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Complete Filtration Services is proud to sell this AquaCheck Air Drying Filter System AquaChek Water Removal Kit - contains: Mounting Base with 1/4" inlet + outlet; 2 Brass Plugs for Base; One AquaChek Spin-on Filter (Part # AC10); One 4 oz. bottle of pneumatic lubricating oil; Teflon tape Filter mounting base with 1/4" NPT inlet and outlet. (1) AquaChek spin-on filter (AC10). (1) 4 oz. Bottle of pneumatic lubrication oil. Small roll of thread sealing tape and instructional sheet * Captures 28 Times Its Weight Providing you with a sound understanding of the issues surrounding moisture removal from the air will give you a strong appreciation of why the AquaChek solution is the best and only solution worth considering. The information in this section will help you understand AquaChek products in a manner that will allow you to effectively apply the AquaChek solution to a wide array of compressed air moisture removal applications. AquaChek technology weaves a special super-absorbing polymer fiber into absorbent matting that is pleated and inserted into a spin-on cartridge filter. As easy to change as any spin-on oil or fuel filter, AquaChek filters reduce relative humidity in air, after the filter, to thirty percent or less and trap particulate down to less than one-half (.5) micron. Water trapped by the AquaChek filter is locked in a molecular bond and will not release even when the filter reaches saturation. In real world applications users have reported as much as a four-time increase in tool and equipment life and a dramatic reduction in corrosion related maintenance and repair. The key to the AquaChek advantage is our state of the art polymer. As the water molecule comes in contact with the AquaChek polymer, the two react. The polymer opens up from its coiled position and then encapsulates each water molecule, changing the water from a liquid into a semi-solid. At this point the polymer forms a molecular bond with the water and will not release it. Water has long been a major problem in compressed air systems. As air is compressed it is heated and water vapor is concentrated into a smaller volume of space. As air cools, after the compressor, the water vapor condenses to form free water. Free water forms at 70% relative humidity and in particles three to seven microns in size. After years of testing and development, we introduce AquaChekÔ Moisture Control Filter Technology for Compressed Air System Applications. Manufactured by WIX Filtration Products, a division of DANA Corporation, AquaChekÔ products use a super-absorbing polymer media, that molecularly bonds with H2O, coupled with 0.50-micron nominal particulate filtration in a specially coated high-pressure spin-on filter, similar to oil filters. Simple, inexpensive and replaceable AquaChekÔ filters have a water holding capacity many times greater than that of other popular technologies. By controlling moisture to the equipment, it will last longer. There are many different technologies currently available for the removal of “water†for compressed air systems, as listed below. Coalescing Filters, also known as Water Traps $25 - $50 Cotton wound Adsorbent filters $5 - $25 Refrigerant Dryers $2500 - $7000 Membrane Dryers $1000 - $10,000 Coalescing Filters or water traps are a static unit that spins the air, condensing water into droplets, allowing free water to collect in the bottom of the unit. Molecular Sieve units are similar to coalescing filters in they are a static unit but contain metal, usually aluminum, similar to a coarse steel wool pad to aid in the condensing of the water molecules into free water through added surface area. They also have a drain in the bottom. Cotton Wound filters are a simple static unit that uses cotton thread wound like a small ball of string. The cotton is used as a particulate filter as well as blocking water, being an adsorbent. These have very low water holding capacity and when full will reduce or stop airflow. Desiccant Dryers are tower units designed to dry shop systems. Most small units used in the automotive market are for paint booths. Desiccants adsorb water at a 1 to 1 ratio. The desiccant can be regenerated but loose effectiveness over time. Desiccants also easily ‘blind off’ from oil and particulate. When desiccants are contaminated they become unable to absorb water because the pores of the compound become filled with contaminants or ‘blinded off’ to receptivity to water. Refrigerant Dryers are designed to cool the air to around 35° F, or dew point, to condense water vapor into free water and then mechanically remove it from the air stream. These units cannot condense all the water out because air must be cooled to below minus 35 ° F to freeze out all water. Air at temperatures above minus 35 ° F allow trace water vapor remaining in air to travel down line to condense and form free water. Membrane Air Dryers are the most recent technology to come on the market. In membrane dryers, water vapor in the compressed air supply is blocked by hollow fibers of the membrane. Some dry air is then passed through the filter to sweep out the water vapor laden air. Membranes are also very susceptible to ‘blinding off,’ like desiccants and are expensive to replace. AquaChekÔ Filters have a more than 50 to 1 water pickup ratio with 0.5 nominal particulate filtration, making it the most cost effective air drying solution available today. The media will not ‘blind off’ from oil and particulate as with desiccants or membranes. AquaChekÔ products are simple to replace and affordable. They range in price from $22.00 to $60.00 with kits covering 100cfm applications and from $200.00 to $300.00 for 200cfm applications. Individual 15cfm point of use kits cost $59.95. Filters typically last 30 to 120 days depending on relative humidity and weather, and are simple to install and change. To assure optimum performance of the AquaChek filter in compressed air systems the following installation procedures must be followed. Installation of single or dual AquaChek filter systems should include a self-venting water trap before the filter mounting base to assure gross reduction of free water in the air passing through the filter and in turn prolong filter life. The installation must be placed a MINIMUM OF 10 FEET* (as indicated in figure 1) from the compressor to allow the air to cool enough to achieve maximum removal of water. To insure proper performance of the filter, the filter mounting base must be properly installed. It is vital that the inlet and outlet sides of the mounting base be installed in their proper configuration. Improper installation could result in polymer migration. In situations where taking the compressor off-line for filter change out is undesirable, the installation of an isolation circuit around the filter system is recommended. The isolation circuit requires two-way valves installed to allow routing of air around the filter system (as indicated in Figure 2) during filter change out. Filter Attachment & Change Out Once the filter mounting base and isolation circuit has been properly installed then the filters can be attached to the mounting base. IMPORTANT! - Prior to installation of the filters apply Teflon tape or equivalent to the mounting base threads to seal off moisture trapped by the filter. Complete Filtration Services Inc. (Compressed air filter system aquachek ACK10 is the responsibility of Ophelia Woodward) |
opheliawoodward@cedar--rapids.com (Ophelia Woodward) for more information.
