Water Separators;It is the equipment that should come first in the compressed air line, after the compressed air tank. Because the water separator is the equipment that collects and throws out the liquid water and oil, that is, coarse condensate, in the compressed air by centrifugal effect. Since it removes most of the liquid water and oil from the system, it significantly reduces the contamination load of the filters that follow it.

Compressed Air Filters; It is divided into two: coalescing filter (line filter) and active carbon filter. Coalescing (line filters) are used to retain particles in the compressed air and water and oil in aerosol form. Filters called pre-filters or coarse filters generally retain particles of 1 micron and larger, while filters defined as fine filters or fine filters generally retain particles of 0.01 microns and larger. Likewise, while the amount of aerosol remaining in the air after coarse filters is 0.5 ppm, fine filters reduce this amount to 0.01 ppm.

Activated Carbon Filters It should only be used to capture oil mist. The material used in these filters can also trap water vapor and particles. However, if the air is not purified from moisture and particles before the activated carbon filter, this filter will soon become unable to perform its primary duty of retaining oil vapor.