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  2. Compressor - Wikipedia

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    A small stationary high pressure breathing air compressor for filling scuba cylinders A powerful compressor for street work. Model XASS from Atlas Copco circa 1985. Natural gas compressor at a gas well High pressure reciprocating compressor from Belliss and Morcom, used in the bottling industry

  3. Air compressor - Wikipedia

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    Air compressor supplies air into a nail gun.. An air compressor is a machine that takes ambient air from the surroundings and discharges it at a higher pressure. It is an application of a gas compressor and a pneumatic device that converts mechanical power (from an electric motor, diesel or gasoline engine, etc.) into potential energy stored in compressed air, which has many uses.

  4. Centrifugal compressor - Wikipedia

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    The simplest inlet to a centrifugal compressor is typically a simple pipe. Depending upon its use/application inlets can be very complex. They may include other components such as an inlet throttle valve, a shrouded port, an annular duct (see Figure 1.1), a bifurcated duct, stationary guide vanes/airfoils used to straight or swirl flow (see Figure 1.1), movable guide vanes (used to vary pre ...

  5. Rotary-screw compressor - Wikipedia

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    The screw compressor was first patented in 1878 by Heinrich Krigar in Germany, however the patent expired without a working machine being built. [4] [5] The modern helical lobe screw compressor was developed in Sweden by Alf Lysholm who was the chief engineer at Ljungstroms Angturbin.

  6. Reciprocating compressor - Wikipedia

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    A reciprocating compressor or piston compressor is a positive-displacement compressor that uses pistons driven by a crankshaft to deliver gases at high pressure. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pressures of up to 5,000 psig are commonly produced by multistage reciprocating compressors.

  7. Compressed air - Wikipedia

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    Technical Illustration of portable single-stage air compressor Two-stage air compressor assembled on a horizontal tank and equipped with a Joule-Thomson (JT) type refrigerated compressed air dryer. Compressed air is used for many purposes, including: Pneumatics, the use of pressurized gases to do work

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