| Show THE INTER COOLER AND compressor by a man who knows in my article published in the july ot issue of the mining review I 1 stated a anal 11 a solute truth when I 1 said that the cespon sivility lity for the economy and practical sue cess of two stage compression rests with n the inter cooler I 1 was also careful to gi the original author of the statement of alii truth mr frank richards the credit for or having stated it in plain english but jud jua ing by his article in the mining review of august I 1 offended him by so doing Flo however wever as I 1 have always considered it L a duty to help the truth along I 1 do not th jhb v an apology necessary mr richards says in his article that th the 3 man who knows must use a special brand of air in the compressor to get the results I 1 claim can be obtained by the use of a properly designed inter cooler I 1 have covered the ground fairly thoroughly from british columbia to mexico and all over the rock rocky mountain region and I 1 cannot say that I 1 have ever noticed anything special about the air entering the compressor but I 1 hays have seen a vast difference in the quality nt at least of the air discharged from two stage compressors and the difference both in quantity and quality of the air depends on the construction of the inter cooler therefore I 1 can vouch for the truth of mr richards statement that the inter cooler is the heart of any two stage air compressor mr richards is the author of a valuable abe book on compressed air a copy of which I 1 have nearly worn out studying and I 1 am indebted to him for many valuable ideas but if mr richards had received a part ot of his knowledge of the compressed air problem while seated on a greasy three geggel the shift stool in n a compressor room where come to to boss or the shop foreman could in wet him about every so often especially weather and in a firm but gentle voice with tate ati say what in liell hell is the matter learned to quit q air now be would have the un grabbing the belt dressing giving in m abl carbon loader a kick or cursing the the tro auble valves and would look for somewhere else and he would have found i in the in did it as tie the I 1 man who knows e ter cooler and when lie he had found i tho of 0 basis the would also have discovered the to call c statement in what he is pleased article penultimate paragraph in my july |
