Anchoring a 60 gallon air compressor

[mbrule]

I would build up a wood base and anchor it to that. I have a 60 gallon horizontal unit that has been mounted in this manner for about 10 years with no problem. My brother has an 80 gallon vertical unit, lag bolted to two pieces of 6x6 with vibration pads, works great.
Just my 2 cents.
Matt

 

[walletsworld]

How about adjustable leveling, vibration dampener mounts? Similar to the ones on Mcmaster Carr catalog page 1216. Should just bolt onto the compressor feet.

 

[Henro]

<font color="blue">I mounted my filter/separater/regulator directly to the compressor, then did use a length of 1/2" air hose to connect from that to the rigid piping system; don't know that even that was necessary, but made me feel better anyway. </font>

I used a piece of 1/2 inch hydraulic hose that I bought at TSC. Came complete with NPT threaded ends that will screw right into black iron pipe fittings...or in my case copper fittings that transition from thread to sweat... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Like Bird, it just makes me feel better to have some flex between what vibrates and what doesn't, even if the vibration is minimal.

 

[Currmudgeon]

Double nutting, like you show, is the standard way of levelling and anchoring heavy equipment. Then, if you want real security, you pour non-shrink grout inder the base to provide a solid base.

A bit of overkill for a small compressor, though.

 

[jimgerken]

For my vertical 60 gallon unit, I poured a slab 6 inches thick, and about 2.5 feet square, with a plywood square form, and poured the concrete on top of a sheet of plastic, so it would not bond to the floor below. I set anchor bolts into it while wet, located for the four feet of the compressor. After it cured, I removed the forms, slid it to where I wanted it located in the shop, pryed beneath it with a flat bar and then a big wrecking bar to get it off the floor a couple inches, then slid in four hockey pucks, one under each corner. After lowering it down onto the pucks, I mounted the compressor on top of it using the four anchor bolts, with a pc of rubber belting above and below each foot, and a fender washer on top of the rubber above the foot, then a nylock nut lightly. The features of this work gave me a base that wouldn't tip over, a compressor that could not be stolen easily, the base could be moved if desired, no vibration is conducted into the floor for greatly reduced amplification inside and outside the building, a compressor that is raised up a good 8 inches for easier access to the water drain.

 

[em14]

Boondox,
I have a vertical 80 gal 5 hp and I anchored it to the floor. It is anchored so that there is a 3/8 inch thick piece of belting between the compressor leg and the concrete. I use a 3/4 inch flexible line to go from the compressor to the distribution system. I recently moved into a new shop and have not installed the new distribution system but what I described is the way I had it in the old shop and is the way that I will have it in this one. There is a lot of mass moving around on top of the tank when the compressor is running and I don’t want that rig moving on it’s on. I would not mount it without some way of absorbing the vibrations. I would level it and anchor it.
Leo

 

[Soundguy]

I'd probably drill holes and install bolts.. then pour another inch or so of cement in that area after forming up..

At work we did what bird said.. left our bolted to a pallet.. it can't tip without help If you felt like it, you could lag the pallet to the floor if it is a 'walker'

Soundguy

 

[BIGUN]

My 60 gallon vertical compressor is still on the shipping pallet like Bird said. I use it all the time, it works great, and does not move at all. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Slamfire]

That must be a new storage shed there bird, you ain't had time to fill it up yet. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Bird]

Stan, if you look at the left edge of that picture, you'll see part of the front end loader. I had to leave a path through there to get the tractor to it. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif