NEWS:
 |
Fully Packaged to Your Application Hycomp compressor packaging is high quality, safe, flexible, and reliable. Our engineers are the compressor experts so you don’t have to be. We will work with you to engineer a compressor system tailored to your …more |
 |
Full Control & Energy Savings The inclusion of the Hycomp Digital Controller (HDC) increases your compressor’s efficiency, precision and ease of use. It basically comes down to this question: When you need to adjust the discharge pressure or temperature switch, do you want approximate or precise adjustments? …more |
 |
Hycomp Q&A: How does Hycomp handle XP packaging? The acronym, XP stands for explosion proof. When a compressor system is referred to as XP, it is inferring containment against a potential explosion. Hycomp compressors and boosters are available with packaging and safety measures to protect personnel and property. Providing the XP is …more |
 |
Full Hycomp Factory Support Hycomp offers full factory support. When you need us we will be there for you 24 hours a day and 7 days a week as a standard service …more |
 |
Hycomp Q&A: How do I handle a warranty issue? At Hycomp, we are very serious about our compressors. When an issue is covered by our warranty, we will do what it takes to make the situation right and build on our relationship of trust with you …more |
 |
It’s a 189 Mile Party Hycomp Team Finishes 2010 Ragnar Relay - Utah If running 189 miles through the mountains of Utah sounds crazy, you are probably a normal and sane individual. If running 189 miles on a team of 12 sounds like a lot of fun, you are …more |
 |
NEW Gas Booster Niche & Higher Profits Our gas compressor niche basically exists because most large manufacturers do not address the problems that Hycomp compressors solve. Many of the companies that have been serving this market are also pulling out of the gas compression market, even as it is growing. This increasing demand for gas compressors offers Hycomp distributors very exciting opportunities …more |
 |
Hycomp Q&A: We have a growing number of natural gas opportunities. How do we move forward addressing these with confidence? Hycomp is an industry leader in designing, engineering and manufacturing natural gas compressors that are not only safe to use and operate, but are specifically tailored to your exact application. It is our job to be the experts; you do not need to …more |
 |
AICD Presentaion - Understanding The Booster Market Hycomp had the opportunity this year to present information about the Air Booster and Gas Compressor niche market. Ken Schiefer led an energetic discussion about how AICD members can find opportunities and applications for these products. Ken shared some tips and tricks to understanding gas compressors and how to …more |
 |
Nitrogen Applications On The Rise The demand for pure, high pressure reliable nitrogen is increasing, and Hycomp has the answers that your clients want. In the last six months 42% of the inquires we received were for nitrogen compressors and boosters. These inquires represent …more |
 |
Hycomp Presentation At AICD The presentation will help distributors better understand the market and how to find more opportunities and success. The basics of air and gas boosting will be addressed. We will also delve into some key technical engineering points to help those in attendance fully understand when, where, and why air and gas boosters are …more |
 |
Engineering A Better Cardboard Sled The Beaver Mountain Bash: Cardboard Boxcar Derby & Pond Skim Zooming down a snow covered hill in a cardboard box may seem like a bad idea to some people, but to those who piloted the “cardboard box derby cars,” it was …more |
 |
How To Size A Compressor: Application Worksheet Success A well built compressor is like a tailored suit, exact measurements need to be recorded and followed or the suit will not fit properly. Hycomp compressors are engineered to be an exact fit for their intended use and …more |
 |
NEW Hycomp Q&A: What is an air booster, how does it work and where is it applied? What, When, Where, How & Why? Air boosters take pre-compressed air from an existing network (your plant air system) or from a low-pressure compressor and increase it to the required higher pressure. A Hycomp Oil Free Air Booster is a specially designed reciprocating …more |
 |
Hycomp To Attend 2010 ICDA Ken Schiefer, Area Manager – North America, will be representing Hycomp Inc. at the 31st Annual ICDA meeting located in Palm Springs, California on April 25 - 28. “I am very excited to talk to Gardner Denver distributors about gas compressors. Hycomp has an amazing oil free gas compressor line, and due to recent events with Gardner Denver, people are …more |
 |
Hycomp Featured in “Best Practices” There are many applications which require a low horsepower compressor built with the technology that has been proven in larger compressors. Often these situations are not addressed well by the general compressor industry. Hycomp makes a point of focusing on some of these niche applications, building smaller scale units that are designed for continuous duty critical performance situations. These are the reasons that companies like Chevron, Texaco, Exxon, BP, Sonatrach, and …more |
 |
NEW Hycomp Q&A: How do I properly mount a Hycomp compressor to a new foundation… or an existing foundation? …the answer |
 |
Hycomp Factory Startup Two key questions often come up during a capital equipment purchase. “How many other unforeseen expenses are there going to be?” and “How long will it take to be up and running?” Hycomp Factory Startup eliminates these concerns and includes: an additional six months manufacturer warranty, efficient and worry-free startup, assurance that proper installation guidelines were followed and system training for end user technicians …more |
 |
Hycomp Factory Testing At our Hycomp factory in Northern Utah, we test every compressor we manufacture to ensure that it performs as designed. Each compressor is tested for a minimum of four hours under application simulated conditions to ensure that the compressor startup is safe and reliable …more |
 |
The Hycomp Question & Answer page is a place where you are invited to ask us questions and we will respond and post the answers. We would like to answer any questions you may have about Hycomp, our products or anything compressor engineering related.
