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skyboy6142
06-02-2021, 08:03 AM
Hi guys,
Do we have any limitation about pumping down screw or scroll compressors ? Or same as reciprocation compressors we can pump down cycles with screw or scroll compressors ?
Thanks.
RANGER1
06-02-2021, 08:59 AM
Depending, but some manufacturers say short pump down on say commercial, semi industrial semi hermetic screw compressor.
can cause overheating & failure due to overheating of windings & compressor.
Could get oil build up to due to no flow
skyboy6142
06-02-2021, 06:40 PM
Thanks ranger
Glenn Moore
09-02-2021, 03:30 PM
Never pump a scroll compressor down below 0.5 Bar or better still 1 Bar, as the pressure get close to a vacuum , the scrolls get pulled together and rotating scroll starts to run the fixed scroll . As the pressure goes lower the scrolls are sucked into each other as it pulls a vacuum causing metallic particles to break from the scrolls leading to over heating and scroll breakages
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