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Industrial Air Compressors for Pneumatic Tools
Industrial Air Compressors
includes any machine that compresses a gas at a pressure
that is greater than the atmosphere using mechanical means. We use industrial
air compressors everyday in our garage to pump up our tires or at
the job to operate an impact wrench. They should be distinguished, however,
from the compressors we find in refrigerators, air conditioners and industrial
cooling machines. These industrial gas compressors are different
in that they compress a refrigerant gas or liquids by mechanical means.
We are not as familiar with this kind of compressor even though both compressor
types generate heat, an cooling expansive force and use similar compression
technologies, i.e., reciprocating pistons. Both types also use gas or
electricity as a source of power. They are different in terms of what
they compress and how they use the expansive force of air or refrigerant.
While industrial air compressors compress air to use its expansive force
primarily as a source of motive force or power, industrial gas compressors
compress gas or a refrigerant as a source of cooling. Free Air Compressor Quotes
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Compressor Applications
The typical air compressor is ideal for situations where electrical power
is either unavailable or it is too dangerous to run an electric tool.
Electric and gas compressors, along with the right air tool, can also
dramatically save the amount of time you will spend on some projects.
When compared to electrical or gasoline powered tools, air
tools are often lighter, faster, and more powerful. Small and portable
compressors can move easily from the garage to the house, yard or roof.
Some of the most popular air tools such as brad nailers, impact wrenches
and sand guns require about 0–5 CFM or cubic feet per minute (units
of air flow). Air compressors are also very popular in road and general
building construction sites where an electrical motor would be too large
to provide the desired torgue. For example, there are pneumatic jackhammers
for road construction, and pneumatic impact 
wrenches
used in car garages to tighten or loosen lug nuts that require speeds
in the 10,000 to 30,000 rpm range. Pneumatic equipment has also
become part of automated systems. While a crank or ratchet wrench can
provide an oscillating or rotating motion, an air tool is much more suitable
for those high-speed rotor applications. Turning the rotor while the air
expands, using an air compressor is ideal for high-speed drills, grinders
and for air sirens. Compressed air is also used for the pneumatic conveyance
of materials, such as substances in granular, chip, pelletized, or powdered
form. Compressed air can also be used to by robotic machines and paint
spray systems. Compressed air is also used in automatic packaging machinery
for sealing, locating the work, and activating arms that fold paper to
wrap the work.
Compressors
that compress a refrigerant are used in various applications where either
higher pressures or lower volumes of gas are needed. Refrigeration is
probably the most critical technology of our time given its role in the
preservation of food. The use of these compressors in air conditioning
is also quite revolutionary especially in hot and humid climates. Our
dependency on these compressors has expanded to all sorts of industries.
They are responsible for providing a breathable atmosphere in those
situations where air is not readily available, i.e., in submarines, scuba
diving equipment and airplanes. They are also responsible for cooling
those industrial processes where great amounts of heat are generated.
Compressors, for instance, are used to cool the hot plastic that is injected,
blown, extruded or stamped, and the equipment that is used to create plastic
products. They also remove the heat generated by the friction of the printing
rollers and cools down the paper after it comes out of the ink drying
ovens in the process. In the laser cutting industry, light projection
industry, etc. a compressor can be used to cool down the lasers and power
supplies.
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