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Why Go To Extremes To Find Dry Air!

Compressors provide compressed air . . . and with it potentially lots of water.

For a moment, think of your air compressor as a rain-maker. At 100 psig, a compressor takes eight volumes of air and compresses them into one. At 80o F inlet air temperature and 80% relative humidity, a 100 HP compressor will take in 100 gallons of water vapor per day. The compressors aftercooler can remove 60-70% of the moisture, but beyond that the compressed air coming out of the machine is saturated and it goes into your air system as condensed water vapor. As the air cools from the hot discharge of the compressor, the ability of the air to hold water is reduced by 50% for every 20o F degree drop in temperature. The air moves downstream and as it cools, the water continues to drop out. This can add up to a lot of water.

The summertime combination of high humidity and high ambient temperatures creates the possibility that your compressed air dryer system cant beat the heat.

Simply a nuisance or a costly problem?

Through most of the year, a little extra moisture in your process may not be much of a concern, but with summer temperatures and humidity, that can change. In the vast majority of industrial processes, excess moisture in compressed air lines can be more than a nuisance. In fact, it is a costly source of equipment failure. It can cause substantial damage to pneumatic tools and lead to damaged and corroded pipes, both of which ultimately results in product contamination and increased costs.

As the summer heats up, moderately undersized and under-performing dryers begin to labor, and sometimes completely fail.

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Something you have to live with or easily solved?

As a global pioneer in the world of compressors, filters and dryers, Atlas Copco manufactures and stocks a complete line of refrigerated and desiccant dryers in a variety of configurations to suit every purpose. Our products are designed for reliability, energy efficiency and lowest total cost of ownership. Whether you just need clean dry air, or if your process requires that you meet a higher ISO quality standard for air purity, Atlas Copco can help.

Atlas Copco is able to prove before purchase that we provide the most energy efficient dryers available anywhere.
Every day, across the U.S. and around the world, Atlas Copco engineers evaluate and recommend quality air solutions for our own compressors and for competitors compressed air installations. We utilize sophisticated calculation tools and can provide you with hard data to show how much you can reduce your energy cost with an Atlas Copco air dryer system versus your current compressed air dryer installation. We work with you to determine the right dewpoint, the required purity and the most energy efficient way to provide the quality air solution for your particular process.

The people of Atlas Copco are focused on optimizing production, minimizing energy waste, and maximizing sustainability. Atlas Copco is proud to be one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for 2009. This is our fourth consecutive year to earn this recognition, which was awarded at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.

Call us today or Email paul.humphreys@us.atlascopco.com with dryers as the subject line for a no-charge evaluation of your dryer and filtration system. Do it now before the heat of summer turns your compressed air system into a rain-maker!

866-344-4887

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