The Howden Company originated in 1854, when James Howden founded a marine consulting engineering firm. In his first year in business, he secured a patent for improving rivet making, and a few years ...

Compressed air is a vital utility to most commercial and industrial operations. It runs essential tools and machinery, provides power to material-handling systems, and clean air to processes. Yet ...

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After reciprocating, sliding vane compressors, also referred to as rotary vane compressors, are one of the oldest types of compressors. The first known description of a sliding vane pump was in a book ...

The GA VSD S is the third generation of Atlas Copco variable speed drive (VSD) compressors that significantly reduce energy consumption by adjusting their motor speed to the fluctuations in compressed ...

With a Sigma Profile airend and an 18-horsepower industrial Briggs and Stratton gas engine, the M14 portable rotary-screw compressor produces 50 scfm at 100 psi. Variable pressures from 70 to 190 psi ...

Portable M12 rotary-screw compressors have variable pressures from 70 to 190 psi. The 18-hp unit has a 45 cfm at 100 psi. Features include a power-saving Sigma Profile airend, an air-cooled oil cooler ...

The G30 is now powered by a Honda GX390 gas engine and offers up to 30 cfm at 100% duty cycle The 205-lb. G30 air compressor is now powered by a Honda GX390 gas engine and offers up to 30 cfm at 100% ...

One of the newer technologies involves twin screw compressors. This article will look at service-related aspects of such a unit. The screw compressor is a positive-displacement rotary mach-ine.