The are not too many air compressor parts to tinker with. For a device which plays such an important role in our lives, the air compressor surprisingly has very few parts. Air compressor parts operate to force air into a chamber where it is compressed and then release it in spurts. It provides power supplied by electricity, a diesel or gasoline engine into kinetic energy to power anything from airbrushes to factories. There are two basic types of air compressors: a positive displacement type and a negative displacement compressor. In positive displacement air compressors, air is fed into the chamber by pistons, rotary screws or vanes mounted on slotted rotors. In the negative displacement type of air compressor, a spinning impeller uses centrifugal force to accelerate and decelerate the air which is then pressurized. An air compressor is either open, hermetically sealed or semi-hermetically sealed. A hermetically sealed air compressor has the motor and compressor in a one-pie...