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Title: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: BrianS on February 10, 2012, 12:31:36 am Saw this on youtube tonight. Anyone else seen this before? What do you think he cut it open with?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPnwdOqldrk&feature=fvwrel Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: MoonDawg on February 10, 2012, 09:29:55 am Interesting..........thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: Marvin on February 10, 2012, 09:53:26 am Pretty cool. Not what I was expecting to see once opened up. I guess I always thought there was magic inside of them. Nothing special though.
Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: globalcompressors on February 10, 2012, 10:02:33 am when I started Global Compressors, this is what I use to do. I designed and built a rotating table, to cut these sealed
compressors open. Then we used a 25 ton electric/hydraulic press, to push the rotors off the crank shaft and take the compressors apart. You need 3-5 of the exact compressor model to build 1 or 2. When we closed the rebuilding part of the company, and downsized, we scraped over 350,000 lbs of compressors, that we had stock over the years for rebuilding. If you you notice the springs on the sides, in the video, is one of the reasons why we don't like lying the soda machines down in the back of a truck. These springs will jump off the mounts or break, causing the compressor to knock, on the inside of the "can" eventually causing failure. Not sure what he meant between 4 pole and 2 pole motors. The compressors back then, were 1800 rpm and today's machines are 3600...same displacement in 1/2 the size. Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: SIGNGUY on February 10, 2012, 11:10:58 am interesting for sure as I had no idea how they actually worked.. so is the reason they are all sealed up like that is because the oil just sloshes around in there like in a crankcase on an engine? (novice cooling guy here!).. :Oo:
Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: scalebowler on February 10, 2012, 02:41:19 pm Thats pretty cool! Also looks like it would be kind of fun to take on appart like that. Was going to see about doing that with the one from the machine at work but I did not ask the guy who was replacing it.
Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: Creighton on February 10, 2012, 03:23:56 pm That was great, Thanks!
Now I want a clear compressor housing :-) Eric? Creighton Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: cohammer on February 10, 2012, 08:59:45 pm Thats interesting , I did not know what was going on inside one.
Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: globalcompressors on February 10, 2012, 09:29:46 pm That was great, Thanks! Now I want a clear compressor housing :-) Eric? Creighton Working on it, as we speak Bud... just as soon as I can "clear the way" ... I'll pull it out of my ass! :Oo: Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: Jim on February 10, 2012, 10:11:49 pm Interesting information ! ! !
Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: johnieG on February 11, 2012, 08:28:52 am interesting for sure as I had no idea how they actually worked.. so is the reason they are all sealed up like that is because the oil just sloshes around in there like in a crankcase on an engine? (novice cooling guy here!).. :Oo: yep, fraction horsepower compressors ( I can them "tin-cans" ) are built with a splash oiling system, just like a 4-cycle lawnmower engine ( a cheap one anyway!) only the "big-boys" ( larger H.P) have a pressurized oil pump like an automobile engine. cool video! Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: aspbear on February 11, 2012, 10:28:31 am I always wondered what those looked like on the inside. Thanks for posting...
Title: Re: Cool video of the inside of a running pancake compressor Post by: David D on February 11, 2012, 08:15:12 pm This is very cool, thank you for posting always wondered what was inside.
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