Air Equipment

SCREW COMPRESSORS

Screw compressors are normally mounted within a rectangular body or housing. The housing is designed to ensure cooling airflow is adequate for the size of compressor and to ensure all components within the compressor receive adequate cooling. Note: sometimes in hot weather you see people removing the panels from the compressor to help cool it. DON’T DO THIS, this will make the cooling less effective and put the compressor at risk of overheating.

Smaller compressors up to maybe 30kW in size can often be mounted on an air receiver and also have an integral dryer so that the complete compressor package can be picked up and moved as one. This has the benefit of simplifying installation, requiring only to be connected to a power supply and pipework system, and reduces the overall footprint of the compressor. The CompAir air compressors of this design are called ‘Air Centres’.