Ask most people what a compressor’s output rating means and they’ll assume it’s constant. In practice demand spikes and dips throughout the day, and without somewhere to buffer that, the compressor ends up cycling on and off far more than it needs to — which wears it out faster.
That’s what a receiver tank does: it stores a reserve of compressed air so short bursts of high demand get met from the tank rather than forcing the compressor to react instantly every time. Get the size wrong and you either waste money on unnecessary capacity or leave the compressor working harder than it should.
We size receivers against your compressor’s output and your actual demand pattern, and can retrofit a tank to a system that’s currently struggling with spikes.
