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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: 3Deep on September 20, 2011, 05:53:14 PM
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How often do you guys check or let the water drain from your airtanks...I really don"t have an idea of how quick water builds in my tank I know I drain it every few months or so. My dryer seems to be doing a heck of a job, no mositure in the airlines on the press that I can tell. I guess its possible to let the water build over time and damage your equipment.
Darryl
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If I were you, I'd drain it every Friday afternoon. We do it once a week and honestly we should probably do it more often even though there really isn't much water in the bottom of it, maybe 4-6 ounces if I had to guess. I've checked our press regularly and there has never been one drop of water in the water drain cannister at the bottom of the press so the dryer is doing it's job.
How much water is coming out of the tank when you do drain it?
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I really don't know Alan, I pop the drain a little and walked off, but I know it was coming out pretty good before I step back inside the shop. I think I'll take your advice and drain it every friday even though our press seems to be bone dry as well, never can tell, and who wants to F'd up a 30K press when 5 minutes of work can prevent it.
Darryl
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Not sure what compressor you have, but I have auto drains on mine. I try to drain them but nothing comes out.Same with press manifold. I have a couple screw compressors now,but previously I had reciprocating with auto drains, same results. Ask your vendor.
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It's all based on how humid it is. If it is real humid keep the drain cracked all the time or get an auto drain that will pop open at a preset time interval. We keep ours cracked all the time during the summer months and drain daily the rest of the year. The less water you send to the dryer the less it has to work. Another thing commonly overlooked is the oil in the compressor. If you are producing a lot of water in the air receiver then chances are the water is also contaminating the compressor oil. If it appears milky or there are drops of condensation on the fill cap the oil is being contaminated. There is not much you can do except change the oil more often.
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This is real simple...get an automatic drain valve for your compressor
http://www.paragoncode.com/shop/compressor/ (http://www.paragoncode.com/shop/compressor/)
If you google automatic water drain for air compressor you will get bunches of choices
mooseman
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I have two 60 gal Devair Compressors, a 300 gal holding tank, an aftercooler and two dryers. Even with all that all are drained daily as per the mfgr. Also they check the autos once a week just to be super sure we have dry air.
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Darryl, I would drain them daily. down here that is a must. It's not so much about them filling up, it will over time eat away at the tank..and then they explode.
And nothing much stops their flight path...not even people.
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What?........More killing machines? Thought we had enough of that yesterday.
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I got a automatic drain on mine. Nothing to worry about and its great.
What?........More killing machines? Thought we had enough of that yesterday.
Tony I was rolling at your comment about the dummy being ok. I was thinking about doing some Estops today, but then I realized what do I have or M&R have to prove. Printex is a infant and has trouble M&R has been around for decades and if it was a issue on M&R it would be well documented.
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What did I miss about killing machines? A PM will work fine.
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Check DS..........Its alarming, funny, and embarassing all at once.
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... did you mean, "been killing people for decades"? ;)
Yes, I too appreciated your mannequin comment very much. :)
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Check DS..........Its alarming, funny, and embarassing all at once.
Indeed it is. I had to look around for the right section for a minute. I think that is alarming. "Oh well, you know, we wouldn't want to hurt the machine in case of an emergency." was the message I read from that. Well holy Jesus, what about the person or person's parts stuck in the damn thing? I would get any machine that functioned like that way the hell out of my shop, all other things aside.
Anyways, I always forget to drain our pancake compressor and it's all rusty inside. They also put the drain plug not on the actual bottom, very intelligent. This is off topic, though not as much as above subject, but who uses a small compressor here and what do you use to keep the air dry and clean on it?
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Holy crap-nuggets. That is 30 minutes of my life I will never get back.
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It was DS, what did you expect. :)
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If you're running an auto with that compressor you will need a refridgerated air dryer. Often overlooked when upgrading but absolutely necessary.
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Holy crap-nuggets. That is 30 minutes of my life I will never get back.
You are quite welcome :)
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THAT GUY IS OFF HIS ROCKER! I hope he has small feet if he is going to jam them in his mouth over and over. The mannequin comment had me cracking up, nice one.
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Off his rocker doesn't sum it up well enough.
There are no words.
;D
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Off his rocker doesn't sum it up well enough.
There are no words.
;D
Couple sandwiches short of a picnic?
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Probably because he ate them. Sorry, fat guy jokes are great.
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You guys are going jump down my back for saying this and I might even get kicked out of here, anyway I read the stuff over at DG and I have not been there in a long while, and I,m not defending Preston, but I remember him saying something about getting off topic when everyone was on his forum...not even going into the DG stuff thats you all"s stuff to play with or deal with. Now my topic was about water in compressors and yes I got some good answers, thanks, but one little comment got this hold thing off topic...come on guys let that old trash stay over there...this is a really good forum for screenprint info, yes I know if I don't like it here I can leave and I might have hurt any chances of any more of my topics getting answered. Hey if any of you want to blast me pm me, I don't want this thread closed or start a back and forth war. :-X
Ps draining the water daily is really a good idea saving the air dryer some trouble makes since, never really thought about it working so hard.
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Darryl, you're right. But as far as some of our topics go, this one stayed on course fairly well.
Air compressor water>weaking of the tank metal>killer machine>printex/DS posts. Pretty easy to see how we got here. ;)
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You guys are going jump down my back for saying this and I might even get kicked out of here, anyway I read the stuff over at DG and I have not been there in a long while, and I,m not defending Preston, but I remember him saying something about getting off topic when everyone was on his forum...not even going into the DG stuff thats you all"s stuff to play with or deal with. Now my topic was about water in compressors and yes I got some good answers, thanks, but one little comment got this hold thing off topic...come on guys let that old trash stay over there...this is a really good forum for screenprint info, yes I know if I don't like it here I can leave and I might have hurt any chances of any more of my topics getting answered. Hey if any of you want to blast me pm me, I don't want this thread closed or start a back and forth war. :-X
Ps draining the water daily is really a good idea saving the air dryer some trouble makes since, never really thought about it working so hard.
I don't think there is any reason to get so bent out of shape over this stuff. Almost all forums (at least any that are any fun) go off topic now and then, its not regular here so I wouldn't get so upset about it man.
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D, I leave a small leak in my valve at the bottom of the tank... it will leak down to nothing and have to run a while before the compressor kicks off. I worked with air tool quite a bit in my construction days and can tell you from experience you do not want moisture in your equipment. If it will set up a grinder that turns over 2000 rpm then imagine what it will do to our Auto's even though we have a dryer installed I leave the valve cracked always. That is just me plus we live in a HUMID area :)
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Scott your right we are in a hot area I never think about that stuff until the press sounds funny LOL. I thought checking every 2 or 3 months was good , but I see I,m dead wrong.
@ Brandt I,m not mad or bent out of shape in no way...just spouting off LOL
Darryl
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How much of a crack are we talking about?
Kate Moss crack or Kim Kardashian crack?
Seriously though... I leave my compressor in auto mode all day/night. Are we talking about enough to have it kicking on and off all day/night?
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Can anyone pm a link to that thread over there. I wanna show my coworker the hilarity. Thanks
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They flushed that toilet the other day. The turds that were floating around have gone down the drain.