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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Dental lab air compressors
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<blockquote data-quote="shad9876" data-source="post: 10925" data-attributes="member: 917"><p>My brother and mom are both in the dental lab business and I am helping them get set up with a new air compressor. </p><p></p><p>For years, they have used a traditional "auto body shop" type of air compressor (60 gallons, ~3-5HP). There biggest complaint is the noise and that it runs all the time when using the high-speed hand tools. </p><p></p><p>I am trying to find out what the difference is between these "auto body shop" style air compressors and actual dental air compressor setups.</p><p></p><p>The prices of the dental air compressors seem outrageous and I am wondering if there is something inherently superior about them or if they are just over-priced?</p><p></p><p>A new 60 gal., ~3.5 hp, 11cfm "auto body shop" air compressor will run about $400-500 dollars and a dental air compressor that is a fraction of the size, hp and cfm appears to be 4 or 5 times that!!</p><p></p><p>Am I missing something??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shad9876, post: 10925, member: 917"] My brother and mom are both in the dental lab business and I am helping them get set up with a new air compressor. For years, they have used a traditional "auto body shop" type of air compressor (60 gallons, ~3-5HP). There biggest complaint is the noise and that it runs all the time when using the high-speed hand tools. I am trying to find out what the difference is between these "auto body shop" style air compressors and actual dental air compressor setups. The prices of the dental air compressors seem outrageous and I am wondering if there is something inherently superior about them or if they are just over-priced? A new 60 gal., ~3.5 hp, 11cfm "auto body shop" air compressor will run about $400-500 dollars and a dental air compressor that is a fraction of the size, hp and cfm appears to be 4 or 5 times that!! Am I missing something?? [/QUOTE]
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