scope:

This part of ISO 10440 covers the minimum requirements for helical, spiral and straight-lobe, oil-free rotary compressors used for applications up to 0,20 MPa in refinery services. It is applicable to air (and other inert gas) compressors that are in continuous duty on process units.

This part of ISO 10440 is not applicable to oil injected rotary compressors.

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