Filters With Auto Drain

All Nex Flow® products used for blow off, cooling, moving, and cooling – whether it is nozzles, air amplifiers, air operated conveyors, vortex tubes,  panel coolers, tool coolers, etc. – require clean compressed air. So it is important to use filters to remove water and oil from the compressed air lines prior to entering the product.  Filters are installed upstream from the particular product.

We recommend filters of a minimum of 10 microns for water removal and 0.3 microns for oil removal if lubricating oil is used in the air lines.  In most cases they should have a float type automatic drain to ensure accumulated waste is rejected form the system. Normally a small water removal filter with manual drain is supplied with Tool Coolers 15 SCFM range and under.

Air filters should be sized to handle the maximum air flow expected for the blow off, conveying, or cooling apparatus for which they are used.   Nex Flow® water and oil removal filters are 5 microns and 0.3 microns respectively. .

There are two special “separators” offered by Nex Flow® that can augment, or even replace in many cases, standard water and oil removal filters.  They are the Super Separator units.  These special point of use separators are ideal for compressed air systems with severe water and/or oil issues and can eliminate or at least reduce the load on traditional cartridge filters.

Regardless of whether you utilize the filters above,  the special separators, or your own filters which may be standardized in your manufacturing facility, filtration is important for maintaining the effective and optimum operation of all Nex Flow® air operated products.