Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. Every breath you take is gift from the earth. Whether it’s fresh, pure, crisp and clean, or polluted, toxic, tainted, and thick with heat and smoke, air is something you need to survive. The air can fan a fire, it can put out a fire, it can settle an anxious baby, and it can power a machine after being forced through an air oil separator.

The oxygen machine that monitors the patient’s breathing and provides fresh, pure oxygen uses air compressors to thin the air and make it easier for the sedated patient to inhale. This is an instance in which clean and well maintained air compressor filters are necessary.