Air filter necessary for plasma cutter ?

Dec 11, 2003 3 Replies

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Sven

That filter looks like a Motor Guard. I have a water separator mounted on the wall and the Motor Guard filter mounted just before the plasma cutter and it seems to do the job. One way to check if your filters are doing the job is to point the plasma cutter at a mirror with the…

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I have an ordinary water filter between my compressor and air hose. I realize that water and particles will corrode and abrade the various moving parts in a typical air tool. Hence the filter.



But what about a plasma cutter? Doesn't the air simply go through a valve, a hose and then out the tip?



I searched the web for more info and found this one at welding-direct:



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Does anyone know if it is any good?



(If anyone is reading this twice, sorry, I also posted it on Hobart's forum.)


Sounds like another good use for those AOL cds...

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