positive-displacement compressor
machine
Also known as: static-pressure compressor
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compressors
- In compressor
Positive displacement compressors are usually of the reciprocating piston type, in which the gas is drawn in during the suction stroke of the piston, compressed by decreasing the volume of the gas by moving the piston in the opposite direction, and, lastly, discharged when the…
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pneumatic devices
- In pneumatic device: Major types of pneumatic devices
…or fluid action: (1) the positive-displacement type and (2) the velocity, or dynamic, type.
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