Scroll compressor with a compression section made of solid solution strengthened ferritic ductile iron

Abstract

A scroll compressor (1) including an enclosure (2); a compression section (6) arranged within the enclosure (2), the compression section (6) has a fixed scroll element (7) having a first baseplate (11) and a first wrap portion (12) extending from the first baseplate (11), and an orbiting scroll element (8) having a second baseplate (13) and a second wrap portion (14) extending from the second baseplate (13), the fixed and orbiting scroll elements (7, 8) being intermeshed to form compression chambers (15); and a driving section (16) coupled with the orbiting scroll element (8) for moving the orbiting scroll element (8) in an orbiting motion during operation of the scroll compressor (1). At least one of the fixed and orbiting scroll elements (7, 8) is made of solid solution strengthened ferritic ductile iron.

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