Rating of Air Compressors and Air Equipment

The most common terms rating air flow capacity are ICFM, FAD, ANR, SCFM or nl/min

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There is no universal standard for rating air compressors, air equipment and tools. Common terms are:

CFM

ICFM

ACFM

FAD

ANR

SCFM

nl/min

ISO 1217

Example - Rating a Compressor

A typical rating of a compressor may look like this

FAD (CFM) Description
11.1 cfm @ 7.5 Bar The Free Air Delivery from the compressor is
11.1 CFM at 7.8 Bar
8.2 cfm @ 10 Bar The Free Air Delivery from the compressor is
8.2 CFM at 10 Bar

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