[DeTomaso] Air Line

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

We have line driers for every machine. Looks like 175-200psi which is huge
for a larger diameter pipe. We are looking at some of the plastic high psi
airlines (not pvc). This isn't a garage and with our intended purpose
there are some industrial plastic lines we are looking at.

We don't want steel due to corrosion, and we are leaning away form
galvanized due to flaking. The laser specifically needs to be clean and
filtered.

> This subject has come up a bunch of times and, like religion, everyone has
> an opinion.
> :-)
>
> I've read all the past emails about it, I've read lots of information
> online, thought about it a lot (yes, it hurt), talked to some shops in the
> area that use air tools and decided to listen to the guys in the link
> below.
> I bought their 'starter kit' also, just for the less hassle factor from my
> point of view. After that, I made lots of visits to Home Depot and my air
> piping is done. Although they supply lots of teflon tape and recommend it,
> I
> found a good thread sealer worked much better. It was a little messier,
> but
> I didn't have to keep fixing leaks that seem to come up on some joints. Of
> course, I could write that off to incompetency on my part...
>
> See what you think:
> http://www.tptools.com/statictext/airline-piping-diagram.pdf
>
> The driers, filters and 'risers' are deemed most important. They don't
> like
> copper, galvanized can be used, but I've read the galvanizing can flake
> off.
> This is a wash as far as I'm concerned. If you have the 'risers' or traps,
> then the rust from the steel pipe will be caught same as the flakes from
> the
> galvanized pipe.
>
> And I've read that lots of folks used PVC and 'have never had a problem'.
> Personally, I'd stay away from PVC for various reasons... all which have
> been discussed both here and at TP Tools.
>
> FWIW and happy with my setup.
>
> Kirby
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 20:41, GW <gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:
>
>> For our laser and plasma machine we are running a 1" air line. In my
>> shop I ran the line out of steel but it was not near that large. We
>> don't want to use steel due to rust and contamination. Any
>> recommendations for commercial 1" air line?
>>
>> G
>>
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