On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:12 -0700, "Forrest W Christian" wrote:

> How big of a problem is the 'leakage' of compressor oil for shop air in=20
> electronic assembly?   Is the normal oil filter/traps enough to prevent=20
> manufacturing issues generally?  Or is something more extreme needed? =20
> Or on the other hand is this not a problem at all, and I'm just being=20
> overcautious?

The usual thing is to have an oily compressor and one or more filters
and a water trap.=20

Mainly because oilless compressors don't last as long.

If it's light duty and you want to keep it simple, oilless compressors
are OK. I've seen them used for airbrush a lot.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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