Richard
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- Knoxville, TN
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- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
When I was in college.... I took a variety of electives. One was an automotive (repair) class. I was already mechanically inclined and to be blunt, figured I'd know everything so it would be a fun class and an easy "A". (don't know if it was easy or not, but did get the 'A')
None the less...got exposed to several things, most of which I'd already done on my car. One thing that caught my attention was when the Prof pulled out (what I learned today is called) a "Vortex Tube".
I had a memory of him having this item, putting compressed air into it and it 'magically' creating either hot OR cold air (I now think it does both at same time but this is old memory)
I've never forgotten that. I wondered what it would be used for in the auto shop.... I'm guessing it would be good to test an old choke on a carb that had a bi-metallic strip so you could throw cold air at it, hot air at it and make sure it worked.
None the less... I don't know much else about them than what I've read,,,so will ask here.
What general other uses might you have for one of these? Is there any merit in having one tucked in your tool chest? I can't say I've ever been in a situation where I've thought "gee.....I sure wish I had a vortex tube right now" but, when you don't know of different ways you can use something, you don't always see the opportunity.
I had even gone so far as to think maybe I was making this memory up in my head and was wrong so I just did a search and my memory hasn't (yet) failed me.
None the less...got exposed to several things, most of which I'd already done on my car. One thing that caught my attention was when the Prof pulled out (what I learned today is called) a "Vortex Tube".
I had a memory of him having this item, putting compressed air into it and it 'magically' creating either hot OR cold air (I now think it does both at same time but this is old memory)
I've never forgotten that. I wondered what it would be used for in the auto shop.... I'm guessing it would be good to test an old choke on a carb that had a bi-metallic strip so you could throw cold air at it, hot air at it and make sure it worked.
None the less... I don't know much else about them than what I've read,,,so will ask here.
What general other uses might you have for one of these? Is there any merit in having one tucked in your tool chest? I can't say I've ever been in a situation where I've thought "gee.....I sure wish I had a vortex tube right now" but, when you don't know of different ways you can use something, you don't always see the opportunity.
I had even gone so far as to think maybe I was making this memory up in my head and was wrong so I just did a search and my memory hasn't (yet) failed me.
How Vortex Tubes use compressed air to generate cold and hot air simultaneously?
Vortex tubes utilize compressed air to create hot and cold air with no moving parts. They are small and ideal to be used for spot cooling.
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