What is a piston air compressor?
A reciprocating compressor or piston compressor is a positive-displacement compressor that uses pistons driven by a crankshaft to provide gases at high pressure. … The heat exchangers that are found in a normal piston compressor are eliminated as the heat is taken out in the cylinder itself where it really is generated.
How does a piston atmosphere 
compressor work?
Like a small internal combustion engine, a typical piston compressor includes a crankshaft, a connecting rod and piston, a cylinder and a valve head. … As the piston moves down, a vacuum is created above it. This enables outside air at atmospheric pressure to force open the inlet valve and fill the area above the piston.
What’s piston displacement of a compressor?
Piston displacement of the reciprocating compressor may be the quantity swept by the piston in the cylinder in unit time and it is same as the capacity of the compressor.
The type of oil does a piston air compressor use?
Typically, compressor manufacturers will recommend a 20 weight or 30 weight (non-detergent) compressor oil. You may use a typical or synthetic mix compressor essential oil, if the manufacturer states it is possible to do therefore but stick to the manufacturer’s recommendations to avoid voiding the warranty.
Pressure Lubricated Reciprocating/Piston Surroundings Compressors
A reciprocating surroundings compressor is a positive displacement compressor that runs on the crankshaft-driven piston and cylinder to compress the atmosphere. A single-stage reciprocating piston compressor works by drawing the air flow into the cylinder where it is compressed within a piston stroke of around 120 PSI and then delivered to a storage container. A two-stage compressor includes an additional step where in fact the atmosphere is compressed by another, smaller piston to a pressure of up to 175 PSI.
QR-25
Our premium, top-of-the-series pressure lubricated piston air compressor is the QR-25. It’s a heavy-duty compressor that’s pressure lubricated in all critical areas and provides up to 25 hp. Available in solitary- and two-stage versions, the QR-25 is made to operate at slower speeds and has intake loaders that reduce work. The rugged cast iron structure ensures a long life expectancy, less downtime and less complicated maintenance. Other key features include loadless starting, a manually reversible oil pump and rebuildable parts. Viewed as the industry regular in piston compressor technology, the performance of Quincy’s ER-25 is legendary.
1-25 hp
3-95 acfm, 20-500 psig intermittent
Single & Two Stage
Cast iron full pressure lubricated