Who the heck is Lontra? Well they are British...

[Deleted member 174758]

...and they appear to have fundamentally rethought the compressor in a way which will save a massive amount of energy (electricity). Have a look at this video:

Interesting stuff, from a British firm

 

[big-all]

actually very interesting
big high speed compressors can be very noisy machines

 

[Deleted member 174758]

At one time I used to.have a 40cfm (?) Ingersoll-Rand 2-cylinder reciprocating compressor at the back of our shop. It could get pretty hot when we were working it hard

 

[catlad]

It was a type of compressor that started the Grenfell disaster!

 

[Deleted member 174758]

It was a type of compressor that started the Grenfell disaster!

With pneumatic compressors I'm a lot more concerned about the receiver failing, or more likely an air pipe rupturing - although TBH most of the faults I've ever had with them were just mundane minor air leaks and stuck connector valves