GlobalSpec has asked its users about the latest design trends and features related to Air Compressors. They have also shared their product applications and tips on how to buy and use these products.
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What new technologies are influencing air compressor design?
35 answers
Rotary screw lobe design (male / female flutes ratio), screw driving mechanism - belt driven / direct driven / geared mechanism, variable frequency drives etc..
~Shyam B, Marketing/Sales, Pune, India
Dry Screw Compressor are being developed to replace some of the applications of Centrifugal compressors, Compact high speed centrifugal compressors
~Milind W, Engineering Consultant, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Oil free rotary screw and variable speed drive, this is the moat energy efficient method of producing compressed air.
~Tyler S, Marketing/Sales, Grand rapids, MI
VSD used for motor control and screw improvements to get better performance.
~Wagner Caetano, Engineer, Sumaré, Brazil
Expander is combination of compressor and expander consume less power.
~Datta P, Engineer, Alibag, India
Electronic pressure controllers and oil free pumps on smaller units.
~Jim H, General Management, Lahaina, HI
Engine type going from a tier 3 to a tier 4 engine is a problem
~Technical Support/Services, Sugar Land, TX
Variable Speed Drives Oil Free Technology Bearing Less Motors
~Marketing/Sales, Amman, Jordan
Water injected screws, turbo design with dc motor driven.
~Martijn N, General Management, Krommenie, Netherlands
Oilless reciprocaqating piston and oscillating piston
~General Corporate Mgmt, Dunnville, Canada
Bigger capacity at low power requirements.
~Ronquillo D, Engineer, Cebu, Phillipines
Intligent comunications betwen compresors
~Engineering, Design, Gua, Guatemala
Less maintenance and less parts price
~Stephane M, Marketing/Sales, Montreal, Canada
Portability with increased air flow.
~Engineering, Consulting, Castries, Saint Lucia
SCREW ROTARY TYPE, SILENT COMPRESSOR
~Purchasing, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dew point and air drying control
~Atut Kus, Process Engineer, Cimahi, Indonesia
Fluids, Chillers, Controllers
~Marketing/Sales, West Milton, OH
Rotary screw air compressors
~Eugenia Moaca, Engineer, Mangalia, Romania
Moisture, impurity removal
~Stan B, Handyman, Calgary, Canada
Output, oiless lubrication
~Marketing/Sales, Southfield, MI
Screw type for 7~13 bar(g)
~CHAN Tse-Shyang, Project Manager, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Oil free scroll technology
~Marketing/Sales, La Porte, IN
Compressor element design
~Manufacturing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The rising cost of power
~Marketing/Sales, Whittier, CA
Scroll, rocking piston
~Sundaramurthy P, Engineering Consultant, Chennai, India
Software controlls
~Nestor G, Engineer, Guatemala, Guatemala
Tarbocharger (VTT)
~Dharmendra S, Engineer, Abu Dhabi, India
Output & power
~Josue R, Automotive technician, Carolina, PR
Scroll vsd
~Ray Connon, Technical Support, Wellington, New Zealand
Screw type
~Shivakumar Metre, Service engineer, Pune, India
Controlls
~SHIVA P, Technical Support, Chennai, INDIA
Quietness
~Frank D, Builder/Contractor, Sarnia, MI
Inverter
~Engineering, Design, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Drives.
~John M, Engineer, Hawesville, KY
All
~General Corporate Mgmt, San Jose, CA
From your perspective, which companies are creating the most innovative air compressors?
34 answers
I cannot say which of them but generally speaking almost at the same level. It matters only on the parts service life and metallurgy the used.
~Ronquillo D, Engineer, Cebu, Phillipines
Atlas Copco
Comp Air
Ingersoll Rand
Sauer Compressors
BAUER
~Marketing/Sales, Amman, Jordan
I think all companies try to better their innovativeness
~Frank D, Builder/Contractor, Sarnia, MI
Sorry, we have limited exposure and supply.
~Jim H, General Management, Lahaina, HI
Kaeser, Atlas Copco, Boge, Ingersol Rand
~Shyam B, Marketing/Sales, Pune, India
Kaeser, Ingersoll Rand and Atlas Copco
~Nestor G, Engineer, Guatemala, Guatemala
Compair/gardner denver, Atlas Copco
~Martijn N, General Management, Krommenie, Netherlands
Gast Air Compressor General Blower
~Other, Essex center, VT
Atlas Copco, Aerzener, Boge
~Milind W, Engineering Consultant, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Not knowledgeable to rate
~Stan B, Handyman, Calgary, Canada
Ingersoll Rand, Comp Air
~Marketing/Sales, West Milton, OH
Kaeser, Ingersoll Rand
~Maintenance/Facilities Management, Queretaro, Mexico
SORRY STILL SEARCHING
~Purchasing, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
IR and atlas copco.
~Shivakumar Metre, Service engineer, Pune, India
IR Kobelco AC
~CHAN Tse-Shyang, Project Manager, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Kaeser, Atlas capco
~Sundaramurthy P, Engineering Consultant, Chennai, India
PrecisionAir, LLC
~Marketing/Sales, La Porte, IN
Kaeser Compresors
~Marketing/Sales, Whittier, CA
Ingersoll Rand
~Ted Graff, Engineering, Other, Worley, ID
Ingersoll-Rand
~Engineering, Design, Hanoi, Viet Nam
ABB,Tarry,BHEL
~Dharmendra S, Engineer, Abu Dhabi, India
Ingersollrand
~SHIVA P, Technical Support, Chennai, INDIA
Boge, Kaeser
~Stephane M, Marketing/Sales, Montreal, Canada
Atlas Copco
~Wagner Caetano, Engineer, Sumaré, Brazil
Atlas Copco
~Tyler S, Marketing/Sales, Grand rapids, MI
Anest Iwata
~Ray Connon, Technical Support, Wellington, New Zealand
Atlas copco
~Atut Kus, Process Engineer, Cimahi, Indonesia
Atlas Copco
~General Corporate Mgmt, San Jose, CA
Craftman
~Josue R, Automotive technician, Carolina, PR
Sullair
~John M, Engineer, Hawesville, KY
Kaeser
~Engineering, Design, Gua, Guatemala
Thomas
~General Corporate Mgmt, Dunnville, Canada
Bitzer
~Eugenia Moaca, Engineer, Mangalia, Romania
Kaiser
~Manufacturing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
