I am looking to buy a new air compressor for my mechanic/fab shop and I believe the biggest air hog will be my plasma table. I am running a powermax 45 and was wondering what the CFM requirements of that would be. Thanks
Dave
Air CFM required
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djreiswig
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Re: Air CFM required
Looks like 6 cfm.
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2014 Bulltear (StarLab) 4x8
C&CNC EtherCut
Mach3, SheetCam, Draftsight
Hypertherm PM65
Oxy/Acetylene Flame Torch
Pneumatic Plate Marker, Ohmic, 10 inch Rotary Chuck (in progress)
C&CNC EtherCut
Mach3, SheetCam, Draftsight
Hypertherm PM65
Oxy/Acetylene Flame Torch
Pneumatic Plate Marker, Ohmic, 10 inch Rotary Chuck (in progress)
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Ironken
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Re: Air CFM required
I think the rule of thumb is to size your compressor 150% of your cfm requirements to allow the compressor to cycle and cool. If you require 10 cfm, you would need a compressor that creates 15 cfm.
JD2 MAD 4X4
Millermatic 252 (spray)
Millermatic 190 (short circuit)
Syncrowave 210
Powermax 65
Powermax 45xp
Grizzly Vertical Mill (junk)
Baileigh BS-210M
50t Press
Shitloads of DeWalt
Millermatic 252 (spray)
Millermatic 190 (short circuit)
Syncrowave 210
Powermax 65
Powermax 45xp
Grizzly Vertical Mill (junk)
Baileigh BS-210M
50t Press
Shitloads of DeWalt
