The next-generation BA440 hydraulically driven piston air compressor features a smaller overall footprint and is lighter and more efficient.

Even though compressor manufacturers are reducing the amount of clearance volume found between the valve plate and piston head, some clearance will always remain. The clearance volume gas pressure is ...

Onboard air compressors come in several types, each with its own benefits and potential drawbacks, depending on your situation. Selection starts with determining your air needs, including the ...

German researcher Otto Lutz introduced the swing-piston concept about 1923. Intended primarily as a high pressure compressor or gas generator for relatively high power gas turbine engines for ...

When servicing refrigeration or air conditioning systems that incorporate reciprocating or piston-type compressors, worn compressor rings and/or leaky compressor suction or discharge valves can cause ...

THE paper by H. 0. Farmer on “Free-Piston Compressor-Engines”, read before the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on December 6, must have been for many their first introduction to the subject, as ...