Banish moisture from compressed air
Third Quarter 2007
Pneumatic systems & components
Tests carried out by pneumatic technology company SMC have indicated that in certain atmospheric conditions the moisture contained in compressed air from a 75 kW compressor after one day's operation could be equivalent to 113 litres of water, this is enough to fill around 150 wine bottles. Obviously any compressed air system containing this volume of air moisture will suffer from dramatically reduced valve and air cylinder performance. Armed with this knowledge, SMC's R&D engineers have produced a solution in their new range of refrigerated air dryers - Series IDFA. Designed specifically for the European market, with CE accreditation and 230 V a.c. (50 Hz) voltage supply, this series effectively removes water vapour through a highly efficient stainless steel, improved corrosion resistant, heat exchanger. With eight flow rate sized options - 12 to 273 m³/h (ANR), these new air dryers use ozone friendly HFC and emit outlet air at 3°C pressure point per the ISO8573-1 standard. Incorporating an easy to see evaporation temperature gauge to confirm correct operation, models in the series offer improved energy savings as a result of their high efficiency and low pressure drop.
SMC’s IDFA refrigerated air dryers remove moisture from compressed air systems
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