In today’s manufacturing environment, compressed air is an essential power source and therefore its quality requirements are vital. However, air moving through pipelines can lay down moisture through condensation, causing costly damage to production machinery. Water carried with compressed air to production systems can result in significant damage to valves, cylinders and fittings. Components tend to rust and lubrication is rinsed out.
A simple solution to avoid damage and downtime is a quality refrigerated air dryer. Compressed air is led through the refrigerated air dryer, cooling it drastically to reduce the water content to between 3 and 10°C pressure dew point. Dryers can be located on the most critical work stations in the production process, delivering air to the required ISO class, or can be placed after the compressor for general usage.
SMC’s refrigerated air dryers chill the air to 3°C, reducing the water content in the compressed air to around 6 gm/cm³. The surplus water is drained directly from the refrigerated air dryer and dumped via an auto drain. Refrigerated air dryers are a cost effective means of providing air with pressure dew points of 3 to 10°C, thus meeting the requirements of ISO 8573-1 moisture classes 4 to 6. All SMC’s energy efficient refrigerated air dryers feature compact and quiet construction, stainless steel heat exchangers, Montreal Protocol-compliant refrigerants and a low pressure drop.
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