DISTRIBUTOR-FIRST SUPPLY PARTNER · SINCE 1999 BRAND · VAN AIR SYSTEMS
Drying for places other dryers can't go — remote, off-grid, and hazardous-location air from the brand that invented the technology.
Remote. Rugged. Reliable.
Van Air Systems invented the deliquescent compressed-air dryer in 1944. That original technology — a single-tower, electricity-free dryer charged with salt-based desiccant tablets — is still in production today under the Dry-O-Lite brand, and remains the industry reference consumable for off-grid and portable drying.
The company has manufactured in Lake City, Pennsylvania for more than eight decades, serving tens of thousands of customers across virtually every industry that runs compressed air in remote or electrically restricted locations.
Van Air's engineering focus is on the jobs other dryer brands can't quote from stock: power-free deliquescent drying for portable and remote installations, and explosion-proof regenerative desiccant systems (HLSXA) classified Class 1, Division 1, Groups C & D for installation inside hazardous areas in oil and gas, chemical, and mining. These are catalog products with defined lead times — not long-lead engineered specials — which is why Van Air is the specification answer when the job has a classified-area or off-grid constraint.
Van Air fills the jobs that mainstream dryer brands don't cover — remote off-grid deliquescent installations and Class 1 Div 1 hazardous-location desiccant systems.
The D-Series ships with its matched F200 after-filter because field installations fail when the filter gets sourced separately.
Whether the job is a mine-air dryer with no power supply or a petrochemical compressor room inside a classified area, Van Air has the catalog answer and SPC has the application experience to specify it correctly — pre-filter ratings, consumable reorder schedule, and all.
Oil & Gas / Energy → Primary market — remote pipeline dehydration, upstream compression stations, and classified-area instrument air. 
Mining & Heavy Equipment → Portable and underground mine-air drying where electricity is unavailable or restricted. 
Construction & Infrastructure → Portable jobsite drying for abrasive blasting, painting, and pneumatic tools. 
Chemical & Petrochemical → HLSXA explosion-proof desiccant dryers for instrument air inside classified process areas. 
General Manufacturing → HL and MHL regenerative dryers for plant instrument air and low-dew-point process air. 
Agriculture & Food Production → Remote agricultural pneumatic systems where grid power is not available at the dryer location. No power — specify the D-Series deliquescent dryer. It runs with zero electricity and requires only a consumable Dry-O-Lite tablet recharge. With power available, the HL or MHL heatless regenerative series delivers −40°F PDP with automated tower switching.
Class 1 Division 1 Groups C & D locations call for the HLSXA explosion-proof desiccant dryer. This is a standard catalog product — not an engineered special — covering 55 to 800 SCFM.
D-Series deliquescent covers 7–2,000 SCFM for remote/portable with moderate dew point suppression. HL covers 200–2,000 SCFM and MHL compact panel units cover smaller flows; both reach −40°F PDP standard and −100°F with molecular-sieve fill.
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