Air Products (AP) recently has commissioned a PRISM high purity nitrogen (HPN) System for A.O. Smith Corporation (A.O.S), one of the world's largest suppliers to the electrical motor industry.
The new HPN series plant replaces A.O.S's existing natural gas exothermic generators, and brings with it the capacity to produce 48,000 standard cubic feet per hour of gaseous nitrogen product.
The system will feed nitrogen to existing furnaces that help to anneal, decarburize and steam blue the laminations.
"PRISM HPN system is an efficient and cost-effective way to produce one of the industry's most pure grades of nitrogen," said AP.
A.O.S will incorporate the system in its Mt. Sterling, Ky. location, where the company manufactures steel laminations for use in electrical motors.
