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Convert vacuum pump to compressor

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Max Armstrong

08-25-2000 07:25:14




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I have a vacuum pump that I would like to convert to an air compressor. Is that possible?




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Max Armstrong

08-28-2000 08:30:32




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 Re: convert vacuum pump to compressor in reply to Max Armstrong, 08-25-2000 07:25:14  
Sorry, I forgot to say what kind of vacuum compressor I want to convert. It is a Ingersol Rand Model B235F1 Type 30. I would like to make an air compressor out of this if possible. Thanks

Max



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Roger Prosper

08-28-2000 16:41:15




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 Re: Re: convert vacuum pump to compressor in reply to Max Armstrong, 08-28-2000 08:30:32  
Since it is a type 30, I would think the bottom end is identical to a type 30 compressor. You probably will need compressor cylinder heads. These should be realatively easy to find. There may be some funky piston ring arrangements. Sometimes they are just regular rings inserted upside down. Type 30 pistons are pretty cheap though, if you get them aftermarket from ICC through a compressor shop. Come to think of it, so are cylinders. It may be worth your while to purchase a whole new upper end (cylinders, pistons and heads) and an intercooler between stages (if you are going to build a two stage compressor). You could put two single stage cylinders on and have a high volume pump (125 psi max). This is the best solution for most people. Rarely, if ever, does anyone need more pressure than this. I bet if your measure the bores of the vacuum pump, they will be a direct match to the cylinders on a type 30 compressor. IR tends to use the same components in a wide variety of compressors and vacuum pumps, especially crankshafts. If I had a parts breakdown of your vacuum pump, I could tell you with greater certainty how much work it would take. The few vacuum pumps I have worked on were all rotary vane.

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