Installation
ACT VS 3000 - 6000
EN - 13
8.2
Installation layout
1
Air compressor
2
Aftercooler
3
Condensate separator
4
Pre-Filter (min. 5 micron)
5
By-pass group
6
Dryer
7
Compressed air tank
8
Final filter
9
Condensate drain
Dryer’s compressor and fan (air cooled) speed are adjusted to adapt power consumption to the dryer load. Although
system is quite reactive, it cannot adapt its setting immediately to sudden load variation leading to dewpoint
spikes/fluctuations.
To avoid this behaviour it is recommended to install the dryer in systems where load variations happens but are
damped. Compressed air receivers can be used as dampers: installed before the dryer if compressors capacity varies
suddenly and frequently, after the dryer if the air consumption variation is very wide, frequent and sudden or both to
have the best load variation dampness.
Compressed air tanks can be installed as capacity dampers: installed before the dryer (Type A) if the compressor
capacity varies suddenly and often, after the dryer (Type B) if the change in air consumption is very large, frequent
and sudden or both to have the improved dampening of the flow variation.
Do not obstruct the ventilation grille (not even partially).
Prevent any recirculation of the outgoing cooling air.
Protect the dryer against draughts.
NOTE!
Contaminated intake air!
In the event that the intake air is strongly contaminated (ISO 8573.1 class 3.-3 or poorer quality), we
recommend the additional installation of a prefilter (5 micron minimum), to avoid clogging of the heat
exchanger.
