Industrial Air Liquid Mixing Equipment
Wine Cart on Portable Systems | Rail Car Mixing Systems
THE PULSAIR WINE CART
WC4-1005TCAP
Pulsair's all new wine carts have many new features. The WC4-1005TCAP shown above includes an all stainless steel cart mounted on for pneumatic tires. The Clean Air Package (CAP) has three filters and a pressure regulator. There is a particulate, coalescing and activated carbon filter assembly that provides food grade air to the injection valves.
These elements are mounted on the cart along with a hose storage reel. There are four 1 " hoses and check valves with 2" Tri-Clover flanges to connect the injection valves to each tank. The 1 " stainless steel hand held probe has a seed bed extension, deflector plate and a shut off valve. The probe is connected to the cart using a 3/4 " hose 25 feet in length equipped with quick disconnect couplings.
The wine cart must be connected to a 110 VAC -50/60 Hz source and a source of air or Nitrogen. The compressed air or Nitrogen supply must have a potential of 80 to 100 psi. The supply line should be at least 1". A 1-1/2" supply line is recommended for optimum performance. The injection pressure is set by the regulator mounted on the cart.
The WC4-1004 or WC5-1005 electronic controllers requires 110/220 VAC power and draw less then 5 amps. The controller converts the AC voltage to 24 VDC that is used to power the PCL, touch screen terminal and the injection valves. Each solenoid pilot valve draws 6.5 watts of power at 24 volts DC. The controller has a main power switch to turn the system on and off. All remaining control functions and inputs are accomplished using the touch screen.
Wine BlendingThere are two selectable modes of operation, Blending and Cap Management. In the Blending mode the operator selects the number of pulses required to mix the tank. When the system is started will count down from the selected number of pulses using the number of valves selected by the operator and then turn off. If multiple valves have been selected they will be actuated in sequence. The Injection time and Pulse rate can be adjusted at any time during this mode of operation.
Wine Cap ManagementThe cap management mode of operation is based on a pre-selected time period. The operator selects the valves and enters the time of operation. Once the system is started it will operate until the selected time has elapsed and then turn off. Injection time and pulse rate can be set and or adjusted at any time before or during operation.
Valve SelectionThere are three valve combinations that may be selected.
1.) The top injection valve in the stack is selected when the racking port is used for blending wine.2.) Either three or four injection valves can be selected when connected to the bottom ports on a tank for use during fermentation for cap management.
3.) The smaller tote valve (bottom valve in the stack) is selected when there is a mixing requirement for a small tank or tote using a hand-held probe.
Injection Ports
Each wine fermentation or blending tank must be equipped with three/four injection ports. These can either be through the bottom of the tank or though the tank wall near the bottom. The injection ports should be equipped with shut-off valves and 2" Tri-Clover fittings (flanges). The 25' Hoses from the cart are connected to these four ports using gaskets and standard Tri-Clover bales. Ideally, the top valve should be connected to the center port on the tank. If there is no center port then the hoses should be connected in sequence to the four tank ports.
WC4-1004S, WC4-1005TS and the WC5-1005S are standard carts and have a 5 micron particulate filter and a pressure regulator. The CAP denotes a cart with a clean air package.
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Rail Car Mixing Systems
Mixing the liquid contents within rail cars is done in a more cost-effective manner using the Pulsair PTM-2000 (Portable Tank Mixer). The PTM is also an excellent choice to mobilize waste heels during tank cleaning and remediation. Additionally, for some rail car contents, the products must be heated by steam coils continuously until they reach the appropriate pumping temperature. Pulsair helps with the heating process by sequentially injecting air into the tanks moving heated materials away from the steam coils keeping it from scorching and allowing it to quickly transfer heat to materials not in contact with coils.
Benefits of Pulsair's portable rail car mixing systems:
- Helps facilitate uniform heating of contents
- Reduces steam heating system costs and heating times
- Keeps solids in suspension
- Reduce possibility of burning or scorching tank contents
- Effectively mixes liquids - mixing time vary based on viscosity & temperature
- Reduce wear and tear on pumps
Contact us today and learn how our mixing systems can help reduce your costs, maintenance and streamline your rail car mixing process.