[ARCHIVED THREAD] - MAGNETS. The answer was actually MAGNETS.

Posted: 9/3/2016 1:31:47 AM EDT

How can a centrifugal compressor operate without oil?

Well obviously it is a little more complicated, but the basic answer is magnets. I started laughing during the lecture and the instructor looked at me like

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Thanks arfcom for the most amusing moment of the week.

Posted: 9/3/2016 2:23:54 AM EDT

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On a treadmill?

Posted: 9/3/2016 2:49:21 AM EDT

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Is there anything magnets can't do?

I don't think so.

Yet they are mysterious.

Posted: 9/3/2016 3:36:35 AM EDT

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We use magnetic pumps here.... no oil needed. I love the things

Posted: 9/3/2016 8:25:42 AM EDT

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No, on a turntable.

Posted: 9/3/2016 8:43:54 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/3/2016 9:04:22 AM EDT

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Magnets are cheaper...

Just changed 45 gallons of rotary screw compressor oil @ $43 a gallon..

Posted: 9/3/2016 9:34:58 AM EDT

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Howry sheet batman.

Posted: 9/3/2016 9:47:18 AM EDT

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Magnets are cheaper...

Just changed 45 gallons of rotary screw compressor oil @ $43 a gallon..

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oil cost was $3 a gallon....

Posted: 9/3/2016 9:59:21 AM EDT

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How can a centrifugal compressor operate without oil?

Well obviously it is a little more complicated, but the basic answer is magnets. I started laughing during the lecture and the instructor looked at me like

.

Thanks arfcom for the most amusing moment of the week.

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My dad has been installing and working on them for years.

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