Air Compressors we supply in Bristol
Figures as they appear in our catalogue. Prices are quoted against the job — the machine, the installation and the training — so ring 0117 955 6133 or send the details.
Photographs are from our own catalogue and are a guide to the type of equipment — ring us to confirm the exact model before you order.
Air Compressors we have supplied
Equipment out of our own catalogue. If you cannot see what you are after, ring 0117 955 6133 — the range is wider than the page.
Air Compressors at Pomphrey
Compressed air is the one service a workshop cannot work without, and the compressor is usually the last thing anybody specifies properly. The range runs from single-stage receiver-mounted piston machines for a one-bay unit, through two-stage piston compressors built for continuous duty, to rotary screw compressors with integrated dryers for a floor running several tools at once.
The choice is mostly about duty cycle. A piston compressor is cheaper to buy and perfectly happy running intermittently — a tyre bay, a general service bay, a bodyshop with one or two air tools. A screw compressor is built to run continuously, delivers air at a steadier pressure and is far quieter, which matters when it lives in the same building as the people. Where the air is going into paint, gauges or measuring equipment, a dryer stops being optional.
ABAC, Magnum, MSM and FIAC run through the range, with portable and petrol-driven units for work away from a supply. We size them against the air the tools actually consume rather than the badge on the tank, install and commission them, and service them afterwards — ours and anybody else's.
What we do for this equipment
The same company that supplies it keeps it working. These service lines apply to everything on this page.
Air Compressors — questions we get asked
Piston or screw — which do I need?
Duty cycle decides it. A piston compressor is built to run intermittently, so it suits a bay using air in bursts — a tyre machine, an impact gun, a blow gun. A screw compressor is built to run continuously, holds pressure steadier and is much quieter, which is what you want when several people are drawing air all day or when the compressor lives in the same room as the work.
What size compressor do I actually need?
Size it on the air the tools consume, not on the tank. Add up the consumption of the tools likely to be running at the same time, allow headroom, and check the pressure they need. A big receiver on a small pump will feel fine for a minute and then run out. Tell us what is in the workshop and we will work it out with you.
Do I need a dryer?
If the air goes anywhere near paint, gauges, measuring equipment or air tools you want to last, yes. Compressed air carries water, and water ruins finishes, corrodes lines and washes the oil out of tools. Screw compressors are commonly supplied with a dryer integrated.
Do you install them, or is it delivery only?
We install and commission what we supply, and we service and repair compressors afterwards — including machines we did not sell.
The rest of the catalogue
Air Tools
Impact wrenches, drills, ratchets, shears and sanders, mostly Chicago Pneumatic.
35 products
Jacks & Hydraulics
Trolley and bottle jacks, transmission jacks, axle stands, presses and cranes.
25 products
Vehicle Lifts
Two-post, four-post and baseless lifts from two to six tonnes.
15 products
Torque Wrenches
Norbar Pro, Industrial and Nortorque, with calibration in our own workshop.
14 products
Tyre Equipment
Tyre changers and wheel balancers, supplied, installed and trained on site.
5 products
MOT Bays
Class 4 and Class 7 ATL bays, gas and smoke analysers and ancillary packs.
7 products
Lubrication
SAMOA oil and grease pumps, reels and dispensing equipment.
7 products
Wheel Aligners
Hofmann Megalign and Megaline alignment systems.
3 products
Heaters
Propane and paraffin space heaters for the workshop floor.
5 products
Battery Chargers
Starter chargers and road-start units.
3 products
Welders
MIG welding plant and protective equipment.
2 productsTell us what the workshop needs
Tell us the bay, the vehicles and what it has to lift, weigh or measure, and we will tell you what fits — and what it will cost installed, trained and certificated.
If something has stopped, ring. Breakdowns are not a form.
- Phone 0117 955 6133
- Email sales@pomphrey.com
- Open Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm
Tell us what the workshop needs.
Send an enquiry 0117 955 6133