The performance quality of pneumatic applications relies heavily on the condition of the compressed air running through them. Incorrect system pressure, the presence of contaminants, and insufficient lubrication can all create inefficiencies and cause wear and tear on components. Festo air preparation systems are designed to produce cleaner, lubricated, and well-regulated air for your pneumatic systems, optimising their performance and efficiency. Read on to find out more:
Why Quality Matters With Compressed Air
The compressed air used in pneumatic systems often contains impurities drawn from the surrounding, including dust, water vapour, oil residues, and even small flies and microorganisms. If these contaminants enter your pneumatic components, they can cause overheating, decrease efficiency, and even cause blockages. Combined with unregulated pressure levels and inadequate lubrication, these contaminants can adversely impact the precision and durability of your pneumatic application.
What Do Festo Air Preparation Systems Do?
Festo air preparation systems address these problems at source:
1. Air filtration: Festo air preparation systems include a variety of comprehensive filters to remove particles, moisture, and oil aerosols from your compressed air:
- Particulate filters remove solid particles such as rust and dust.
- Coalescing filters capture fine water vapour and oil mist, protecting your downstream components.
- Activated carbon filters address small-scale impurities, providing ultra-clean air for hygiene-sensitive applications.
2. Pressure regulation: Festo regulators help you to maintain stable air pressure, with precise adjustments available to meet specific application requirements, so you avoid the problems of under- or over-pressurisation. This minimises wastage of compressed air, giving you energy and cost savings, and also increases the reliability of your valves, actuators, and other components, delivering consistent outputs across the system.
3. Lubrication: Adequate lubrication combats excess friction and reduces wear and tear on pneumatic components, for smoother operation and less need for repairs and replacements. This is important because adequate lubrication reduces the risk of premature or unexpected failure around seals and moving elements, and also increases the efficiency of your pneumatic components by reducing the energy losses caused by friction.
Why Invest In Festo Air Preparation Systems?
As one of the leading manufacturers of fluid power components in the world, Festo air preparation systems are depended on by customers in a wide range of industries to deliver reliable and effective pneumatic applications. Festo air preparation units are modular and are easy to integrate into a variety of existing applications, allowing a custom-made solution for a range of operational needs.
What Next?
If you’d like to find out how Festo components can help your pneumatic infrastructure to run at peak performance and reliability, please contact Hydrastar today by clicking here.
