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Delair's Compressed Air Dryer Evonik and Sungo combine

t is best to ensure that compressed for versatile sports bottle-
Iair is dry and clean before it is used LUDAVI
in any pneumatic process. Moisture
is always present in the compressed vonik has joined forces with Taiwanese company
air along with dust particles, oil ESungo to create a lightweight and practical sports
(oils particles are introduced by bottle- LUDAVI. The LUDAVI bottle is made from Evonik’s
lubricated air compressors) and TROGAMID Terra, a transparent microcrystalline
solid contaminants which can polyamide made with more than 50 per cent renewable
adversely affect air quality. If the raw materials, such as palm kernel and coconut
compressed air is not dry there oil. TROGAMID is lightweight and abrasion-proof as
will be corrosion in compressed well as resistant to heat and chemicals. This makes
air pipe line, pneumatic tools the LUDAVI bottle equally suitable to hold hot tea,
and Systems which will lead to carbonated drinks, and spritzers, and helps the product
their malfunctioning. The only to withstand the mechanical stresses a drinks bottle
positive means of moisture removal is the installation typically encounters during its life cycle. With its
of Compressed Air Dryers. In most cases Desiccant Dryer green lifestyle approach, Sungo has created optimal
are suitable where application require ADP upto -40°C conditions for establishing LUDAVI as a popular product
to – 60°C(-40°F to -76°F). in sports departments.

Desiccant Dryers are based on the principle of heatless
regeneration or Heated regeneration and the physical
properties of their desiccant to adsorb and desorb
the water vapours. It uses pressure swing principle /
temperature Swing to regenerate the desiccant bed.
Desiccant Dryer are offered in four options as a complete
range : Heat of Compression, No loss Split Flow, Blower
reactivated and standard heatless type. The standard
units in certified ratings are offered from 6 Nm3/hr to
10000 Nm3/hr. Special units can be built to handle any
pressure and air capacity with atmospheric dew points as
low as (-)70°C. Special features of Dryers include: reliable
and long life valves and switching devices, solid state Ken Lu, General Manager at Sungo, said: “Philosophically
controls, microprocessors based optional DelSmart card we want to create a drinks bottle with a soul of love,
for continuous monitoring, readouts, energy conservation which means the material needs to be not just healthful
& fault detection alarms. to people but also to the earth. In Asia, for example,
Delair India, a Pahwa Group company, specializes in many people drink hot beverages, therefore the
designing, engineering and manufacturing of Compressed material should also be good in boiling-hot conditions,
Air and Gas Drying Systems – Refrigeration & Adsorption and quite chemically stable for all kinds of beverages.”
type. The company is largest in compressed air treatment Alexander Richter, Head of Consumer Goods at Evonik,
in terms of numbers of units sold, customer base, sales added: “The combined properties of appearance and
& service network, and capacity of units sold. Delair environmental aspects set our materials apart. Thanks
manufactures Refrigeration Dryers, Desiccant Dryers, Gas to our many years of experience in the area of high-
Dryers, Air Receivers, After Coolers, Moisture Separators, performance polymers, we are able to develop plastics
Air Filters and Auto Drain Valves. with specific characteristics for our customers.”

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