Save Energy with Hot Air Recycling: CHINOOK

Hot air recirculation with high pressure

Leister’s new Chinook side channel blower is the perfect complement to the LHS 210 or LHS 410 series air heaters, saving users both energy and costs.

Named after the warm fall Chinook winds which can produce a remarkable temperature increase, this innovative blower has been specifically designed to feed process air at inlet temperatures of up to 350°C (662°F) back into industrial processes at high pressure.

Working in nearly all hot air processes that allow for hot air recirculation, and in which energy recovery is reasonable and possible, the CHINOOK blower can help to save up to 50% energy and costs and reduce CO² footprint.

The Leister CHINOOK high-pressure blower is highly durable and designed to perform reliably for a long time despite high thermal loads, thanks to its compact insulation, solid construction, and high-quality components. The low maintenance CHINOOK boasts of being the quietest Leister side channel blower with a mere 58 dB(A) operating sound level.

Capable of delivering air flow (20°C) of 1,640 l/min at 50Hz with a static pressure of 14.6kPa, the CHINOOK delivers optimum and effortless performance in ambient temperatures up to 60°C and is also the first Leister air blower to operate at both 230V & 400V (50Hz) or 275V & 480V (60Hz) from a single unit.

The CHINOOK can also be combined with a frequency controller to clock the Hertz as low as 20Hz and up to 60Hz to match the requirements of the heat process.

There are multiple opportunities to integrate the CHINOOK blower into industrial processes, such as in the drying system of electronic components, shrink drying systems of heat shrinkable plastics such as food, pharmaceutical and beverage films, electrical cable and pipe manufacturing, and thermal disinfection applications.

By integrating the LHS 210/410 heaters with Leister’s new CHINOOK blower it is possible to recirculate hot air, saving energy and money.

Developed by Leister, the CHINOOK side channel blower is supplied to the UK by Welwyn Tool Group. Welwyn supply the full range of Leister plastic welding and industrial process heat equipment and offers highly competent technical support by their team of dedicated engineers.