Development history of air compressor! All the important experiences from ancient times to now are here

The air compressor is an indispensable general equipment in modern industry. How much do you know about the air compressor in the past and this life?


The (Mechanical) vacuum pump made in Germany in 1640 is the ancestor of modern air compression machinery.


Around 1800, the first single-stage (reciprocating plug) air compressor was made in Britain with an exhaust pressure of 1.38MPa (gauge pressure).


In 1829, the first two-stage reciprocating air compressor with intermediate cooling was designed in Britain.


In 1878, burckhardtmaschinenfadrik AG, Switzerland, produced the company's first air compressor with a control slide valve for gas distribution. In 1878, German h.krihar first put forward the concept of air compressor without internal compression, which is the future screw air compressor. However, due to the limitations of the technology at that time, only the concept can not be manufactured.


In 1888, the compressed air station in the pneumatic system of Paris, France, had 14 reciprocating air compressors with a total power of 1500kw


In 1902, Ingersoll randco. made the first mobile reciprocating air compressor.


In 1904, Atlas of Sweden developed the first piston air compressor.


In 1907, Swedish atlas company produced the company's first mobile reciprocating air compressor. Both internal combustion engine and single-stage air compressor are horizontal and share a crankshaft. This is the world's first integrated motorcycle compressor.


In 1930, the mobile air compressor named monodloc came out. In essence, it is a diesel motorcycle air compressor: vertical, 4-cylinder, no crosshead, two-stroke, diesel power cylinder, which directly drives the vertical, 2-cylinder, two-stage, single acting, crosshead compression cylinder on the same fuselage through the same crankshaft.


In 1931, morthingtoncorp of the United States made the company's first opposed air compressor, and later developed into today's BDC symmetrical balanced air and gas compressor series.


In 1931, morthingtoncorp of the United States made the company's first opposed air compressor, and later developed into today's BDC symmetrical balanced air and gas compressor series.


In 1934, the reciprocating cylinder oil-free lubricating air compressor of German KSB company was made. In the same year, the first reciprocating cylinder oil-free air compressor produced by wurzen machinery manufacturing and foundry in Germany used graphite ring as the material of reciprocating sealing element.


In 1934, Professor alflysholm of the Royal Swedish Institute of technology was the first person to design the screw air compressor and its rotor tooth profile. Since then, screw air compressors have been produced and applied. At this time, the screw machine has some advantages in theory, but it must have a very large exhaust volume to meet the requirements of gas turbine work. Therefore, screw machine has not been applied in this field. Nevertheless, Alf Lysholm and his Swedish SRM company continued to conduct in-depth research on the application of screw air compressors in other fields. Until 1937, Alf Lysholm successfully developed two types of screw compressor test prototypes in SRM company and achieved satisfactory test results,


At the end of 1935, sulzerbrothers Ltd of Switzerland manufactured the first labyrinth cylinder oil-free lubrication air compressor for Zurich brewery.


In 1946, the British James Howden company, located in Scotland, was the first to obtain the license for the production of screw air compressors from the Swedish SRM company. Subsequently, many companies in Europe, the United States and Japan also successively obtained such licenses from SRM in Sweden to engage in the production and sales of screw air compressors.


In 1957, the oil injected screw air compressor was launched, which further improved the shortcomings of the previous screw air compressor, so it was widely used. In the same period, Atlas, Ingersoll Rand and Sullair successively purchased air compressor accessories from the world and assembled their own screw air compressors.


In 1960, the famous DT4 short stroke air compressor and er8 low power consumption air compressor of Swedish atlas company came out.


In 1960, b.zimmern of France put forward the concept of single screw compressor and obtained the patent right. In 1962, the first prototype was trial produced and put on the market by Peugeot Motor Company of France in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s, the Netherlands, Britain, Japan and other countries successively developed and produced single screw compressors for refrigeration and air conditioning, which can be divided into open and semi closed types. In the late 1980s, technology was advanced to develop and manufacture single screw compressors for compressing various gases (including air, flammable, explosive and toxic gases) used in petroleum, chemical, mining and other industries. At present, manufacturers in Britain, France, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and other countries can produce single screw compressors of different specifications.


In 1961, the oil injected screw refrigeration compressor and screw process compressor were successfully developed. After continuous basic theoretical research and product development test, through the continuous improvement of rotor profile and the successful development of special rotor processing equipment, the superior performance of screw air compressor has been constantly brought into play. Since then, a variety of screw air compressors have been introduced.


In the past 20 years, especially in the 11 years of the 21st century, various new technologies of screw air compressors have been emerging, the machining accuracy has been continuously improved, and the auxiliary equipment has become more and more perfect. These factors make the performance of screw air compressor more and more recognized by people, so its application range is also expanding. At present, it has become the most popular type of air compressor, and may replace the piston air compressor as the most widely used type of air compressor in the future.