The evolution of compressors for making iron & steel

Norm Shade

July 08, 2024

The Cornerstones of Compression series has highlighted many significant products over more than 160 years of continuous progress. This is the first of a series of corollary articles that look back at the industries that drove the invention and technological evolution of compressors that supported their growth and development.

The history of compressors can be traced back thousands of years to when early civilizations discovered the power of the human lung. With its ability to exhale oxygen, the lung made it easier to build fires for cooking and keeping warm. Sometime around 5000 B.C., the science of metallurgy was…

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