Compressor Pro Line B60-5,5-500FTXH, 500 l, 15 bar, 400 V B60 pump unit, 5.5 kW on 400 V, star-delta start, 570 l/min at 1,000 rpm, 15 bar, horizontal 500 l receiver, 102 dB Lwa / 82 dB at 4 m

Product detailed description

B60 · 500 l · 570 l/min · 15 bar · 400 V · Y-D

The smaller of the two 15 bar machines and the choice for a smaller workshop where the tools need more than 10 bar at the tool. The B60-5,5-500FTXH fills a 500 l horizontal air receiver to 15 bar with the cast-iron two-stage B60 pump unit and a 5.5 kW motor: the drive turns it at 1,000 rpm and the displacement is 570 l/min; 102 dB Lwa, 82 dB at 4 m. The star-delta starter panel and the unloading solenoid valve are fitted as standard; the 400 V supply is a job for a qualified electrician. The pictures show the identically built B70-7,5-500FTXH — this machine differs only in the B60 pump unit and the 5.5 kW motor.

Why 15 bar from the B60 pump unit — and what you trade for it

The B60 pump unit is the same one the 500-litre machine at 11 bar has; what differs is the belt ratio, the receiver wall and the starter panel. At 15 bar the pump unit runs at 1,000 rpm instead of 1,400, and so draws in 570 l/min instead of 827 — compressing air to a higher pressure takes more work, and the 5.5 kW motor copes with it at a lower speed. In return you get a pressure an 11 bar machine cannot give and, in the same 500 litres, about a third more air in reserve: the tools run longer from the receiver before the motor has to cut in. The 2,030 × 670 mm footprint is the same as on the 11 bar version, the air leaves through a ball valve into the pipework, and the tools get their pressure from the regulator at the workstation.

Equipment and details

What the B60-5,5-500FTXH has from the factory

• two-stage B60 pump unit with cast-iron cylinders and a finned intercooler, oil-lubricated, with an oil sight glass; V-belt drive geared down to 1,000 rpm under a moulded guard
• three-phase 5.5 kW (7.5 hp) electric motor, 400 V / 50 Hz, thermal overload protection
• starter panel with a main switch and star-delta start, unloading solenoid valve for starting — the motor spins up with no pressure in the head
• air intake 570 l/min, pressure 15 bar, aftercooler on the outlet of the pump unit
• pressure switch with a gauge — automatic stop/start according to the pressure in the receiver
• 500 l horizontal air receiver with a thicker wall for 15 bar, on feet with holes for bolting down; safety valve, condensate valve in the bottom; air outlet through a ball valve into the pipework (regulator, filter and quick couplings at the workstation)
• noise 102 dB Lwa, 82 dB at 4 m
• AirTube QR code on the tank opens service videos; 2-year warranty (extension to 3 years at extra cost), 10 years on the tank against rust-through

Machine details

Where next if the B60-5,5-500FTXH is not the right fit

More air a minute into the same receiver at 15 bar comes from the B70-7,5-500FTXH with the B70 pump unit and a 7.5 kW motor; if you do not need 15 bar in the receiver, you get 827 l/min for the same motor from the B60-5,5-500FT at 11 bar. The only wheeled 15 bar machine in the range is the B59B-4-90CTH with a 90 l receiver. The pressure for the whole pipework is set by a regulator straight on the receiver. Both machines side by side and the questions about 15 bar are summed up in the comparison of both machines at 15 bar.

Values apply to a 50 Hz supply. Air intake is the amount of air the pump unit draws in at 1,000 rpm; how much of it reaches the tool depends on the pressure and the receiver. Noise is given as the sound power level Lwa and the sound pressure at 4 m from the machine. The dimensions given in the text are those of the machine without packaging. A piston compressor works in cycles (topping up the receiver and pausing), not continuously.