Reciprocating

compressors
KCT

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 1. Profile requirements

2. Design characteristics

3. Types

4. Summary

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1. Profile requirements

• maintenance free drive

• dry running reciprocating compressors
• inspection interval approx. 4000 h
(at „usual“ ambient temperatures)

• stable endurance run (100 % ED)

• highest pressure 10 bar
• TUmax = + 35 °C
• quiet

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 1. Profile requirements

2. Design characteristics

3. Types

4. Summary

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2. Design characteristics – KCT components

aluminium ring
inlet air filter
cooler

cylinder head fan 2

cylinder electric motor

terminal box
fan 1
(electrical
crankcase connection)
compressor block

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2. Design characteristics – KCT 401

excellent compressed air inlet air filter with

after cooling via cooling silencer
line made of copper pipe

plastic canopy with permanent

optimized cooling lubricated bearing
air flow system (6000 operating
hrs)

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2. Design characteristics – KCT 401
fan to motor
cooling

aluminium piston,
PTFE piston rings,
PTFE-guidance tape
second fan to
changeable!
“cooling inside“

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2. Design characteristics – KCT 550 and 840

piston like KCT 401 aluminium ring cooler

fan for cooling piston,

rolling bearing and
compressor block

plastic canopy with

optimized cooling air
flow system

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2. Design characteristics – KCT 550 and 840
elastic fitting
heat dissipation via
cooling fin on cylinder and
cylinder head

radial fan for inner

cooling of piston,
cylinder and rolling pulse damper
bearing

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 1. Profile requirements

2. Design characteristics

3. Types

4. Summary

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3. Types – KCT- specification variants

KCT 401 2.4 kW

KCT 401

KCT 550 3 kW

KCT 550
KCT 840 4 kW

optional with sound insulation, air

receiver, as aggregate or installed
aggregate deliverable KCT 840 KCT 401-250
standing

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3. Types – performance data

Typ KCT 401-250St KCT 550-250St KCT 840-250St

max. Pressure bar 10 10 10
Displacement l/min 400 550 840
Effective delivery at 6 bar l/min 274 376 575
Effective delivery at 8 bar l/min 250 343 525
Air receiver capacity l 250 250 250
Motor power kW 2,4 3 4
electrical supply 400 V, 3 Ph, 50 Hz
No. of cylinders 2 2 2
Compressor speed 1/min 1500 1500 1500
*)
sound pressure level dB(A ) 75 (65) 76 (66) 78 (68)
W eight kg 135 144 170

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 1. Profile requirements

2. Design characteristics

3. Types

4. Summary

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4. Summary

• designed for duration

• 10 bar and oil free
• thermic „healthy“
• high quality components and
elements for longer duration
• in „almost all“ specification
variants deliverable
• robust
Kaeser industry quality
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