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I work in a mattress factory, and all of our tools are air tools, and the air comes from a single compressor to various parts of the factory through air hoses and pvc pipes. Water seems to collect in one of the hoses all the time, and damages tools connected to it, no matter how often the compressor is drained. Does anyone know why, and what I can do about it?

A good piping design for an air system should encorporate a drip leg or drain pot at each point where air is drawn off. The drip leg or drain pot is below the take off point for the air tools so the water doesn’t enter the tool but can be drained off. In a really good system, an automatic drain valve similar to a steam trap is installed to take care of this problem.

2 Responses

1. Dan Says:
   November 14th, 2010 at 7:34 am

   It is Condesation, it forms in the bottoms of lines, many lines have a valve under the bottom of the line to dump water out, Management should know and instruct on the how and when.
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2. oil field trash Says:
   November 14th, 2010 at 8:24 am

   A good piping design for an air system should encorporate a drip leg or drain pot at each point where air is drawn off. The drip leg or drain pot is below the take off point for the air tools so the water doesn’t enter the tool but can be drained off. In a really good system, an automatic drain valve similar to a steam trap is installed to take care of this problem.
   References :

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