Atlas Copco compressors with Rick Dore at SEMA 2016
November 29, 2016
Atlas Copco Compressors attended the 2016 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show; the premier automotive specialty products trade show, in early November. Rick Dore, custom car builder, television personality and owner of Rick Dore Kustoms, signed autographs at the Atlas Copco Compressors booth.
Rick Dore is the co-host of the Discovery Channel reality series Rusted Development. The show, which debuted in 2014, follows Dore and co-host Chuck Palumbo, a retired WWE wrestler and mechanic, as they rescue classic cars and restore them into one-of-a-kind, drivable dream cars. The show’s body shop is powered by an Atlas Copco GA 7-37 VSD+ oil-injected, oil-cooled rotary screw compressor, an energy efficient air compressor with low noise levels and a compact footprint.
“It’s incredibly efficient and quiet,” Rick Dore said. “We use a lot of air and never run out. We have six guys in the shop working, using air, and never once have an issue. It also looks great. ”
The innovative GA 7-37 VSD+ will be on display at Atlas Copco’s booth during SEMA. The compressor offers energy savings of up to 50 percent compared to load/unload compressors of the same type, and its compact footprint and low noise levels are exceptionally beneficial for customers in the automotive service and body shop industries. The potential energy savings of just one 15 horsepower GA VSD+ can save an auto body shop more than $10,000 per year.
“For the Discovery Channel studio or for the Rick Dore Kustoms shop, I couldn’t find anything that was more efficient or more quiet,” said Dore. “You cannot have that with any other compressor I’m aware of, period.”
Dore has an Atlas Copco GX5FF oil-injected rotary screw compressor in his shop at Rick Dore Kustoms, where he and Metallica frontman James Hetfield created Black Pearl, a car with a custom-built chassis and hand-sculpted aluminum body. The Dore-Hetfield collaboration will be displayed at the Atlas Copco booth. The GX series provides high reliability with 100% continuous duty cycle and operations in ambient temperatures up to 115 degrees, and the belt-driven element and low vibration mean silent operation. Reduced energy consumption and low CO2 emissions make the GX an environmentally friendly choice.
Atlas Copco also displayed the LS and LP 5-30 horsepower cast iron piston compressors at booth No. 10121. The LS and LP are two-stage piston compressors designed for durability, combining high reliability and savings to provide maximum efficiency and uptime. The heavy-duty cast iron ensures lasting performance in the most demanding applications.