[Editor’s note: This is the second of three columns covering the scroll compressor. The first article, “The Scroll Compressor - A History,” Sept. 1, covered the history of the scroll compressor along ...

Scroll compressors continue to gain applications in air conditioning and refrigeration systems. To better understand these new uses, this article will briefly review the scroll’s history, then offer a ...

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 ...