‘Compressors’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release DC motors engineered for transportation purposes from Ametek Technical and Industrial Products, which we summarised at the time by saying "Rotron brushless DC motors from Ametek, engineered for applications on board heavy-duty transit buses, coaches and other vehicles, deliver long-life power solutions serving up to 60,000 hours.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Centa offers bespoke transmission designs from Centa Transmissions: "Centa Transmissions can create bespoke powertrain designs for wind, wave, tidal and solar power systems.".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Sullair Europe - take a look at Sullair unveils redesigned 200hp compressors which says: "Sullair Corporation has announced the redesign of its 200hp compressors, which feature the company's single-stage rotary screw air end.".

Take a look also at the news release from CompAir UK, CompAir unveils low-maintenance screw compressors, as well as Variable speed compressors are energy efficient from CompAir UK, and Accelerometers obtain hazardous-area certification from Wilcoxon Research.

Latest stories...

WEG motors drive Brazilian theme-park attractions (November 2009)

WEG motors, inverters and soft starters are allowing the safe operation of equipment at the Beto Carrero World theme park, located in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Bambi introduces silent oil-free compressor range (November 2009)

Bambi has launched the silent HT oil-free compressor range.

Carlo Gavazzi launches RSBT-type 15kW soft starter (November 2009)

Carlo Gavazzi has introduced a 15kW soft starter, extending the company's range of compact modules for compressor applications such as geothermal heat pumps.

Barden provides super-precision bearings (October 2009)

The Barden Corporation offers custom-designed, super-precision bearings for use in a wide variety of high-performance air handling systems.

Sullair redesigns rotary screw compressors (October 2009)

Sullair has redesigned its 100 to 600HP two-stage tandem rotary screw compressors.

Boge system provides energy savings for Carleton (October 2009)

As part of a company-wide cost-reduction strategy, Carleton Furniture Group is on track to making significant cost savings with its compressed air system from Boge Compressors.

Rack-mounted pressure scanner has DSP technology (September 2009)

Calibration Dynamics is offering Scanivalve's DSA3016 rack-mounted digital sensor array, specifically designed for multiple pressure measurements.

Softinway announces Tusas Axstream contract (September 2009)

Softinway has announced a contract with Tusas Engine Industry to use the Axstream software suite for turbomachinery flow-path design, analysis and multidisciplinary optimisation.

Variable speed compressors are energy efficient

CompAir has extended its portfolio of variable speed compressors with the launch of seven models, allowing the company to offer a range of energy-efficient rotary screw machines from 11kW to 250kW.
CompAir unveils low-maintenance screw compressors

CompAir has launched a 7kW to 11kW range of oil-lubricated screw compressors designed to deliver high reliability with low service and installation costs.