This guide helps you select the right compressor for your business.
From the moment of their invention, air compressors have begun a meteoric rise to become an essential tool used in countless industries and in every corner of the globe. Today, a world without compressed air is unthinkable. From remote mining locations and construction sites, ships and trains, production sites everywhere and research facilities in Antarctica, compressors can now be found virtually anywhere
Before we get into the different types of compressors, let’s first take a closer look at how and where compressed air is used.
In industrial applications, we generally distinguish between “energy air” and “active air.”
Energy air is used for storing and transmitting energy for mechanical work. More specifically, energy air powers pneumatic production equipment, pressure cleans parts and conveys or cools components during production.
This type of air is used across too many industries to list them all. But the next time you drive by a construction site and see a jackhammer operated, you know that it is powered with energy air.
Active air, on the other hand, is required as an active and integral part of a specific process. In this case, it comes into direct contact with an end product and, therefore, indirectly also with consumers. That is why air quality is particularly important for active air.
Here are some industries in which this clean, dry air plays an especially important role:
With so many different uses, it is no surprise that compressors come in all types and sizes. From massive machines that keep huge production plants running to the small versions that avid
do-it-yourselfers are using, there is a compressor for everyone.
But that begs the question: With so many models to choose from, which one is the right compressor for you?
