OT­compressed air dryers

OT­compressed air dryers

Any of you other shop rats using a refrigerated dryer on your air?
Brand/model recommendations? Other dos and dont's?

Re: OT­compressed air dryers


"Smitty Two" <prestwhich@earthlink . net > wrote in message
news:prestwhich-16DD10.10240509052008@news.phx.highwinds-media . com ...
> Any of you other shop rats using a refrigerated dryer on your air?
> Brand/model recommendations? Other dos and dont's?

We have an Ingersol Rand that can handle 1200 cfm. We run air 16 to 24 hours
a day constant use. Unless you have a good sized shop, refrigerated units
are expensive to buy and operate. The thermal mass is kept cold all the time
so for a weekender it is kind of silly to do that.

Re: OT­compressed air dryers

In article <c18Vj.70$BL6.32@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc . com >,
"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet . net > wrote:

> "Smitty Two" <prestwhich@earthlink . net > wrote in message
> news:prestwhich-16DD10.10240509052008@news.phx.highwinds-media . com ...
> > Any of you other shop rats using a refrigerated dryer on your air?
> > Brand/model recommendations? Other dos and dont's?
>
> We have an Ingersol Rand that can handle 1200 cfm. We run air 16 to 24 hours
> a day constant use. Unless you have a good sized shop, refrigerated units
> are expensive to buy and operate. The thermal mass is kept cold all the time
> so for a weekender it is kind of silly to do that.

I'm talking about a shop, but no where near that cfm level. We do have a
couple of rather spendy machining centers, and the water in the air will
sooner or later destroy the spindles.

Re: OT­compressed air dryers


"Smitty Two" <prestwhich@earthlink . net > wrote in message
>
> I'm talking about a shop, but no where near that cfm level. We do have a
> couple of rather spendy machining centers, and the water in the air will
> sooner or later destroy the spindles.

Then refrigeration is probably a good investment. We get very dry air and
it has eliminated a lot of gumming up of pneumatic cylinders.

Re: OT­compressed air dryers

Smitty,

We use Quincy units.
* w w w .quincycompressor . com /air_treatment.html

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"Smitty Two" <prestwhich@earthlink . net > wrote in message
news:prestwhich-16DD10.10240509052008@news.phx.highwinds-media . com ...
> Any of you other shop rats using a refrigerated dryer on your
> air?
> Brand/model recommendations? Other dos and dont's?

Re: OT­compressed air dryers

In article <kxjVj.51$yP7.12@newsfe18.lga>, "DanG" <dgriff23@7cox . net >
wrote:

> Smitty,
>
> We use Quincy units.
> * w w w .quincycompressor . com /air_treatment.html

Thanks Dan, I'll check them out.