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HowDoesaRotaryScrewAirCompressorWork?
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Overview
Rotaryscrewaircompressorsarethemostwidelyusedaircompressormodelsintheindustrial
marketplace.Rotaryscrewcompressorsprovidecontinuouscompressedairforprecisiontasksand
theyareextremelyefficientandremarkablyquiet.Screwcompressorsutilizesomeofthemost
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advancedtechnologyavailableinthecompressorindustryandhaveaverylowenergyconsumption.
Thesemachinesarebuilttorun24hoursaday,7daysaweek,formanyyears!
Types
Therearemanydifferenttypesofrotaryscrewcompressors.Theclassificationsvarybasedon
stages,coolingmethod,drivetype,amongothers.
Themostwidelyusedtypeisthesinglestage,oilinjectedrotaryscrewcompressor.Themain
differenceisthatoillubricatedcompressorsinjectoilintothecompressionchambertoserveafew
differentpurposes.
Oilfreecompressorscanbeusedinspecificapplicationswherethetinyamountsofexcessoilinthe
airwouldcontaminatetheproductorprocess.
Oilinjectedmodelsarebyfarthemostcommonandforthepurposeofthisarticlewewillfocuson
thistype.
Compression
Thepower(andname)behindtheseremarkablemachinescomesfromtwocounterrotatingscrews
whicharehousedinachamber,formallyknownasanairend.Outsideairfirsttravelsthroughafilter
tocatchanyharmfulparticlesanddebristhatcouldcausedamage.Oncefiltered,theairgoes
throughaninletvalveandintothespacebetweentheinterlockingscrews.Astherotorsturn,theair
movesalongandtravelstotheotherendofthecompressionchamber.Theareainwhichtheairis
containedgetsincreasinglysmallerastheairmovesalong,andthesmallerspaceincreasesthe
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pressure.Thisprocessisonesmoothcontinuousmotion,andthereforeproducesminimalpulsingor
surgingwhichcanoccurwithpistoncompressors.Theresultisahighvolume,steadystreamof
compressedair.
Didyouknow?
Rotaryscrewtechnologyisthesametechnologyutilizedbysuperchargersinhighperformance
engines!
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OilInjected
Inanoilinjectedrotaryscrewaircompressor,theoilservesfivekeypurposes:itcleans,cools,
lubricates,seals,andprotects.Therefore,whatisproducedbytheairendisacompressedair/oil
mixture.Thismixtureflowsintoaseparatortankwherethetwoare,wellseparated!Primarily,a
mechanicalseparationtakesplaceusingafilter.Further,oilcanberemovedusingcentrifugalforce
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orarapidchangeindirection.Inthecaseofcentrifugalforce,rapidspinningallowstheheavieroil
particlestodroptothebottomwhilethelighterairspinsaroundontop.Simultaneously,theseparated
elementsleavethetank.
Theairleavesthetankandtravelsthroughaminimumpressurevalve,and(insomecases)acooler.
Theminimumpressurecheckvalveisdualpurposeandensuresthereissufficientairpressurefor
properoperationwhilealsoworkingtokeeptheairpressurefromcomingbackintothesystemso,
whennecessary,themotorcanstartwithoutaload.
Thecompressedaircanstillbeveryhotandmightneedtogothroughacoolertobringitdownto12
20degreesFahrenheitaboveambienttemperature.Thiscoolingprocesscauseswatervaporto
condenseinsidethecooler,andtherefore,inmostcompressorsthereisawaterseparationstage
beforetheairleavesthepackage.Aftertheselaststages,compressedairfinallyleavesthe
compressorreadyfortreatment,regulation,storage,andtothecustomersprocesses.
Meanwhile,astheoilwascollectedfromthetankearlier,alinetransportstheoilbacktothe
compressionchambertobeusedagain.Butfirst,itmustbefilteredandpossiblycooled.A
thermostaticvalvedeterminesiftheoilistoohotand,ifnecessary,sendstheoilthroughanoilcooler
beforebeingfiltered.Oncefiltered,theoilisreadytobeginthejourneyoveragain.
CheckoutthiscoolanimationfromAtlasCopcodetailingtheprocessinanoilinjectedrotaryscrew
compressor:
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Inastart/stopcontrolscheme,compressorcontrolsactuaterelaystoapplyandremovepowertothemotoraccordingto
compressedairneeds.
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Sadly,thereisnobestbrandofrotaryscrewaircompressor.Iwishitwerethatsimple!Therearemanykeyfactorsto
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Arotaryscrewcompressorisatypeofgascompressorwhichusesarotarytypepositivedisplacementmechanism.They
arecommonlyusedtoreplacepistoncompressorswherelargevolumesofhighpressureairareneeded,eitherforlarge
industrialapplicationsortooperatehighpowerairtoolssuchasjackhammers.
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