FILTER FUNCTION
General purpose compressed air fi lters re move wa ter and particulate material from the air stream to pro tect downstream equipment from contamination. As air enters the filter, internal baffles create a swirling motion to the air so that en trained dirt and liquids are thrown against the sides of the filter bowl and then fall to the sump area at the bottom of the bowl.
Additional baffling keeps the air in the sump area relatively quiet; this ensures that the removed material is not returned to the air flow going to the filter element. The filter element will then collect smaller particles. The most frequently used element in Master Pneumatic general purpose filters is rated at 5 μm, so that nearly all particles larger than 5 μm (half the diameter of a human hair) will be collected in the filter element.