The compressor is the power unit of the air-conditioning system that puts the refrigerant under high pressure before it pumps it into the condenser, where it changes from a gas to a liquid.

[Giorgos] wanted to build a pneumatic solder paste application tool but needed an air compressor to power it. Instead of going out and buying a compressor, he decided to build one himself.

No one was injured after an air compressor unit caught fire at a Tipp City manufacturing plant Wednesday. At 9:18 a.m., Troy firefighters were called to a report of flames and smoke showing from ...