Polymer bearings incorporating a PTFE-based running surface were viewed as a step forward in scroll compressor performance when they were initially introduced around three decades ago. These polymer ...

Generally speaking, the HVACR trade takes its good ol’ time in adopting – and then adapting to – new technologies, be they large or small, bigger or better. “This has been an industry that has not ...

Engineers at Air Squared Inc., Broomfield, Colo. (www.airsquared.com), have developed the world’s smallest continuous-duty, oil-free scroll compressor, according to the company. It delivers 48% ...