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Compressing air forces water vapor out and that water must collect somewhere in your compressor. Airpower’s range of Particle Filters/Water Traps are also designed to remove contaminants and unwanted debris from your air systems.
Water is not compressible and if water gets into your air compressor’s pneumatic valves and cylinders, it cannot give way and cause damage to the pneumatic equipment.
An ordinary water trap can only catch the droplets of water if the air and droplets pass through the filter.
Any water condensing after the filter passes the filter as compressed air and not as water. The filter also cannot create air, if it only gets a stream of water entering the filter. This stream of water will run straight through the filter.
The air compressor filter or as some people call it, the water trap, works on the dew-point of the air. The higher the pressure, the higher the dew-point, and the more effective is the filter. This is why the filter must always be where the pressure is the highest and always upstream of the regulator.
The compressed air is still saturated, at the specific pressure and temperature, after a filter. If the air cools down or the pressure increase through a compressor device, moisture will condense out again. Filters can only take droplets of water from the air. Any condensation after the filter is seen by the filter as a gas and cannot remove it from the air.
Airpower stock the standard 25-micron filters, Coalescing filters, and activated carbon filters. These have an oil carry over 0.01 mg / m³. We also manufacture replacement elements for opposition filters.
We also stock sintered metal filters, 25 microns, from ¼” BSP up to 1” BSP Coalescing filters, 0.1micron, and 0.01 micron. Activated carbon filters, 0.001micron. Our brands include Donaldson, Omega, and Camozzi ex stock.
Airpower stocks a variety of other Air Compressor Spare Parts including Vertical Air Receivers, Regulators, Lubricators, Carbon filters, and Gauges.
We are fully equipped to handle major overhauls, pressure testing, and component sales directly from our Bellville headquarters.
