17/09/2016 – Compressor Talk at Techniskills – “Geoff Hobbs”
Saturday was a huge success which saw 14 technicians from Various companies attend a very interesting session on issues relating to compressor problems , strip down and rebuild.
Many thanks to our guest, Mr Brian Hepburn from Million-Air Services, who specialize in Compressor rebuilds as well as diagnostics on warrantee issues between suppliers and service providers.
Technicians were given a rare insight into in insides of both running segmented Scrolls( normally hermetic and thus working parts not visible) and semi hermetic Bitzers. Brian then went into causes of Compressor failures as well as procedures to be followed in terms of system setup to prevent damage and premature wear. The importance of valve super-heat, sub-cooling as lots more were discussed.
What was really concerning was the lack of knowledge on commissioning setups, and understanding of Expansion devices which could potentially have huge cost effects.
Going Forward
- If there is the need for more groups, please indicate and we will set this up.
- We are in the future planning a session on controller setup.
- If there are topics which would be of interest, please could we have a heads up and we will put these special days together.