ABAC AS-10S253TMD 10 HP Rotary Screw Air Compressor - 131 Gallon Tank Mount with Dryer, 125 PSI, 39.8 CFM, 65 dBA

The ABAC AS-10S253TMD is a complete compressed air station in one package: a 10 HP rotary screw compressor, a 131 gallon air receiver and a refrigerated dryer, mounted and plumbed as a single assembly. It delivers 39.8 CFM at 125 PSI and runs at 65 dBA, quiet enough to sit in the work area instead of a separate compressor room. This is the quiet 10S air end, the highest airflow 10 HP machine in the AS-B range, and the 125 PSI build is the one to specify when the shop is short of air rather than short of pressure. There is no separate tank or dryer to source, site and pipe, so installation comes down to setting it in place, wiring it and connecting your air line. Power is 208-230-460V three-phase.

Key specifications

• Model: AS-10S253TMD (part number 4152043927)
• Motor: 10 HP, energy efficient
• Air delivery: 39.8 CFM
• Maximum working pressure: 125 PSI
• Noise level: 65 dBA
• Mounting: tank mount on a 131 gallon air receiver with integrated refrigerated dryer
• Power supply: 208-230-460/3/60
• Weight: 844 lbs
• Dimensions (L x W x H): 76 x 27 x 62 in
• Integrated air end block of aluminum construction
• 3-stage vertical oil separation process
• Intuitive digital controller for monitoring and service intervals
• Brand: ABAC, part of the Atlas Copco group

Why the three in one package

A rotary screw is rated for continuous duty, so it holds a flat line pressure through a full shift instead of sagging and recovering between jobs the way a piston machine does. The catch is that air leaving any screw comes out hot and saturated, so a dryer is not optional on a system feeding paint, pneumatic controls or precision tools. Buying the compressor, the receiver and the refrigerated dryer as one factory assembly removes the part of the job that usually goes wrong: no separate dryer to size and source, no interconnecting pipe to fabricate, no second set of mounts, and no chance of a dryer undersized for the air end in front of it. The installer lands power and ties into the header. The 131 gallon receiver underneath keeps the screw from short cycling, which is the one duty pattern a screw genuinely dislikes.

How it compares

Across the 10S air end, pressure and airflow trade directly against each other on identical hardware. The AS-10S503TMD is the same 844 lb package set for 150 PSI at 35.6 CFM, and the AS-10S753TMD runs 175 PSI at 29.9 CFM. Buy pressure only to the level your highest tool actually needs, because every step up costs airflow. If you already have drying handled, the AS-10S253TM is this same 131 gallon build without the dryer at 750 lbs, and the AS-10S253BM is the bare base mount at 454 lbs on a 37 x 28 in footprint for a shop that already owns a receiver. Against the standard 10 HP air end, the AS-10253TMD gives 36.4 CFM at 69 dBA on the same tank, so the 10S buys roughly 3 CFM more air and about 4 dBA less noise for the same 10 HP. Stepping down, the AS-7.5251TMD carries 30.5 CFM with a dryer; stepping up, the AS-15253TMD carries 52.1 CFM.

Typical applications

Paint and finishing booths, production and fabrication floors, automotive and fleet service bays, tire and truck shops, plasma and laser tables, packaging lines, and cabinet and woodworking shops where moisture in the air line causes rejects or tool wear. At 39.8 CFM it will keep several air ratchets, an orbital sander or a continuous blow off fed through a shift without the line pressure sagging. The integrated dryer removes water before it reaches the distribution piping, which matters anywhere air touches a finish, a pneumatic control or a precision tool. At 65 dBA the machine can sit in the work area rather than in a dedicated compressor room, which is often what decides the 10S over the standard air end when the compressor shares a room with the people using it.

What to pair it with

Give the cabinet about 3 feet of clear air on the cooling side, keep it out of a hot corner, and run it on its own circuit sized to the motor nameplate. Oil, oil filter and separator element are the service items, and the digital controller tracks the intervals, so keep a spare set on the shelf. The refrigerated dryer is already fitted, so the remaining air treatment decision is filtration: a particulate and coalescing filter set behind the dryer protects tools and finishes from pipe scale and oil carryover. See the rest of our rotary screw air compressors and the wider Atlas Copco group range. Call us with your tool list and duty cycle and we will confirm receiver sizing, connection sizes and installation clearances before you pipe it in.

Unit performance measured according to ISO 1217 Annex C; for 10S to 20 HP machines CFM figures are quoted at free air delivery. Noise level measured according to ISO 2151:2004 using ISO 9614/2 (sound intensity method).