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Frick Screw Compressors Pt. 2

Here, the focus is on screw compressors in refrigeration and the use of economizers and side loads to enhance energy efficiency. The advantages of screw compressors over reciprocating compressors are highlighted, particularly their ability to have a secondary suction port for drawing additional vapor. The economizer utilizes this port to sub-cool liquid going from the…

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Frick Screw Compressors Pt. 1

Learn about the basic operation of rotary screw compressors and what part they play in refrigeration. We think of screw compressors as the heart of refrigeration. By understanding a little about how they are supposed to operate, it helps you in applying them in systems and knowing the important points when selecting equipment and designing…

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Controls Space Tour

The control panels we provide here are the heart of the operation, the heart, of the industrial refrigeration equipment that is built by Frick. The Quad of HD Unity compressor panel is our standard panel, with the Quad of HD Unity flow line, we provide all the components and parts within easy access of the…

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Full Facility Tour

&nbp; We’re at the frick facility for Johnson Controls here in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Ed, this is the controls manufacturing area where we make our QuadM HD unity panels, as well as all the other control panels here in Waynesboro. The panels we make here at Frick, they’re they’re used to control compressors and other industrial…

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Fundamentals of Vibration Measurement with Screw Compressors

Screw compressors are quite large and always a vibration signature on machines. It’s important to learn what we can from those signatures to know if maintenance is needed or if a machine needs some attention. Starting with the basics today and work up to a little more specific interpretation of screw compressor details.

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AcuAir Unit Walkthrough

AcuAir units are using food processor facilities to maintain processed rooms at a temper. So very cold temperatures, pressurized, and we want to keep a humidity level optimal. Yeah. As you can see, the Accuator unit here is in process of being built. It is a very complex unit, but it can really be broken…

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Frick Screw Compressors Pt. 2
October 17, 2022

Here, the focus is on screw compressors in refrigeration and the use of economizers and side loads to enhance energy efficiency. The advantages of screw compressors over reciprocating compressors are highlighted, particularly their ability to have a secondary suction port for drawing additional vapor. The economizer utilizes this port to sub-cool liquid going from the…

Read More
Frick Screw Compressors Pt. 1

Learn about the basic operation of rotary screw compressors and what part they play in refrigeration. We think of screw compressors as the heart of refrigeration. By understanding a little about how they are supposed to operate, it helps you in applying them in systems and knowing the important points when selecting equipment and designing…

Read More
Fundamentals of Vibration Measurement with Screw Compressors

Screw compressors are quite large and always a vibration signature on machines. It’s important to learn what we can from those signatures to know if maintenance is needed or if a machine needs some attention. Starting with the basics today and work up to a little more specific interpretation of screw compressor details.

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Controls Space Tour
June 18, 2022

The control panels we provide here are the heart of the operation, the heart, of the industrial refrigeration equipment that is built by Frick. The Quad of HD Unity compressor panel is our standard panel, with the Quad of HD Unity flow line, we provide all the components and parts within easy access of the…

Read More
Full Facility Tour

&nbp; We’re at the frick facility for Johnson Controls here in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Ed, this is the controls manufacturing area where we make our QuadM HD unity panels, as well as all the other control panels here in Waynesboro. The panels we make here at Frick, they’re they’re used to control compressors and other industrial…

Read More
AcuAir Unit Walkthrough

AcuAir units are using food processor facilities to maintain processed rooms at a temper. So very cold temperatures, pressurized, and we want to keep a humidity level optimal. Yeah. As you can see, the Accuator unit here is in process of being built. It is a very complex unit, but it can really be broken…

Read More