When the inlet/unloader valve is open, the air enters the compressor screw element. The screw element works like a pump and it compressed the air. During this process, oil is injected in the element. The oil is there to cool the air, as the air gets very hot during compression.
[pdf] Ingersoll-Rand (China) Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was founded in 2007 and located in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. It is the largest Ingersoll Rand production factory in the Asia-Pacific region. The Ingersoll Rand brand was founded in 1817.
[pdf] A screw air compressor is very similar to a human heart. While a human heart has tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic valves, a screw air compressor has four critical valves namely air inlet, minimum pres.
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