How does an air compressor work?

jutusjutus
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
How do those things work? I guess they can generate the pressure with a piston, or screw, etc... but how is the pressure regulated to stay constant?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    air tank



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  • Reply 2 of 4
    graphxgraphx Posts: 22member
    [quote]Originally posted by jutus:

    <strong>...but how is the pressure regulated to stay constant?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    with the framus modulator
  • Reply 3 of 4
    jutusjutus Posts: 272member
    If you had an airtank, I suppose that would cushion the curve of pressure a bit, but wouldn't the output still be pulsating air?
  • Reply 4 of 4
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    Air is "pushed" into a tank through a one-way valve. In the tank it reaches a pressure higher than the pressure to be output, and then a regulator controls the output PSI.
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