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Great care must always be taken when compressed air comes into contact with food, because compressed air is not clean by nature.   On the contrary, solids and particles are present almost everywhere in the form of dust in various concentrations. Water, in the form of natural atmospheric humidity, is released in large quantities when the compressed air cools down. And thus compressed air quality in accordance with the requirements of the respective application provides best possible safety for foods, consumers and food producers.

This white paper includes information on:

- Compressed air preparation and compressed air quality classes

- Filter cascades for typical applications

Festo SE & Co KG complies with national and international laws, guidelines, standards and regulations which are applicable to our products. We constantly monitor the dynamics of legislation. This Application Note give an overview.

On our YouTube channel Festo Service, you will find practical and user-friendly video tutorials on topics that are the subject of frequently asked questions in the areas of maintenance, commissioning and repair.

• Use, storage and transport conditions for Festo products
• Standards in pneumatics
• Compressed air preparation
• Operating conditions for valves
• Port designations of pneumatic components to ISO 5599
• Operating conditions for drives
• Pressure/force table and graphBuckling load graph
• Air consumption
• Pneumatics and explosion protection – ATEX
• EC directives/approvals
• Design – Clean room suitability
• Paint-wetting impairment substances and resistance to media
• Corrosion resistance class CRC
• Protection classes according to IEC/EN 60529
• Functional earth – protective earth – PELV
• Spark arresting

Festo SE & Co KG complies with national and international laws, guidelines, standards and regulations which are applicable to our products. We constantly monitor the dynamics of legislation. This Application Note give an overview.