Frequently Asked Questions

We stock a full range of spare parts for Atlas Copco products and can source and supply for various other manufacturers.

To support clients, we have a hire fleet available covering a variety of air compressor sizes and specifications.

All have written schemes and are ready to go. Contact us for details and availability.

Yes, our engineers come from various backgrounds bringing a wealth of knowledge and skills covering all major brands and any type of air compressors, it doesn’t matter if it was not bought through us.

We are just a call away for help.

We can provide nationwide service operating from our Leeds, Sheffield, and Nottingham locations.

Covering mainly the area’s of York, Sheffield, Leeds, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Kingston upon Hull, Bradford, Lincoln, Ripon, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Chesterfield, Halifax, Barnsley, Mansfield, Nottingham, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Scarborough and Worksop.

An air compressor works by using electric power to create pressurised air that can then be released and converted to usable power for use in several applications, depending on your specific needs. It performs this by compressing air within a chamber by means of a piston, rotary vane, screw or scroll element and then releasing this pressurised air into your downstream receivers and distribution piping system.

Air compressors provide compressed air for applications such as air tools, air for operating pneumatic systems, filling tyres and a wide variety of other applications across industries like automotive, medical, food and beverage, petroleum, pharmaceutical and more.

If you have a lubricated reciprocating, rotary screw, or rotary vane air compressor, you’ll need to change the oil from time to time to keep it working properly. The recommended standard schedule ranges from 2000 hours to 8000 hours, subject to the manufacturer’s recommendation. For a rotary screw compressor, you’ll ideally want to change the oil every 4,000 to 8,000 hours depending on the type of oil and environment.

It’s often a good value for you to add an air dryer to your air compressor system, as your air compressor can put a great deal of water into the compressed air system. Your air dryer could potentially remove gallons of water each day.

It’s important to have an effective air filtration system to keep your compressed air clean. Search Air can provide you with all the air filters you need to help keep your compressed air clean.

Air compressors with air intake filters need to be cleaned weekly. If your filter has built up so much debris that you can’t get it completely clean, or the filter is torn, you should replace it right away.

If you’re worried about hitting the dew point, a quality air dryer will be the solution.

In simple terms, displacement is the theoretical output figure without considering heat expansion, friction losses and general inefficiencies.

Free air delivered is the actual amount of air available for use at the output of the compressor.

This is the way force, i.e, power, in the compressed air system is expressed and is measured in either pounds per square inch (psi) or bar.

Pressure is important because to have too low a pressure would cause the equipment not to work correctly. Too high a pressure would at best rapidly wear out the equipment, at worst it could make the equipment lethal.

One or more cylinders producing the final pressure in one compression. Normal maximum pressure 150 psi. g.

First stage, air is compressed to approximately 30 psi. g., cooled, then compressed to final pressure in the second stage. Normal maximum pressure 200 psi. g.

Note: two stage provides more air for less energy.

Air leak size: 0.75mm dia = CFM lost: 1.6 = Energy: 300W
Air leak size: 1.50mm dia = CFM lost: 6.5 = Energy: 1100W

Cost: A typical garage working a 7-day week (service station) multiplied by 365 days
£550.00 per year

A 10-metre length of air hose flowing 15 CFM at 100 psi. g. will lose the following pressure:
1/4″ bore loses 30 psi. g.
5/16″ bore loses 12 psi. g.
1/2″ bore loses 1 psi. g.

The Pressure System Safety Regulations 2000. It is a mandatory requirement, please find our section on Written schemes for more information.