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Compressed air filtersGet clean compressed air by using the right compressed air filters. Protect your pneumatic equipment.Compressed air filters protect your equipment from dust, dirt, oil and water. Dust will wear down your equipment (like the air motor in grinders, pneumatic actuators) and it can make pneumatic control valves get stuck. Especially when the dirt and dust is combined with oil (which is often the case with compressors), a sticky mess can form inside valves, motors and other compressed air equipment. To protect your equipment, you need to install some compressed air filters. Which ones? Find out below... There are many different kinds of filters, and I have often seen people using the wrong one. I have seen many compressed air filter mistakes for that matter, like: wrong filters installed, too small filters installed, filters installed in the wrong place. People also tend to forget about their filters... while the compressor gets its service every year, people seem to think that their filters will last a lifetime! Thats not true of course... and it will cost you money! Filter buildupLook at the picture right a ypical filter looks like. The workings are quite simple: air enters on one side and goes through the filter element, where all dust, water or oil is collected. The clean air then leaves the filter housing on the other side. Filter typesSo you need a compressed air filter, but are overwhelmed by all the different types, sizes and specifications. Dont worry! Let me help you..There are: Particulate filters Particulate compressed air filters are used to remove dust and particles from the air. A diesel particulate filter (or DPF) is a device designed to remove diesel particulate matter or soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. Wall-flow diesel particulate filters usually remove 85% or more of the soot, and under certain conditions can attain soot removal efficiencies of close to 100%. Some filters are single-use, intended for disposal and rep