There is much chatter on the internet and all of it is not so great. Recently, I saw a post on rotary screw oil or coolant by a self styled “Compressor Gru” that I thought needed clarification. Today, most fluids for rotary screw air compressors are semi synthetic or...
I am amazed at the turn of events in buying from the internet. Now with a model number or part number, you can very quickly get a price on most things. This is not all bad, but also not so good. When you purchase an item you should get the item specified, any...
We all use this word to describe many things. But in the machinery business it can spell trouble. Here in Florida, we are especially vulnerable to heat. As a Southern State we don’t go through the rigors of ice and snow, but we have hurricanes and tropical storms to...
We live in a world surrounded by air. This air is pressing down on our bodies at 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea level. Think of a column of air to the top of the atmosphere sitting on your heads, the weight of this air column is causing this atmospheric pressure....
I’ve been thinking about compressors since yesterday. Prices for some heavy-duty machines were fixed by the amount of parts they would need over their life span. With the rise of so called “pirate part suppliers”, the revenue flow had slowed down. Now years later,...
There is a lot of “Hot Air” associated with air compressors. First, there is the heat of compression, and the heat you feel when entering a compressor room, and the high temperature from radiation you feel when standing near an operating air compressor. An air...
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