Air compressor for ZEISS Contura G2 selection

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I want to order new Air compressor for ZEISS Contura G2 = 4 machines. Below Air compressor spectification , Is it enough?
- Supply 1,216 L/Min
- Tank 160 L
- 7 Bar operation
- Refresh rate 304 L/min.

Please advise and suggest Air compressor specification.

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See the attached PDF for the air requirements I found. 80Nl/min is the maximum flow listed in the PDF. Thus 4 machines would be 240Nl/min.

Air compressor ratings are not standardized. It is very frustrating to me and others. I can take a guess.
In general, an air compressor should run 50% of the time maximum for durability, heating of the air, etc.
Referencing the "refresh rate" I would think it needs to be double of 240Nl/min.

Clean air is essential to prevent damage to the air bearings, etc
This is the air dryer reference from the Zeiss Portal. Any dryer type should work, ours is the chiller type versus the cartridge type.
https://portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base ... id=1055126

Another resource with too much information 😃
https://www.about-air-compressors.com/c ... or-sizing/

ZEISS_CONTURA_Product_Information_EN_60_025_0033I.pdf

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The advantage of a cartridge style dryer is the ability to filter particulate from the air. The Parker/Balstrom filters down to 0.01um. I don't believe "chiller" style dryers do as good a job filtering particulate.