June 9, 2020
12,000 Horsepower
This is what a 12,000 hp system looks like! This is the installation of six 2,000 hp Sullair centrifugal compressors at a manufacturing facility in Modesto, California
With the growing presence and demand for compressors producing Class 0 oil free air, it is easy to get confused regarding how to read, and understand, the ISO 8573-1:2010 Air Quality Classes chart. To truly understand the chart just like the alphabet we begin with our ABC’s: A: Solid Particles: measures the solid particles contained in the compressed air stream. Within this column are three sub-columns indicating the quantity of allowable particles by micron size. The bigger the particle, the fewer parts per million allowed.
