Wabco Gmbh & Co Ohg

Stephan Niemeyer

Ignitius Milomo

Andrew G L Blackwood

Mark Paling

Christian Fischer

Andreas Stephan

An air dryer desiccant cartridge, the cartridge comprising a base having an inlet and an outlet, and a casing connected to the base to define a cavity there between, wherein the cavity contains a filter and a desiccant, the filter being arranged upstream of the desiccant such that during normal operation fluid flow entering the cartridge through the inlet passes through the filter and then on to the desiccant before reaching the outlet, and during purging of the cartridge purge flow entering the outlet passes through the desiccant before reaching the filter, wherein further the cartridge includes a valve operable to permit a portion of the purge flow to bypass the filter.

Air dryer cartridge

An air dryer cartridge () is provided with an inlet connectable to a compressed air source, an outlet connectable to a reservoir and a desiccant () provided intermediate the inlet and outlet adapted to remove moisture from air passing through the air dryer cartridge (), wherein the air dryer cartridge () further includes a filter () to capture oil droplets present in air received from the source, and wherein further the filter () is positioned downstream of the desiccant ().

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