Is it better to have the least amount of bends when plumbing for compressed air?

by Dan
(Woodland Hills, CA)

We recently put a new compressor in our factory to replace our old one, but did not do any new plumbing. I took a look at what's in place and found miles of what seems to be excess pipe, filled with loops and bends. I believe I could re-pipe everything with hundreds of feet less pipe and increase my compressor efficiency.

Looking for another opinion.

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Bill says...

As a general rule, less pipe and fittings is better than more, when it comes to compressed air.

You may want to read this page on on pressure drop .

Cheers,

Bill