There are a bewildering variety of compressed air and gas filters offered in today's market. They range from strainers such as wire mesh, sintered bronze or stainless steel elements, ribbon or string wood elements, fiber or cellulose discs to open pore sponge materials. The arrangement is more or less common in industry today. Bacteria, control of which is so important in the medical and food industry, are generally not removed because of their small micron size.
Different desiccants are available to do effectively one or all of the steps filtration requires.
Coalescing filters, in general will not remove oil vapors, water vapors or odors. True Filters, such as the desiccant types offered by Beach Filters , remove contaminants by presenting a tortuous path for the air to follow and entrap impurities throughout the entire cartridge or element. These contaminants are damaging to such sensitive equipment as instruments, pneumatic controls and hundreds of other industrial plant processes. Net result, longer desiccant life. With 50 years of proven performance, these unique filters are available with capacities of 20,60,100,200, and 1200 SCFM at 100 PSI using Beach clearview acrylic tube with epoxy coated aluminum end caps.