For safe, long-term use of a compressor, the motor winding temperature must be kept below certain limits, in all conditions in which the appliance may operate. For example, compressors from AC ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he sometimes suffers from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do - the facts that he gathers may or ...

Years ago, we used to enjoy watching diehard ARB-equipped off-road enthusiasts stubbornly (and slowly) fill up their tires using their own ARB on-board air compressors—even when another air source was ...

Years ago, it was common for shops to have a central power source that drove all the tools through a system of belts, wheels and driveshafts. The power was routed around the work space by mechanical ...

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 ...

Article 440 applies to electrically driven air-conditioning (A/C) and refrigeration equipment. Each equipment manufacturer has the compressor motor built to its own specifications. The motors are ...

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Samsung has announced that it will offer a 20-year warranty for the first time on Digital Inverter Motor used in its washing machines and Digital Inverter Compressor used in its refrigerators. The ...

A hermetic refrigerant motor compressor consists of a compressor and motor, both of which must be enclosed in _____ _____ _____, with no external shaft or shaft seals, with the motor operating in the ...

AB Volvo has been granted a patent for a method to control the rotational speed of an electric motor-driven air compressor in vehicles. The method involves determining compressor efficiency, air ...