They also prevent oil and refrigerant dilution within the compressor’s crankcase. However, they do not prevent refrigerant slugging at start-up. With reciprocating compressors, slugging is liquid ...

There are several methods for removing oil from a semi-hermetic reciprocating compressor. The easiest is through an oil drain plug. If the compressor is equipped with an oil drain plug, all a ...

The crankcase contains the crankshaft of the engine. This converts the reciprocating motion of the piston into a rotary output motion via the connecting rod coupling the piston and the crankshaft. The ...