Breathers offer first-line contamination control for fluid-holding tanks, reservoirs, and gearboxes. These pauses help preserve lubricants, transformers, and other equipment from rust and corrosion. Air enters the breather and is filtered through color, indicating silica gel, which adsorbs moisture in the headspace until it turns dark green. A vacuum gauge provides a visual indicator of when the breather should be replaced.
Improved Equipment Life
Air sentry breathers North Carolina help extend the lifespan of equipment and machinery by minimizing contamination. The simple breather system prevents water and other contaminants from entering equipment, causing corrosion and rust. The breather system replaces a tank or reservoir’s standard breather cap or vent tube. The system draws in air through openings in the breather cap as fluid levels change or when thermal expansion and contraction occur. The air passes through a 2-micron solid particle filter through a bed of silica gel that adsorbs moisture, preventing fluid contamination and protecting equipment. The desiccant breathers feature isolation check valves that allow the adsorbent to be recharged without exhausting it in the surrounding environment. The durable construction ensures a long equipment life.
Reduced Maintenance Costs
Air sentry breathers are used in major industrial, mining, and military power generation applications to prevent contamination in fluid reservoirs, tanks, transformers, motors, and gearboxes. The breather removes water vapor and solid contaminants from ambient air drawn into the reservoir, tank, or gearbox, extending the life of expensive lubricants and equipment. Air enters the breather through openings under the cap and passes through a 2-micron filter, then a bed of silica gel – the highest capacity adsorbent. The silica gel turns gold at complete adsorption and dark green to indicate the need for replacement. A double-check valve design in the reusable top cap and metal reinforced base extends desiccant life while backflushing and partially regenerating the silica gel with expelled air. An industry Isolation Check Valve in the replaceable cartridge prevents oil mist and splashing fluids from coating the desiccant, limiting the amount of contamination entering the system.
Air sentry breathers remove moisture vapor and particulate contaminants from lubricant systems to extend equipment life and reduce maintenance costs. These breathers replace standard breather caps or air filters on gearboxes, hydraulic fluid reservoirs, bulk storage tanks, oil drums, and oil-filled transformers.
Increased Productivity
The air sentry line of contamination control breathers offers state-of-the-art features that reduce particulate and moisture contamination. This keeps equipment and fluids clean and running longer. Breathers adsorb water vapor and solid contaminants up to 2 microns before entering your fluid system. They replace the breather cap or air filter on gearboxes, hydraulic fluid reservoirs, bulk storage tanks, oil drums, and oil-filled transformers. The patented design and materials used in the breathers’ construction prevent rust, corrosion, and machinery damage. The desiccant breathers also have a built-in check valve that prevents exhaust air from depleting the silica gel and a clear view 360-degree design that makes it easy to inspect the color-changing silica gel from a distance.
Reduced Contamination
Air sentry breathers provide a multi-tiered solution to contamination control that allows you to closely monitor and maintain the condition of your equipment fluids. Removing moisture and particulates from the air entering your fluid systems can improve productivity, prolong equipment life, and reduce maintenance costs. Air drawn in through openings on the breather caps or vent tubes of gearboxes, hydraulic fluid reservoirs, bulk storage tanks, oil drums, and oil-filled transformers passes first through a fine 2-micron particulate filter. Then, it travels through a bed of silica gel that is chemically inert and non-corrosive and conforms to all regulated toxicity standards. Microscopic pores allow the silica gel to adsorb water vapor and other contaminants. When maximum adsorption is reached, the color indicator changes from gold to dark green, indicating that the breather needs replacing.