What are the benefits of an encapsulated airend?
A typical air compressor has a large number of functional components that are separately housed and independently mounted on the system platform. Such systems tend to have high manufacturing and servicing costs.
Regular maintenance is faster and easier with an encapsulated airend
This is because the components are integrated. Thus the downtime of the compressor is reduced. There are few consumables, so the compressor has a lower life cycle cost.
With the majority of the lubricant piping internal, the compressor also greatly mitigates the possibility of leaky fittings and reduces the maintenance touchpoints.
More nontraditional elements
There is no separate discharge system as in traditional air compressors, and the compressed air-oil mixture discharged by the airend is fed directly into the separator tank. Ninety percent of the oil contained in the compressed air gets separated in the tank through mechanical separation. To remove the rest of the oil, the air is passed through a spin-on type air-oil separator, which is mounted directly on the encapsulated unit. With the oil removed, the air leaves the unit through a minimum pressure valve.
Keeps its cool through temperature sensing
Whenever the temperature of the oil rises above 158 °F, the Neuron XT controller opens a thermal valve. This sends the oil to a separate cooler to dissipate heat. Fans are provided to draw air from the surroundings, bringing down the temperature of the oil. The cooled oil is directly injected into the airend through internally drilled holes. The cooling fans also serve to dissipate the heat in the compressed air.
Controller also senses pressure, making the machine more reliable
The Neuron XT controller also has all the features found on higher capacity machines (such as load/unload/idle hours/ in-built reverse rotation protection etc.) Pressure sensing are done by means of sophisticated sensors which are more accurate and reliable than the conventional electromechanical switches, thereby making the machine more reliable.
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