Exair 110018SS Super Air Knife 18" Stainless Steel Automated Housing ASCO Omron

Exair 110018SS Super Air Knife 18" Stainless Steel Automated Housing ASCO Omron

This is a complete automated air knife station built around an Exair 110018SS 18" Stainless Steel Super Air Knife mounted inside a clear acrylic enclosure. The housing integrates an ASCO Red-Hat II pneumatic solenoid valve, an Omron H3CA-A 240VAC timer relay, a pneumatic cylinder, and a large circular aluminum disc assembly — suggesting this system was purpose-built for a controlled, timed compressed-air blowoff or drying process, likely in a cleanroom or semiconductor-adjacent manufacturing environment. It is offered as a complete, as-found assembly.

Specifications & What's Included

• Exair Model 110018SS Super Air Knife — 18" length, 316 stainless steel construction
• Clear acrylic housing with latching front panels and bolt-pattern mounting points
• ASCO Red-Hat II Solenoid Valve — Catalog No. 8210C093
• ASCO valve pipe size: 3/8"
• ASCO valve pressure rating: 150 PSI (air/inert gas), 150 PSI (water), 150 PSI (LP oil)
• ASCO valve wattage: 37/88W; date code 0010 (manufactured October 2000)
• Omron H3CA-A timer relay — 240VAC, timer set to B274h (274 hours)
• Pneumatic cylinder (stainless/aluminum, mounted vertically inside housing)
• Large circular aluminum disc/plate assembly with bolt hole pattern (visible in housing upper section)
• Terminal block, wiring harness (red/black), and white pneumatic tubing
• Air inlet and outlet pneumatic fittings on knife body

Applications

The Exair Super Air Knife is a compressed-air blowoff device that delivers a uniform, high-velocity sheet of air across its full length — used in industrial and manufacturing settings to remove liquid, debris, or particulates from parts, webs, or surfaces. The 18" stainless steel version is suited for clean or corrosive environments where stainless construction is required. In this assembly, the integration of a timed solenoid valve (ASCO Red-Hat II) and an Omron cycle timer with a pneumatic cylinder and large circular disc strongly suggests use as an automated wafer or substrate drying or blowoff station — a configuration common in semiconductor fab, solar cell manufacturing, or precision disk/optical manufacturing facilities from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The timer controls the duration of the air blast cycle, the solenoid valve switches the compressed air on and off under electrical control, and the pneumatic cylinder likely positions the substrate or the knife itself. Buyers maintaining or replicating similar automated cleanroom blowoff processes will find this a ready-to-adapt assembly.