Parker’s game-changing coalescing filters: Clearing compressed air for industrial excellence

Two models of coalescing filters are available.

Wainbee Limited carries solutions by Parker domnick hunter, including the OIL-X line of coalescing filters for compressed air. In modern plants, compressed air is often crucial to production, and contamination is a significant issue. A clean, dry, dependable compressed-air supply is pivotal to maintain safe, efficient, cost-effective operations.

To reduce contaminants to acceptable levels in compressed air, these high-efficiency, low-energy filters by Parker domnick hunter are the ideal option.

Uncompromising performance and reliability

Failure to treat contaminants in compressed-air systems can lead to corrosion, blockage, damaged equipment, premature desiccant changes, or product contamination. This results in inefficient processes, spoiled products, low efficiency, and higher manufacturing expenses. Contaminants like particulate, oil, micro-organisms, and exhaust can cause an unhealthy, unsafe work environment too. Compressed-air purification requires uncompromising performance and reliability, plus the right balance of air quality with low operational cost. OIL-X coalescing filters from Wainbee fill the bill.

Introduced in 1972, the OIL-X series was the first filter range to use microfibre filter media for purification applications. Today, this is the leading technology for compressed-air filtration. Parker domnick hunter’s OIL-X coalescing filters (Grades AO and AA) are among the most important items of purification equipment in a compressed-air system, designed not just to remove droplets of oil and water with mechanical filtration techniques, but also to remove solid particulate as small as 0.01 of a micron to very low levels. They are installed in pairs: the first compressed-air filter is a “general purpose” solution that protects the second filter, a “high efficiency” unit, from bulk contamination.

While standard filters use only one drainage technique, Parker domnick hunter’s OIL-X coalescing filters use four, to guarantee high-performance liquid removal. In one method, a high-efficiency drainage layer offers more fluid drainage, better chemical compatibility, and higher operational temperatures than ordinary material does. In another, the OIL-X design wraps the drainage layer under the lower end cap to remove coalesced fluid from the air-flow path, which boosts liquid-removal efficiency and offers more usable filtration surface area. Other methods involve surface tension breakers and drainage ribs cast into the filter bowl.

For more information, contact Wainbee.

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