Ingersoll Rand Air Compressors: They’re Everywhere

Executive Summary About Rand Air Compressors By John Francis

While Ingersoll Rand has had its ups and downs as a company, it has been in the compressed air system business for over a century, and it pretty much has the market cornered on portable air compressors.

For the past few decades, it has dominated portable air compressor sales by 40 and 50 percent. Even the United States government buys air compressors from Ingersoll Rand. The United States Army, for example, decided to pay almost $700,000 to have their old portable air compressors rebuilt in addition to buying air tools and padlocks from Ingersoll Rand.

The army, however, isn’t the only government agency that buys Ingersoll Rand air compressors. In addition to air compressors, the corporation will also sell the air force spare parts. The United States government isn’t the only government that buys Ingersoll Rand products in large quantities. Currently, over 50 portable air compressors are being used on construction projects for subways and roads in the capitol city.

What to Look For When Purchasing an Air Compressor

Executive Summary About Rand Air Compressors By Colin Knecht

Compressors fall into three general areas; Small portable units like the Porter-Cable “Job Boss” often with one pancake or two small storage tanks, Mid-size units like Campbell-Hausfield, which normally have wheels, and large compressors have fixed bases for shops and industrial sites.

Tools that require less cycling are tools that run intermittently like nailers, staplers and in some cases drills or even sprayers.

If you are planning on running some continuous tools like sanders, buffers, grinders and so on you will want to consider something in the mid-size or even large shop size of compressors like. A compressor and associated air powered tools can be a real time saver, even for the hobbyist’s work shop.

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