Keeping up with air compressor maintenance is essential to maintaining a compressor’s efficiency, performance and useful life and includes periodic replacement of air compressor consumables, such as lubricants and filters.
Because of the lower price point of aftermarket parts, air compressor users often consider purchasing third-party oils, lubricants, and filters, but it’s important to keep in mind that OEM parts are specifically engineered for the equipment for which they were designed and are made using stringent quality guidelines and high-quality materials. For this reason, aftermarket options are not likely to provide the same level of quality or performance as genuine OEM parts.
This blog will provide four reasons to use OEM filters and oils from Atlas Copco rather than third-party consumables and highlight the notable qualities of Atlas Copco compressor parts.
4 Reasons to Use Genuine Atlas Copco Parts
Lubricants and filtration safeguard the performance, efficiency, reliability and service life of air compressors. Atlas Copco compressor parts are developed, designed and tested in-house to ensure high performance in their compressors.
For this reason, using genuine Atlas Copco air compressor parts ensures:
- Optimal performance: OEM air compressor parts are manufactured for the equipment for which they were designed, contributing to optimal performance. In addition, OEMs manufacture their products under tight tolerances, using high-quality materials and then test them to ensure quality and function in their machines.
- Longer service life: OEM parts are constructed using high-quality materials and undergo rigorous quality tests to ensure optimal performance and durability, resulting in a longer service life than third-party parts.
- Increased efficiency: Because aftermarket filters are intended to fit a variety of machines from various manufacturers, they are not designed for optimal efficiency for a specific compressor. As a matter of fact, using generic filters can result in greater pressure drops, decreasing the compressor’s energy efficiency. Conversely, parts from Atlas Copco are made and tested for optimal fit for a specific compressor, which means they will provide greater levels of energy efficiency than third-party options.
- More bang for your buck: While third-party filters and oils offer a cheaper alternative, the initial purchase price should not be the only consideration when buying air compressor consumables. Criteria such as quality, efficiency, differential pressure and length between servicing are important factors that often make OEM parts less expensive in the long run.
What Makes Atlas Copco Compressor Parts Worth the Investment?
Genuine air compressor parts and accessories purchased from Atlas Copco or Atlas Copco distributors are designed specifically for your compressor, which keeps the system’s integrity intact and ensures the performance level you have come to expect from your compressor. Using Atlas Copco compressor parts guarantees optimal performance of your air compression system, while encouraging greater energy efficiency, higher reliability, and longer life span.
Here’s a closer look at the exact specifications of various Atlas Copco air compressor parts:
Atlas Copco line filters
All of Atlas Copco’s filter cartridges are factory-tested for performance and oil carryover and offer a long life span. They are ISO-certified (ISO8573 and ISO12500) and come from the same factory as the original line filters, guaranteeing air purity. Atlas Copco line filters are designed to reduce pressure drop by 40% and offer stainless steel filter cores to withstand pressure difference, protecting the integrity of the filter. Generic versions are likely made from lesser-quality materials, which will decrease efficiency and allow particles to penetrate the air net. Generic cores that are not made of stainless steel may corrode and often have a shorter lifespan than genuine OEM parts. Additionally, third-party cartridges may not provide a secure fit, which can create a higher pressure drop and increase energy consumption. All of this will result in a higher operational cost for the compressed air system.
Atlas Copco line filters
Compressor oil is essential to air compressor operation as it protects rotating parts and absorbs heat and contaminants. Atlas Copco air compressor oils offer a unique blend of additives that have been proven to enhance the performance and extend the lifetime of the oil and equipment. OEM oils are engineered to prevent oxidation and foaming and to provide the proper viscosity. Additionally, using the Atlas Copco air compressor oil specified for your compressor ensures that it is compatible with the machine’s components. In comparison, aftermarket oils can reduce the sealing, corrode metal parts due to oil oxidation and cause oil carryover that results in poor air quality. All these issues may reduce the provided level of lubrication and/or damage the air compressor and its components, while also reducing air quality.
Atlas Copco air filters
The configuration and selection of filter materials are key to an air filter’s performance, ensuring maximum filter lifetime, minimal pressure drop and quality of the treated air. Atlas Copco air filters are designed specifically for your compressor and ensure an exact fit that prevents unfiltered air or oil from passing through. Atlas Copco air filters are designed not only to safeguard the compressor from contaminants, but also to provide efficient filtration, long life and minimal pressure drop.
To learn more about the benefits of purchasing genuine Atlas Copco air compressor parts, please contact the experts at HTE today. We are an Atlas Copco distributor and are here to help.
