Isimiso sokusebenza se-compressor yomoya eyisimungulu engenawo uwoyela: i-compressor yomoya eyisimungulu engenawo uwoyela iyi-compressor encane ye-piston.Lapho i-motor single shaft ishayela i-compressor crankshaft ukuthi ijikeleze, iyazithambisa ngaphandle kokwengeza noma iyiphi into yokuthambisa ngokudlulisa induku yokuxhuma.I-piston iyaphendula.Ivolumu yokusebenza eyenziwe ngodonga lwangaphakathi lwesilinda, ikhanda le-cylinder kanye nendawo ephezulu ye-piston izoshintsha ngezikhathi ezithile.

Lapho i-piston ye-piston compressor iqala ukusuka ekhanda le-cylinder, ivolumu yokusebenza kusilinda kancane kancane iyanda → igesi ihambisana nepayipi lokungenisa, iphushela i-valve yokungena kusilinda, kuze kube yilapho ivolumu yokusebenza ifinyelela esiphezulu, umthamo. Ivalvu yomoya ivaliwe → Lapho ipiston ye-piston compressor ihamba ibheke emuva, ivolumu yokusebenza kusilinda iyancipha futhi umfutho wegesi uyanda.Lapho ingcindezi ku-cylinder ifinyelela futhi iphakeme kancane kunokucindezela kokukhipha, i-valve yokukhipha ivula futhi igesi iphuma ku-cylinder kuze kube i-piston I-valve yokukhipha ivaliwe kuze kube yilapho ifinyelela endaweni yomkhawulo.Lapho i-piston ye-piston compressor ihamba futhi ibheke emuva, inqubo engenhla iyaziphinda.

Okungukuthi, i-crankshaft ye-compressor ye-piston ijikeleza kanye, i-piston ibuyisela kanye, futhi izinqubo zokuthatha, ukucindezela, kanye ne-exhaust zitholwa ngokulandelana ku-cylinder, okungukuthi, umjikelezo wokusebenza usuqediwe.Idizayini yesakhiwo esiyi-double shaft eyisilinda yenza igesi ye-compressor igeleze ngokuphindwe kabili kunesilinda esisodwa lapho isivinini esilinganiselwe silungisiwe, futhi ilawulwa kahle ekudlidlizeni nasekulawuleni umsindo.