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Air filters

1. To clean the compressed air of all 6. There are three types of air filters
impurities and any condensate it
contains.

7. The standard filter is a combined
2. To remove all foreign matter water separator and filter.

3. To allow dry and clean air flow without 8. A micro-filter is used when contamination by
restriction to regulator and then to the lubricator oil vapour is undesirable,

9. A sub-micro filter will remove virtually
4. To condensate and remove water from
the air all oil and water and also fine particles
down to 0.01 of a micron…

5. To arrest fine particles and all solid 10. To provide maximum protection for
contaminants from air
pneumatic precision measuring devices,
electrostatic spray painting

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