A Beginner’s Guide to Reading Rotary Screw Compressor Performance Curves

There’s a new sheriff in town: a new way of comparing the efficiency of air compressors, not only across different sizes and types but also among the various compressor brands. [...]

Ultimate Guide to Rotary Screw Air Compressor System Design, Part Two: Eight More Questions About Deploying a New System

This post will focus on the equally significant conclusion of the system design process: deploying that new compressor. [...]

What Is a Motor-Driven Air Compressor, And How Does It Work?

Since all air compressors have engines or motors of some sort driving their actions, almost all count as motor-driven air compressors. [...]

Everything You Need to Know About Air/Oil Separators

If you have an oil-flooded air compressor, you have an air-oil separator. And it’s a consumable. Knowing those two facts is good for your compressor, your company, your workforce and your health. [...]

Ultimate Guide to Rotary Screw Air Compressor System Design, Part One: 10 Important Questions To Get You Started

Specifying and buying an air compressor has become quite a challenge. Largely because compressed air system design has so many moving parts. [...]

The Role of Air Compressor Intake Filters

One of the most critical issues in compressed air performance is the quality of the air entering your compressor. [...]

How Variable-Frequency-Drive Air Compressors Work

Variable-frequency drives have become popular additions to rotary screw air compressors for many reasons. [...]

Four (and a Half) Critical Compressed Air Safety Tips

Air compressors are comparatively safe. Safer, in fact, than most other sources of power. Compressed air is the preferred alternative in many applications, especially where flammable or explosive materials are present. [...]

My Compressor is Rapid Cycling. Now what?

Not everyone who owns or operates an air compressor knows about rapid cycling. But if you do, you get that it’s something to avoid like the plague. [...]