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Portable Pure Air Generator UPC Print

The Pure Air Generator uses tha ambient air to provide high pressure pure dry air for re-filling high pressure vessels used in optronic systems equipped with Joule Thomson minicoolers.

UPC0001

The Portable Pure Air Generator is used to re-fill high Pressure bottles with pure gas, for Joule Thomson cooling. It is qualified by the french army for the MILAN system with MIRA camera. The Pure Air Generator complies with the latest European high pressure regulations.

Design Features

  • Four-stroke Bernard engine equipped with an electrical starter and a manual starting device.
  • Electromagnetic coupling for engaging or disengaging the comrpessor with no need to stop the engine.
  • A.C. generator that powers the units electrical equipment.
  • Three stage compressor
  • Self-regenerated pre-drier, located at the outlet of the 3rd compressor stage.
  • CO2 filter.
  • Drier
  • Solid-particle filter.
  • Safety pressure burst disc
  • Main shut-off valve
  • Refilling device made up of two filling connections. One filler valve is made available for each filling connection thus allowing to refill one or two vessels at the same time.
  • Drain device is used for cleaning the nipples of vessels before re-filling.
  • Control panel display.

Specifications

  • Inlet pressure: 960 to 1060 mbar
  • Max. delivery pressure: 313 bar
  • Gas flow with nominal delivery pressure: 17 Nl/min
  • Ambient operating temperature: -30/52 °C
  • Air purification inlet:
    • Humidity: saturation at ambient temperature
  • Air purification outlet:
    • Humidity content: < 2 Vppm
    • CO2 content: < 5 Vppm
    • Solid particles filtering capacity: < 0.5 µm
  • Mass: 85 kg
  • Dimensions:
    • l: 650 mm
    • w: 550 mm
    • h: 600 mm

The PAG350-20/UPC 0001 Pure Air Generator complies with military standard certification requirements.