Theta Digital LC3015-2 manual Air specifications ISO 8573.1 standard, Connections

Air specifications - ISO 8573.1 standard

The standard provides a uniform way to specify air quality in terms of particle size, pressure dewpoint, and oil content.

Class 2-4-3 means class 2 particulate, class 4 dewpoint, and class 3 oil content. (1 micron particulate, 37 ￿F dewpoint, 1 mg/m3 oil content) (maximums)

The following table lists the maximum contaminations in each category.

Quality Class	Particle size in microns	Pressure dewpoint	Oil content
1	0.1	–70 ￿c (–57￿F)	0.01 mg/m3
2	1	–40 ￿c (–40￿F)	0.1 mg/m3
3	5	–20 ￿c (–4￿F)	1 mg/m3
4	15	+3 ￿c (37￿F)	5 mg/m3
5	40	+7 ￿c (45￿F)	25 mg/m3

Connections

The customer must provide:

Hose, regulator, and fittings for the dust collector.

Hose and fittings for the machine.

Laser pre-mixed gas (see page 9)

Assist gas (oxygen minimum) (see page 10)

8 LC3015 Theta User Installation Guide - October, 2003