A
scroll compressor is a great way to get
air to your shop, and the benefits of scroll
compressors outweigh any scroll compressor
problems
Using a scroll
compressor in your wood shop
is a great way to meet you need for high pressure
air. A scroll compressor uses less energy, and
runs much more quietly than a regular electric
compressor. The scroll compressor you purchase
for your shop also runs without oil, so you do
not have to schedule as much maintenance (and
down time) for your compressor. The lack of oil
also means that the high pressure air from a
scroll compressor is less likely to contain oil
residue, which can be detrimental to applications
such as spray painting.
Scroll
compressors designs
Scroll compressors have a number of different
design features than standard compressors. The
scroll compressor design was first created in
1905, although materials to mass produce these
compressors were not available for several decades.
A scroll compressor uses two nested scroll-like
components moving circularly to create high pressure
air, rather than the valves and pistons of a
standard compressor. One of the advantages of
a scroll compressor, then, is that it has fewer
moving parts and thus makes less noise than a
standard compressor. Scroll compressors also
stand to have less chance of a mechanical breakdown.
Energy
savings with a scroll compressor
Scroll compressors require less energy than
a standard compressor at every stage of operation.
On start-up, many regular compressors draw so
much electricity that they can cause a power
surge or cause other machinery in your shop (such
as CNC routers) to slow down for a crucial second
or two, which can result in damaged products.
Regular compressors also tend to run longer and
draw more energy than scroll compressors.
Scroll compressor problems
While scroll compressors offer tremendous advantages
in energy and maintenance cost savings, there
are a few scroll compressor problems. Scroll
compressors are typically used in refrigeration
applications where the refrigerant passing through
the scroll compressor keeps the scrolls cool.
In a shop setting, however, it can be difficult
to keep your scroll components cool. Because
your scroll compressor will be quieter than a
standard compressor, you can keep it in a more
open location to facilitate cooling. These cooling
problems, however, are outweighed by the many
benefits of using a scroll compressor.
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