Talk:Air compressor
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[edit]I am familiar with DeVilbiss and Gardner Denver air compressors.
I've done work with IR, Atlas Copco, and Kaeser Compressors. Jmkavar (talk) 18:57, 13 August 2014 (UTC)jmkavar
This revision adds no real content and appears to exist to justify the citation, which is just an ad for "Atlas Copco" brand air compressors. Should it be removed? The Striped Cat Incident (talk) 16:57, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Scope of the article
[edit]This article should concentrate on matters that are common to all types of air compressor, list and briefly describe all the types, and their usual applications, and link to the detailed (main) articles. Details that are specific to any particular type of compressor should be in the article on that type of compressor, and only summarised here. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 13:52, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
"A compressor is different from a pump..."
[edit]The final sentence of the lede states "A compressor is different from a pump because it works on a gas, while pumps work on a liquid." This is technically correct, but in common parlance the component of an air compressor that does the compressing of the air (such as with a piston reciprocating within a cylinder) is referred to as a "compressor pump".
Bricology (talk) 18:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Actually, it is not “technically correct.” A pump is a device that moves a fluid from one place to another. Air is considered a fluid, therefore an air compressor is a pump.