[SML] Air Brakes/Casters

[Greg Bierly]

It is always a good idea to have a filter inline but in most applications, if you are filling you tank with filtered air, you should be fine.  I never used a filter on my pneumatic caster setups in 20 years and never had an issue.  Now that I am thinking about it, half of my fill lines didn’t have a filter inline and still had no issues.  I am sure it wears the o-rings and cylinders but for the amount that these were used I got lucky I guess.

Greg Bierly
Former Performing Arts Center Coordinator
Hempfield High School








> On Jan 26, 2024, at 10:31 AM, Rick Clever via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello Stagecrafters,
> 
> I have finally had a chance to play with pneumatic caster mechanisms
> and am starting to put together a system. I have noticed that in a lot
> of the pictures I have seen the air tanks only have a regulator and no
> filter. Is this standard? Should I have a filter inline to keep
> moisture out of the lines or are these for such short term use,
> moisture is not an issue?
> 
> -- 
> Rick Clever
> Technical Director
> Owens Community College
> 567-661-7930
> 
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