Condensate Control

Water and oil condensate exists wherever compressed air is used.  Depending upon compressor capacities, working and installation conditions, the volume of condensate which exists in a compressor system can range between 3 and 2640 gallons per month. For example, an installation which delivers 180 scfm of compressed air at 100 psi and is working 8 hours a day under atmospheric conditions 70F, 15 psi, and 70% rh generates 8 gallons of condensate per day.

Legislation requires that oil condensate be separated from water condensate and be disposed of properly. After the oil is separated, the water condensate can then be sent to the sewer system. Legal requirements vary from place to place as to the minimum acceptable oil content.

Drain valves are used in a compressor system to remove the condensate from the compressor drain. Generally speaking, they will allow the condensate to be sent to a separation device, or sone other type of container. As you have seen in our condensate separator area, it is against the law to allow condensate into the standard drain found in most factories.

Different types of drains are available, from a simple timer drain to the more complex zero purge loss type.

Detroit Air Compressor offers several lines of filters and silencers available in many designs and materials which meet your demand for purer compressed air. The right filter can ensure consistent output quality while minimizing operating costs.

Lubricants greatly improve your equipment reliability and efficiency. Detroit Air Compressor offers petroleum-based, food grade and synthetic lubricants to make your equipment run smoother, cooler, quieter longer and simply…..more efficient. Lubricants are available in either 5- or 55-gallon containers. The lubricants and cleaners we stock are compatible with most OEM equipment.

Detroit Air Compressor Synthetic Lubricants: High-Quality; Huge Cost Savings!

We stock an outstanding synthetic lubricant, which offers significant savings over OEM lubricants. Why use our synthetic lubricant? With air compressors, lubricants must perform across a wide range of temperatures. Heat causes a mineral oil to oxidize and form carbon on the valves, degrading performance efficiency and imposing limitations on the maintenance period and life of the valve components. Use a Detroit Air Compressor synthetic lubricant, with its virtually ash free characteristics, in the same conditions, and such deposits are drastically reduced. This leads to better equipment performance and lower maintenance costs.

Do you prefer OEM lubricants? Detroit Air Compressor offers Altas Copco brand lubricants or Roots synthetic lubricants made specifically for Roots blowers.

Free Oil Analysis from Detroit Air Compressor

Our customers are always welcome and encouraged to take advantage of a specially developed oil analysis program designed to give a complete overall view of the physical and chemical characteristics of the lubricants currently in use. This analysis allows the customer to detect any significant lubricant deterioration and to also discover any potential air compressor problems before they become serious and result in expensive repairs.

Contact our Service Department today to speak with one of our experienced technicians!

Not only is your compressed air system important, conveying the compressed air efficiently is critical. It is important to provide the compressed air in a leak free, properly sized, low pressure drop vehicle. Detroit Air offers a variety of piping to meet your needs. Our Sales Engineers can assist you with your decision.

At Detroit Air Compressor we sell Stoddard silencers and inlet filters for all of your positive displacement and centrifugal blowers/exhausters.

Rotary Blower Silencers

• Discharge Silencers
• Intake Silencers
• Packaged Silencer Systems

Air Filters and Filter Silencers

• Inline Air Filter
• Intake Filter Silencer (cartridge)
• Intake Filters/Filter Silencers (panel)

Vacuum Silencers

• Dry Vacuum Blowers
• Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps
• Water Sealed Blower Silencers

Centrifugal Blowers and Fan Silencers

• Centrifugal Fans
• Multi-Stage Centrifugal Blowers
• Single Stage Centrifugal Blowers