Guinness
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 12:46 PM |
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Which Compressor?
I have to supply a compressor / air tank to a client.
Which ranges would anyone recommend / avoid?
Mike
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 12:52 PM |
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does depend on if he wants to blow up a beach ball or paint a car, whats it for?
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Guinness
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 01:03 PM |
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Compressed air for a laboratory!
Mike
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 01:18 PM |
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Ask (very carefully) what he wants to do with it! Depends what sort of laboratory (engineering / medical (medical air has to be grease and water
free) cell culture work (has to be pathogen free) etc etc)
If the compressor is inside, the quieter the better... people don't like noise in the labs I work in!
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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nib1980
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 01:21 PM |
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my missus works in a CAT three lab, i can ask what type they use if you like
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Howlor
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 01:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
my missus works in a CAT three lab, i can ask what type they use if you like
For a moment I thought it read Cat Free lab!
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dhutch
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 02:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
does depend on if he wants to blow up a beach ball or paint a car, whats it for?
Is this any good?
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will121
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 02:36 PM |
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would be better to ask them whats the specification of compressed air they want to use, starting with pressure, flow, then oil, moisture particular
(dust) size. bacteria ect. most of these requirements are not down to the specification of the compresser but the add on filtration and dryer units
which can be more than the price of the compressor!
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 06:40 PM |
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What do they want to use it for?
Call somewhere like this and ask for advice on their requirements when
you know them.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 23/6/08 at 07:42 PM |
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I've had a bit of a baptism of fire as far as compressors go with my job. We use a lot of them for driving pneumatic pumps on site. I would
suggest that the first thing to look at would be the flow rather than the pressure. A lot of compressors will do 110 - 150PSIG for example but there
are a lot less that will maintain this pressure at 100cfm.
I would suggest finding out what volume of air you have to provide then at what pressure then to what quality.
HTH
(P.S. We've just had 3 "Ranger" compressors and had to send 2 of them back as they actually caught fire which was a little
embarrassing as well as dangerous!
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