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unloadervalve/inlet
valve
Theunloaderorinletvalveregulatesthecapacityofyour
rotaryscrewcompressor.Theaircompressorunloadervalve
regulatestheammountofairthatissuckedinbyyourair
compressor.Byopeningandclosingtheairintake,thecapacityof
arotaryscrewcompressorisregulated.Thisvalveisalso
commonlycalledaninletvalveoranintakevalve.Thereis
anothertypeofvalvealsocalledunloadervalve,whichis
completelydifferentandwhichcanbefoundonsmall
reciprocatingpistoncompressors.Whenthedesiredpressureis
reached,thecompressorwillgoinunloadmode:theunloader
valvewillalmostcompletelyclosetheairintakeofthe
compressor.Thisway,nomorearecanbesuckedinand
compressed,sothecompressorisbasicallyjustturningaround,
doingnothing.Atthesametime,thepressurethatisstillinside
compressorelementisreleasedthroughasmallhole(youwill
hearasssssshhhsound).

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Unloader/inletvalvemounted
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Notethatthereisalwaysasmallholeintheaircompressor
unloadervalve,soitwillneverclose100%.Thisistomakesure
therewillbeenoughoilflowingforlubricationandcooling.
MostunloadersareoftheLOAD/UNLOADtype.Whichmeans
theyareeithercompletelyopen(compressor
loaded)orcompletelyclosed(compressorunloaded).Inunloaded
state,whentheunloaderisclosed,the
unitwillconsumeabout30%ofitsnominalpower.
Thereisanothertype:CONTINUOUSorMODULATING.Thisway
thecompressorcanworkatanypointbetween0and100%.Itis
notoftenusedinstationarycompressors(itsnotthemost
economicalwayofregulation).Butitisoftenseeninportable
dieselenginedrivencompressors.

Exampleofinlet/unloadervalveThisoneisfroma15yearold
rotaryscrewcompressor(AtlasCopcoGA37)

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Inletvalveonoldstationaryrotaryscrewcompressor.

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compressor(AtlasCopcoGA30).

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