Do have a question about valve replacement, are you not sure which size J-bolt to use when building a foundation or how to properly size a compressor or booster? We have the information you need and each question is answered anonymously, so no one will know who submitted the inquiry. You ask the questions and Hycomp will answer, its that simple …more |
 |
Hycomp Awarded Petrofac Contract Hycomp, Inc. has been awarded a compressor design, build, installation and service contract by Petrofac International LTD. Petrofac is one of the largest design, build and investment companies for oil & gas production projects in the Middle East with annual revenues of $3.3 Billion (USD) and a backlog approaching $8 Billion (USD). Hycomp will be supplying Petrofac, the primary contractor for the El Merk Central Processing Facility (CPF), with a nitrogen …more |
 |
What’s New On The Hycomp Website At Hycomp, we are pressing forward in the areas of distributor communication and engineering involvement, while keeping up our commitment to quality, reliability and safety. So, visit hycompusa.com often as new content is continuously being added. We have added three new pages: “Engineer to Engineer,” “Question & Answer” and …more |
 |
Hycomp In The News Near the end of 2009, Hycomp compressors made the news, in print and online. Hycomp Wet CO2 Burial (Sequestration) LexMar: “LesGaz Diver Gas Reclaim” System |
Now that 2009 is in the rear-view-mirror, I thought I would share a few 2009 Hycomp achievements with our valued Distributors, Dealers, and other industry friends.
First off, we are very proud to announce that in the midst of a hard-hitting recession and a very difficult climate for capital equipment expenditures, our revenues grew for a fifth straight year. We give a lot of credit to our valued Distributors, Dealers, end users and employees for…more
 |
The New Hycomp Newsletter: Performance Under Pressure Our Monthly Publication Designed With YOU In Mind First Issue: January 2010 - Volume 1, Issue 1 January 2010 marked the launch of our new Hycomp newsletter: Performance Under Pressure. These newsletters are designed with our distributors and their client’s in mind. Our main goal is to inform with useful tools and inspire with success story examples …more Click here for the January 2010: Performance Under Pressure (PDF) |
 |
Hycomp Runs For Glory? The 188 Mile 2009 Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay So what do you get when you load two large vehicles with 2 drivers, 12 runners, and collectively run 188 miles (302.6 km) on next to no sleep? Two vans full of stinky, zombie-like crazy relay runners who are …more |
 |
Hycomp’s Newest Piece Of Equipment The ROMER INFINITE 2.0 Portable CMM The ROMER INFINITE 2.0 Portable Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) is Hycomp’s newest equipment addition. The Romer CMM has six joints of fully articulated movement to track and record measurements. This translates to an even higher level of …more |
Click here for the published journal article: “Hycomp Takes Quality Personal and Mobile”
Hycomp Q&A
Nitrogen Pressure Boosting
Special Considerations &
N2 Booster Vs. Air Booster
The primary differences between a nitrogen booster and an air booster are the piston rings and gas packing materials… the materials used for the rings and packings in a Hycomp Nitrogen Booster are selected specifically to perform well with nitrogen and will ensure a longer life for your nitrogen booster…
