AIR COMPRESSOR - DIRECT DRIVE
MAIN PARTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
MAIN PARTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
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1. Compressor pump unit -
2. Air receiver (Tank) -
3. Motor -
4. Pressure switch -
working pressure is surpassed. See Installation/Electric Connection chapters, page 8.
5. ASME Safety valve -
allowed.
6. Check valve -
compressor unit stops.
7. Drain petcock -
8. Pressure gauge -
9. P
ressure
release.
10. Pressure gauge -
regulator in psig or bar.
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sucks and compresses the atmospheric air.
stores the compressed air.
makes the compressor unit run
controls the
exhausts the tank in case the pressure is above the maximum
keeps the compressed air inside the tank avoiding its return when the
removes the condensed water that is inside the tank.
shows the pressure inside the tank in psig or bar.
Regulator -
used to adjust working pressure and control the compressed air
shows the pressure adjust working pressure in the pressure
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(thermally protected)
operation
compressor to avoid that the maximum
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