HVAC - Piston compressor

The challenge

• Description of the application: Piston Compressor between 2 and 15 kW
• Former type of transmission: V-Belt
• Type of users: Private & Professionals
• Complaints: Costs / High level noise

Problems & Consequences

• High acquisition costs: Use of large diameter pulley and thick V-belt groove generates costs.
• Energy costs: Piston Compressor requires a powerful motor of large size to have a correct output.
• Life time: Shocks and tortional vibrations decrease life time of the V belt.
• Noise: V-belt becomes noisier as it loses tension..

Solution & Benefits

HUTCHINSON SOLUTION: FLEXONIC^®

• Lowacquisition costs: Pulley diameter is reduced and the thick V‐belt groove is eliminated, which lead to savings of between 20 to 25% on raw material purchase.
• Savings: FleXonic^® solution saves energy by allowing you to equip your piston compressor with a smaller, lower horse power motor with comparable results.
• Increased reliability: The elasticity of the FleXonic^® belt absorbs shocks and tortional vibrations of a piston compressor, avoiding further transmission of the vibrations and increasing the drive’s durability.
• Silence: The FleXonic^® belt has elastic properties that guarantee an automatic and continuous tension : vibrations are absorbed and running noise is reduced leading to a gain of 2dBa.