[TheForge] air compressors, CFM, and psig

[terry l. ridder]

hello;


On Thu, 7 May 2009, marc3rd wrote:

> Even If you have 2 or 3 people in the shop (which most of us don't) the
> chances of using 2 or more high volume air tools at the time is very seldom
> if not never. and even if this occurs how hard would it really be to say Hey
> I have to get these widgets done by tomorrow, could you work on something
> else and come back to your plasma cutting?
>

i honestly appreciate your comments and thoughts. i have waited 12+yrs
for the legal nightmares to come to an end. now that they have and i
have the settlement money coming in. (so yes, perhaps to some people i
do have money to burn. depends on one perspective. ) anyone who would
happen to be in the shop have also been waiting many years to have the
opportunity to be working on projects instead of sitting in the arm
chair just waiting to die. now that i have the opportunity to build a
new shop and equip it i have a sense of urgency that people outside
looking in probably do not understand. i wish that were not the case. i
wish i was able to convey in words why certain things are important at
this point in time.

>
> So unless you have cash to burn pick your biggest item  or two and add 25%
> and let it go at that. If you find you are under a year or two from now, add
> that second compressor, plumb them together and you are back in business.
>

i would agree, that many small air compressors can to plumbed together
and their individual pressure switches be set for them to cut in and cut
out at specifed pressures. part of that is to keep the circuit breakers
from tripping on all the startup current is all the small air
compressors started up at the same time.

right now i am looking at the quincy duplex units. i am also looking at
the ingersoll-rand at northern tools.

Ingersoll Rand Type-30 Reciprocating Air Compressor (Fully Packaged) -
7.5 HP, 230 Volt 1 Phase, Model# 2475N7.5FP
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200318475_200318475

purchasing two of them and treating them as a duplex unit.

there is also the ingersoll-rand air pump.

Ingersoll Rand Air Compressor Block - 20 HP, 69 CFM At 175 PSI,
Model# 2000 - Item# 1592035 Only $3999.99
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_42542_42542


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terry l. ridder ><>