Oil-free Rotary screw Air Compressor
For absolutely 100% oil-free compressed air, you need an oil-free compressor. The basic principle of the oil-free screw compressor is same as for the oil-injected compressor. But as the name suggests, there is no oil injected during compression. The oil-free screw compressor element No oil means that there is no oil for sealing the rotors and for cooling the compressed air, elements and rotors. Because there is no oil for sealing, the rotors need to be very precise and have very small tolerances. The rotors don’t touch each other, but the air-gap between the two is very small (for optimal performance). The element is cooled by cooling water that flows through special pockets in the element casing. Of course this is less efficient as injecting relatively cold oil, and only the casing is cooled, not the rotors or the air itself. For this reason, the pressure ratio of the oil-free screw element is much lower compared to the oil-injected element. Remember, the pressure ra...