Air Compressors For Sale in Ireland

Another reason pneumatic tools are popular is that their working pressures are usually less than 20 bar and well below the 100+bar used for hydraulic tools meaning less energy is required to complete a job using pneumatic tools than is required for their hydraulic equivalents. Although the pressure is lower, there are still health hazards associated with compressed air so it has to be used carefully.

The more popular working pressures for pneumatic hand tools are 7 or 14 bar while other items can require very much higher pressures. Compressors not only need to pressurise the air but also produce it in the quantity required (usually denoted as the free air delivery). At the smaller end of the market compressors are often classified as one- or two-tool machines.

Manufacturers of air compressor business include: Compair, Sullair, Atlas Copco, Ingersoll-Rand (now Doosan Portable Power), Caterpilar Irmer+Elze, HPC-Kaeser, Airman and Boge.