Plant utilities means more than water, electricity, and natural gas. In many manufacturing operations, even air is a critical supply, though perhaps not in the way that immediately comes to mind. Ever ...

At the heart of a commercial vehicle’s air brake system is its air compressor, which pressurizes air in the primary and secondary tanks to provide power for the air brakes and other pneumatic systems.

This is a cutaway of a reciprocating compressor from Bitzer, which the company said has been optimized for use in bus air conditioning applications. The constant change in refrigeration technologies ...