Benefits

• Improves worker safety
• Eliminates the incidence of worker heat stress or cold stress
• Reduces the frequency and duration of non-productive cooling and warming work breaks
• Maximizes worker productivity and comfort in extreme temperatures
• Eliminates the need to air condition large warehouse or shop areas

Features

• Provide continuous, consistent cooling, unlike ice or gel paks
• Three cooling capacities available
• Air is delivered at up to -45-60°F (-25-33°C) differential from the compressed air inlet
• Easy temperature adjustment by user, even with gloved hands
• All Vortec Cooling Tube models are supplied with an adjustable waist belt and an Industrial Interchange style quick connect for attachment to the compressed air supply
• Can be worn under other protective clothing
• All Cooling Tubes have 1/4” compressed air quick connect and 3/4” garden hose thread for discharge of air to vest

*Note: NIOSH approves only complete Supplied Air Respirators (SAR) Systems. None of the Vortec Cooling Tube products listed above are approved for use with a respirator system. More can be found about the requirements in CRF 84.131.

Videos

Personal Air Conditioners

Workers in extreme temperatures wear Personal Air Conditioning Vests to minimize heat stress, cold stress and fatigue, and to improve comfort and productivity. Cold (or Warm) Air circulates through a Diffuse Air Vest to distribute cooling (or heating) to the wearer's torso and neck. The air supplied to the vest achieves a temperature differential of 45 - 60 F° from the inlet compressed air temperature.

Specifications

Literature

Case Studies

Keeping older veteran employees cool and healthy under hot conditions

Vortec's Personal Air Conditioners (PACs) make high temperature work environments more comfortable and healthy for workers at DRS Technologies when working in paint booths, reducing the need for frequent work breaks, and improving productivity and safety.

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Body Cooling under Pressure Protective Equipment

Vortec's cooling vests solve a challenge at an electrical equipment recycling facility by standing up to the heat of Alabama summers, in a facility where the high number of air exchanges in the room make it impossible to successfully cool the entire area with air conditioners.

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Safety and Comfort for Foundry Workers

Temperatures in the production area of an Aluminum billet manufacturing facility sometimes soar to 150 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer months. Ohio Valley Aluminum Safety Manager relies on Vortec Personal Air Conditioners to keep workers in the plant cool and safe, while not interfering with the ambient temperatures needed to produce high quality billet.

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Keeping Welders Cool

Respiratory Equipment uses Vortec’s Personal Air Conditioners. Thanks to our client Arc One, cooler heads prevail in the welding industry. Vortec helps make it possible for Arc One to extend its line of welding personal safety equipment, developing a personal cooling helmet for welders.

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Accessories

5 Micron Air Filter 701S-24A Models: 22815, 22825	5 Micron Air Filter 701S-36A Models: 22835, 29635	Oil Removal Filter 701S-48 Models: 22815, 22825
Oil Removal Filter 701S-54 Models: 22835, 29635