A service engineer asks for a torque figure
The corpus is 25 public-domain technical manuals for industrial air compressors — US Army technical manuals, US Bureau of Reclamation FIST volumes and the US Department of Energy compressed-air sourcebook. Many of them describe different machines behind identical nameplate specifications. This is the naive system: dense retrieval over fixed-size chunks of a plain text dump, which is what a first implementation looks like.
The question
What is the torque spec for the compressor connecting-rod bearing cap nuts on the 5 CFM 175 PSI hand-truck compressor?
Asset in front of the engineer: Champion Pneumatic LP-512-ENG, 5 CFM @ 175 PSI · duty point parsed from the question: [5] CFM, [175] PSI
The two numbers, quoted from the corpus
Both of these are real sentences in real manuals in this index. They differ by a factor of about two, and they differ in unit, so quoting the wrong one is not a rounding error.
25 foot-pounds
TM 9-4310-241-15 — Compressor, Reciprocating, Air, 5 CFM 175 PSI (Champion Pneumatic LP-512-ENG hand-truck and OEH-34-60-ENG-1 receiver) — page 108 · quoted from the improved index
…(18 and 14). tt REE LEIS ARLES NIE PE LOMELEEN SADA RMR gc 88s IPE RO SRR INCRE CIID SRO SUI Se the piston with the retaining rings the lower half sleeve bearing caps (6 and 12) and oil scoop with lockwashers (21). (7) and hex nuts (8). Tighten the (4) Position the low-pressure piston (28) nuts to 25 foot-pounds torque. on the connecting…
125 to 150 inch-pounds
TM 5-4310-275-14 — Stewart-Warner 43040-301-01, reciprocating, GED, 2-wheel mounted, 4 CFM 3000 PSI high-pressure charging unit — page 73 · quoted from the improved index
…nd air compressor mounting flanges. Tighten the four capscrews to secure the spacers. NOTE All operating time accumulated during other tests shall be included for the total run-in time, except that two hours must be accumulated with the compressor installed. (5) Tighten the draw bolt to a torque of 125 to 150 inch-pounds (1.4694 to 1.7288 kgm) torque. (6) Loosen the four capscrews and remove the two spacers. Tighten the capscrew…
What the naive retriever returned
Top 5, dense-only, over 1,000-character windows of a raw text dump. No headings, no product family, no revision, no reranking.
nts. 5-1. GENERAL. This section provides information useful to maintenance personnel in inspecting, servicing, repairing, and otherwise maintaining the air compressor. Any special disassembly or reassembly procedures are described under the appropriate heading. 5-2. TORQUE VALUES. We recommend the use of a torque wrench. The following table gives the torque for tightening the different size cap screws and nuts. TABLE 5-1. TORQUE VALUES UNIFIED COARSE UNIFIED FINE Dia. Pitch Ft. Lbs. Dia. Pitch Ft. Lbs. Min. Max. Min. Max. 1/4''-20 6 7 1/4"-28 5 6 5/16"-18 12 14 5/16''-24 9 10 3/8"'-16 2i 24 3/8"'-24 14 16 1/2"-13 52 59 1/2"'-20 40 42 5/8"~11 105 120 5/8"'-18! 60 70 3/4"-10 170 190 3/4'"'-16 100 120 5-3. COMPRESSOR LUBRICATION. A non-detergent, napthenic base oil containing a rust and oxidation inhibitor is recommended. The viscosity should be selected for the temperature immediately surrounding the unit when it is in operation. The viscosities given in Table 5-2 are int
ength 48 in. Height $2 in. Width 21% in. Net weight 185 Ib k. Adjustment Data. Adjustment data for the engine can be found in TM 5—2805-206-14. l. Base Plan. See figure 7. m. Nut and Bolt Torque Data. Cylinder flange stud nuts_____- 45 ft.-lb. Cylinder flange studs_.________ 45 ft.-lb. Unloader to crankcase bolts.__.40 ft.-lb. Side plate to crankcase bolts__.25 ft.-lb. Intake manifold stud nuts_____ 60 ft.-lb. Intake manifold studs_________ 60 ft.-lb. Exhaust manifold studs_______ 25 ft.-lb. Exhaust manifold stud nuts____25 ft.-Ib. Connecting rod cap bolt nut_.__25 ft.-Ib. n. Performance Data. Displacemént | 0102 cu. ft./stroke at 720 rpm Delivery 5 cfm » Bore and stroke 8% and 1% x 2% 0. Time Standards. Table I lists in hours the time required to service or replace the component parts of these compressors. Table I. Time Standards Lubrication and Service 01 ENGINE 0100 Engine Assembly CO ee 0.5 (drain and replenish oil in crankcase
