and manufacturing quality air-moving products. Our vacuum pumps, compressors, air motors, gear motors, vacuum generators, regenerative blowers and Smart Air technology meet the many challenging applications of OEMs and end-users worldwide. For industrial manufacturing, health care lab, or environmental cleanup applications, Gast provides a full range of ideally suited and cost-effective solutions to any pneumatic problem.
In 1998, Gast was acquired by IDEX Corporation and is part of the IDEX Health Science Technologies segment. IDEX, an acronym for Innovation, Diversity and EXcellence, manufactures proprietary pump products, dispensing equipment, and other engineered products for a variety of global markets.
In 2006, Gast Manufacturing, Inc. acquired JUN-AIR, the leading provider of quiet compressors for laboratories, dental clinics, medical, beverage, graphic and industrial applications worldwide. As a result, its customers can take advantage of the broad product portfolios of both companies to solve their application requirements from the component level through complete compressor solutions.
Since the introduction of its first compressor in 1958, JUN-AIR has become a leading supplier of quiet air compressors used in laboratories, dental clinics, medical, beverage, graphic, and industrial applications worldwide. Its products include a full range of standard and customised compressors and cabinets. Continuous development of products and production facilities helps maintain JUN-AIR’s enviable reputation for quality and reliability among more than half a million satisfied customers.
JUN-AIR products are now sold and supported in more than 100 countries through subsidiaries and distributors. As an international company, JUN-AIR is concerned about the world environment. They strive to produce a range of products that offer environmental benefits such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through reduced energy consumption. Over the years they have introduced a number of improvements, resulting in the most energy-efficient compressors on the market.
Gast is an international supplier with manufacturing and logistical facilities located regionally in support of global customers. They are committed to conforming to global manufacturing standards in the areas of health, safety, environmental, and consumer protection.
Gast is proud of its 90-year history of leadership in the design and manufacture of high-quality air-moving products. It is even more proud of the positive impact they make on its customers' products. Achieving a leadership position in a complex industry is not a simple task. Gast has done it by adhering to some simple principles: understand the industry better than anyone else, make better products than anyone else, and serve the customer better than anyone else.
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