It’s no secret, I’m a kid of the 80s. If you remember any of the three items in the title of this blog, then we may be able to be friends still, and I want to ask a question. How’s your sourdough starter doing? Okay, you got me, the blog isn’t going to be about sourdough, or one of my favorite TV shows from growing up, or the video game I always threw quarters into when we were allowed to spend some money at an arcade, but it’s going to be about Double Acting Reciprocating Air Compressors.
You may have heard from us about the many types of compressors before, and we would just like to make sure we have shared a few different viewpoints on these topics. The double acting compressor is a piston action compressor. Unlike the single action compressor, these will actually build pressure above and below the piston for each rise and fall, rather than just the rise. Because this generates twice as much air, these are generally found in larger sizes than the single acting compressors. This also means the compressor is constantly pushing a load out of the system whenever the motor is turning. While they do put more volume out and work with both directions of the piston, they have been found to only be around 32% more efficient than their single acting counterpart. Nonetheless, they are available in sizes that can supply an entire manufacturing facility and can be used efficiently when placed into a system that is designed correctly.
If you want to learn about more types of compressors, need help with your Konami cheat code, or what to discuss a point of use compressed air application, give us a call, chat, or email.
Brian Farno, MBA – CCASS Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
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1 – Classic Double Dragon Arcade Game from 1987! Spike & Hammer Save The World – Joe’s Classic Video Games – retrieved from – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SqYOHpUiDM