. (45.08 cm) SE bs oa Wied owriceattans 17-3/4 in. DE saéveuteenu cae - in. » Dl esnnestuse eee oa Military design — yy WED <cudtive¥eswans 29 Ibs. (13.15 kg) (6) Fuel filter. 1-11. Direct and Genera) Support GE i000 eens ceases Military design Maintenance Data. a. Compressor Torque Data. (7) Adjustments. Cylinder head bolts .... 10 ft-lb Cylinder to base bolts... 18 ft-lb . Spark plug gap ........ 0.028-0.033 in. End cover bolts ....... 5 ft-lb (0.071-0.084 Connecting rod bolts ... 8 ft-lb cm) Flywheel pulley bolt ... 43 ft-lb : Contact point gap... ... 0.016-0.020 in. (0.406-0.050 b. Engine. See TM 5-2805-256-14 for cm) detailed engine data. Valve Tappet clearance (intake and exhaust) see "saan to 1-12. Compressor Repair and Replacement (0 01 dose 0.027 Standards. Table 1-1 lists the manufacturer's ») he . sizes, tolerances, desired clearances and maximum Gm SS allowable wear for the Air Compressor, Model 86-083. NOTE: The manufacturer's dime
k level) Air Compressor 2190 -Crankcase Fill Cap TEP (See Key) Air Compressor Crankcose Drain Cap (Drain and refill) Wheel Bearings (See note 3) MODEL LP - 512 ENG MODEL LP-512-ENG-1 MEC 4310-241-15 11 @) Figure 11. (Superseded) Lubrication order. Cc 2 c2 PO EI ORF D ETE Oe Di RE spies ME ROTSEMGS Weare cc tutoe rane at te ee Te Net " Peet ADA TM 5—4310-241-15 LUBRICANT © INTERVAL INTERVAL © LUBRICANT Air Compressor 2190 TEP Crankcose Fill Cap (See Key) (Model OEH-34-60-Eng-4) Air Compressor 2190 Cronkcase Fili Cop —TEP (See Key) MODEL OEH-34-60-ENG-1 MODEL OEH-34- 60-ENG-2 MODEL OEH-34-60-ENG-3 MODEL OEH-34-60-ENG-4 — Key — Air Compressor Motor (Lubricate sparingly) (See note 2) Air Compressor Crankcose oil level Sight Gage (Check level) Air Compressor Crankcose Drain Cap (Drain ond refill) EXPECTED TEMPERATURES LUBRICANT CAPACITY Above +32°F | +40°F to ~10°F [0°F to -65°F INTERVALS | 2190-LUBRICATING OI
n the motor nameplate. If the system uses an older motor that has been rewound several times, or has a smaller motor, a somewhat lower percent efficiency (or the motor nameplate efficiency rating) should be used. For a more accurate analysis, add the horsepower ratings for the parasitic loads from any auxiliary motors such as cooling fans to the compressor motor rating. It should be noted that the common practice in the industry is to apply motors having a 15 percent continuous service factor and to use about two-thirds of this service factor. This means that a motor having a nominal nameplate rating of 100 hp may, in fact, be loaded to 110 bhp at compressor full capacity and pressure. This may not be expressed in the manufacturer’s sales literature, so engineering data sheets or a published CAGI sheet for the specific compressor should be consulted. If the motor is running into the service factor (some as high as 30 percent), the higher horsepower
Why this corpus does it
Six families of near-identical machines. A retriever keyed on "reciprocating air compressor torque" cannot separate them, because the discriminating facts — OEM, model code, mounting, prime mover, revision date — live in metadata the naive pipeline never extracted.
| Family | Description | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| A | 5 CFM / 175 PSI reciprocating, hand-truck | 4 |
| B | 15 CFM / 175 PSI reciprocating | 6 |
| C | Rotary, 125 CFM / 100 PSI skid-mounted | 2 |
| D | 4 CFM / 3000 PSI high-pressure charging | 1 |
| E | 3½ CFM small compressor units | 3 |
| F | USBR FIST maintenance programme | 7 |
| G | DOE system-level sourcebook | 2 |
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