I have been working on a project to reduce the amount of water left on parts coming off of a plating line. In the past we hae used a Tubular Rotary style separator in our press department to separate trim rings from our stamped parts. I had the idea of using a similar design to remove the excess water off of our plated parts. Since you are making this style of separator I thought I might pic your brain a bit. I have a few questions:
1) If you but paddles on the inside of your perforated tube, will they carry the parts half way up and let them fall to the bottom. Some of our parts are "Cup-Shaped" and tend to hold more water than other parts.
2) How low to the ground can you build one of your separators? the bottom of the hopper at the end of the plating line is 28" off the floor.
3) Can you use an air knife mounted through the center of the tube to blow off excess water? And if so, will the air knife just blow teh parts around and not actually blow off the water?
4) Can you send someone to our faciily to see our application and draw up a quote?
there are probably more questions but I can't think of tehm all right now.
Sincerely,
