Nabtesco Automotive Corporation

Hiroaki Kawanami

Takuya Sugio

Ichiro Minato

An oil separator is provided with: a heating device for heating liquid accumulated in a drainage storage section; a connection pipe for connecting the drainage storage section to an external device utilizing oil; an opening and closing device for opening and closing the flow passage of the connection pipe; and a determination device for determining whether or not to deliver the liquid, which is accumulated in the drainage storage section, to the external device. The opening and closing device is configured so as to open the flow passage of the connection pipe when the determination device determines that the liquid accumulated in the drainage storage section is to be delivered to the external device.

Oil separator and compressed air drying system

An oil separator includes a heating device that heats liquid stored in a liquid storage portion, a connecting pipe that connects the liquid storage portion to an external device that utilizes oil, an opening/closing device that selectively opens and closes the flow path of the connecting pipe, and a determination device that determines whether the liquid stored in the liquid storage portion should be delivered to the external device. The opening/closing device is configured to open the flow path of the connecting pipe when the determination device determines that the liquid accumulated in the liquid storage portion should be delivered to the external device.

An oil separator includes a housing and an impingement member arranged in the housing. The oil separator introduces air containing oil into the housing and causes the air to strike the impingement member to separate the oil from the introduced air, thereby recovering the oil into a liquid storage portion. The oil separator further includes a liquid restoration device that restores collected liquid to an external device. The collected liquid contains the oil that has been separated from the air and recovered. The liquid restoration device includes an inlet port connected to the liquid storage portion, a retaining portion, and a discharge port connected to the external device.

Oil separator, and system for separating oil for vehicle

The objective is to improve the oil trapping rate of an oil separator. The oil separator separates gas and liquid in air containing oil, recovers liquid that contains oil. The oil separator is provided with an introduction port for introducing air, an oil trap for trapping oil contained in air, a reservoir for storing the liquid flowing out of the oil trap, and a discharge port for discharging air from which oil has been removed. The oil trap includes a glass fiber filter and an impingement member, which traps oil particles by causing the oil particles to strike the impingement member.

Oil separator

A compressed-air drying system includes an air dryer, an oil mist separator and a reservoir. The air dryer includes desiccant and a drain port for draining liquid generated through regeneration of the desiccant. The oil mist separator includes a trapping portion for trapping oil contained, as oil mist, in the compressed air. The oil mist separator further includes a drain port for draining liquid containing the trapped oil. The oil mist separator is provided in a passage between the compressor and the air dryer. The reservoir stores the liquid drained from the air dryer and the liquid drained from the oil mist separator. The drain port of the air dryer and the drain port of the oil mist separator are connected to the reservoir.

Compressed-air drying system

An air drier includes an inlet, an outlet, and a collected liquid discharge port. Compressed air flows in the inlet. Dry compressed air is discharged through the outlet. Purge air containing oil and water is discharged through a collected liquid discharge port. The air drier further includes a drying container that is filled with desiccant, and a case that covers the drying container. The air drier is provided with, downstream of the collected liquid discharge port, a separation portion that separates clean air from oil and water in the purge air, a clean air outlet through which the clean air is discharged, and a collected liquid retaining portion in which collected liquid is retained. The collected liquid is separated oil and water.

Air drier

An oil separator causes air containing oil to strike an impingement member to separate the oil from the air and recover the oil. The oil separator includes a body having an inlet for introducing air and an outlet for discharging air. The oil separator further includes a cartridge that is assembled to the body and accommodates the impingement member. The oil separator further includes a drain bowl for storing the separated oil. The oil separator further includes an assembling structure. The body and the cartridge are assembled through one or two actions by using the assembling structure.

An oil separator which can discharge collected liquid in a short time and a collected liquid discharge system are provided. This oil separator performs gas-liquid separation on fluid containing oil and collects liquid, which contains oil. The oil separator is provided with an oil trap, which traps liquid, a reservoir, which stores the liquid trapped by the oil trap, a collected liquid discharge port, which discharges the collected liquid stored in the reservoir, and a three-way valve.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroaki Kawanami