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OT­compressed air dryers Smitty Two 05-09-2008
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Posted by Smitty Two on May 9, 2008, 1:24 pm
Any of you other shop rats using a refrigerated dryer on your air?
Brand/model recommendations? Other dos and dont's?

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 9, 2008, 10:47 pm

> 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.



Posted by Smitty Two on May 9, 2008, 11:30 pm

> > 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.

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 9, 2008, 11:46 pm

>
> 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.



Posted by DanG on May 10, 2008, 11:53 am
Smitty,

We use Quincy units.
http://www.quincycompressor.com/air_treatment.html

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



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