An air compressor is a mechanical device that compresses gas volume, increases gas pressure and conveys gas. It can reduce gas volume and increase pressure. It has a certain kinetic energy and can be used as mechanical power or other purposes. The working principle of the small piston air compressor is to use the driver to drive the crankshaft to rotate, the crankshaft drives the piston to reciprocate through the connecting rod, and the reciprocating motion of the piston causes the volume of the cylinder to change periodically: When the air inhaled by the suction valve is compressed by the piston and reaches the exhaust pressure, it enters the air storage tank through the exhaust valve, the exhaust pipe and the one-way valve for the user to use. Portable small piston air compressors are suitable for many fields of civil production and life, such as small instruments with air nail guns, air batches, small area painting, and glue dispensers, dust blowing, small car inflation, home improvement, repair shops, Small air tools, etc.
One of the important application fields of small air compressors is to drive various pneumatic tools and provide air sources for various pneumatic tools. The successful development of reciprocating air compressors in European and American countries in the early 19th century laid the foundation for the practical application of pneumatic tool products. In 1844, the world's first pneumatic rock drill appeared. In 1871, the air pick began to be used for mining. With the development of weapons, machinery, chemical industry and other industries, the qigong tool industry has been widely used and developed.
Civil consumption of pneumatic tools began to rise in Europe and the United States in the 1970s. With the development of social economy and the division of labor in industrial production, the manufacture of tools has become more specialized and the varieties have become more diverse. Pneumatic tools are collectively referred to as tools powered by compressed air.
In developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan, the portable small air compressor market is mainly occupied by some world-renowned tool manufacturers, and its market share is relatively stable. The main brands in the North American market are Husky, Craftman, Ridgid, Kobalt, Dewalt, Campbell, Portercable, etc., and the main European brands are Fini, Abac, etc. These world-renowned tool manufacturers have been established earlier and have accumulated strong strength. They are in a leading position in the field of tools in the world. Most of them have established branches around the world. For example, Stanley Black & Decker in the United States owns Stanley, Proto, Facom, Racing, Virax, Black&Decker, Dewalt, Vidmar, Dubuis, LaBounty, Bostitch and many other first-line tool brands. The company entered the Chinese market in the early 1990s and established its first factory in China in 1993. Stanley Hardware Tools (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China Tools) is an earlier and larger branch of Stanley in China, established in 2003, responsible for the development, processing, production and operation of hand tools, power tools, hydraulic tools and other tool solutions. Husky's products are currently mainly manufactured in China and Taiwan; Porter-Cable's products are currently mainly manufactured in Mexico and China.
In the past ten years, most manufacturers have chosen to establish production bases in developing countries, or produce and assemble products in developing countries through business models such as OEM, ODM and brand authorization. For example, Husky's products are currently mainly manufactured in China and Taiwan; Porter-Cable's products are currently mainly manufactured in Mexico and China.
The business models of small air compressor manufacturers in my country mainly include OEM and ODM models through labeling and processing of well-known brand products, and OBM models that focus on the production and sales of their own brand products. The domestic leading small-scale air compressor manufacturing enterprises have low brand awareness, and the export of products mainly adopts the OEM and ODM models. At present, the leading ODM companies in the industry are trying to establish their own brands and transform into their own brand product manufacturers, which is the only way for companies to improve their competitiveness in the global market.
