Heavy duty, cast iron reciprocating compressors have been the backbone of industry for years supplying compressed air power for pneumatic tools, tyre inflation, spray painting, sand blasting etc.

 

They are more commonly used for small workshops or in situations where a degree of portability is required.

 

Reciprocating compressors are positive displacement machines in which the compressing and displacing element is a piston having a reciprocating motion within a cylinder.