The housing assembly consists of two cylindrical steel stampings welded together. For piping convenience, two inlet ports, one reservoir port and one purge volume port are provided in the
A safety valve mounted in the housing assembly protects against excessive pressure
The desiccant sealing plate assembly is located
The desiccant cartridge and aluminum oil separator filter are removable and comprise a complete serviceable unit.
The desiccant beads, which are referred to as the “drying bed”, are a drying substance that has the unique property of exposing a tremendous surface area in proportion to its bulk. One pound of the desiccant beads has about two million square feet of adsorptive area made up of a large number of submicroscopic cavities in each bead. Each desiccant bead adsorbs or collects moisture.
PURGE
VOLUME
PURGE
ORIFICE
INLET
DESICCANT
OUTLET
MOUNTING
BRACKET
LOCK
NUT
CHECK DESICCANT
VALVE SEALING PLATE
“O” RING
“O” RING
INLET
SAFETY
VALVE
CARTRIDGE
BOLT
MOUNTING
BRACKET
DESICCANT
CHECK
VALVE
OUTLET
LOCK
NUT
SPRING
RETAINER
PERFORATED
PLATE
“O” RING
OIL
CARTRIDGE
OIL
FILTER
PURGE
RETAINING VALVE
RING PISTON
CONTROL
PORT
FILTER
HEATER
THERMOSTAT
ENCLOSURE
HEATER
PURGE
VALVE
EXHAUST
PURGE VALVE
ELECTRICAL
TERMINAL
DEFLECTOR
FIGURE 2 - SECTIONAL VIEWS
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