An innovative new range of local heatless low dew point compressed air dryers has been introduced to the South African market by compressed air treatment industry leaders Artic Driers International.
The Sahara range of air dryers is manufactured in South Africa for the local and African markets. They cover a range from 1 to 49 m³/min at pressures from 5.5 bar to 13 bar G. The all-new Sahara series features a host of innovative and patented features, this includes a simple free-floating, patented shuttle valve, as well as a modular purge air orifice plate holder.
The dryer control design is super simple and only uses 2 angle seat valves to oscillate the compressed air flow between the drying and de-sorption cycles in the two pressure vessels. The dryer is assembled on a low profile skid frame making even the largest dryer in the range easy to ship in a standard height container, or very safely by road transport. The smaller models in the range are designed to lay down on the rear face for easy palletized low-cost transport.
The Sahara series of dryers obtain a minus 40 °C pressure dew point using low cost activated alumina. Heatless air dryers do consume a portion of the dried air to de-sorb the offline vessel.
However, the Sahara series is easily fitted with an optional dew point control system that reduces the purge air flow requirements when you are operating at less the maximum air flow rates. This significantly reduces the compressed air consumption regeneration air consumption.
The Sahara’s simple construction makes it ideally suited for the tough African market. It’s local build that contributes value to the local economy, reduces project lead times, and saves our country valuable currency reserves.
System integrators will be interested to know that Artic Driers offers a range of highly competitive vertical 11.3 bar air receivers. These comply with all local codes and are issued with compliance signed off by a local Authorised Inspection Authority. Large stocks are held in Johannesburg.
Artic Driers also has the largest capacity of compressed air auditing equipment in the country. Providing mobile compressed air auditing for these areas;
- Compressor power consumption
- Compressed air flow and pressure including pipeline velocity
- Dew point and oil vapor content of the compressed air
- Particle counting of the ambient air, as well as in the compressed air
- Ultrasonic air leak detection is also part of their array of mobile auditing
This range of equipment is also available for static installations. If your applications demand verifiable, clean low dew point compressed air, give Allen or Paul Cockfield a call at Artic Driers International in Benoni, innovators on compressed air for 31 years.
The Rhino Project.
Despite being in a highly competitive industry Artic, through its clients, has contributed over R 250 K to StopRhinoPoaching.com. Each dryer sold has an allocated percentage of its sales value that is automatically donated to this organization in an attempt to protect our African heritage.