Vacuum + Compressed Air · United States
Roots
Roots manufactures rotary lobe positive displacement blowers and centrifugal compressors in Connersville, Indiana, and is an Ingersoll Rand brand.
Previously owned by Dresser, GE and Howden (Howden Roots). Chart Industries acquired Howden in 2023 and sold the Roots business to Ingersoll Rand in 2023 for about $300 million. Roots did not move with Howden to Baker Hughes.
See all 201 models with OEM data- Status
- Active brand
- Parent company
- Ingersoll Rand
- Region
- North America
- Verified
- 2026-10-01
- Confidence
- high
- Profile
- Not yet claimed · Are you Roots?
Primary technologies
Primary markets
wastewater · pneumatic conveying · energy · chemical · general manufacturing
In the catalogue
201 models with OEM dataBy technology
Ratings across the range
- Blower flow
- 116 – 57,000 m³/h · 155
- Weight
- 90.7 – 7,020 kg · 85
- Pumping speed
- 3,870 – 54,200 m³/h · 25
- Max. vacuum
- 14 – 22.5 inHg · 12
- Max. pressure
- 0.483 – 1.35 bar · 10
Product families
RAS-J / RGS-J Whispair · 59RGS-HVB high vacuum booster · 21Universal RAI · 17Universal RAI DSL · 12Universal RAI-G · 12Tri-RAM · 9DVJ Whispair exhauster · 8RAM · 8RAM-GJ Whispair gas · 7RAM-J Whispair · 7RAM-VJ Whispair exhauster · 6RCS-J Whispair · 6Universal RAI-J DSL · 5Universal RAI-J Whispair · 5HV high vacuum booster · 4Roots-FLO · 4VJ Whispair exhauster · 4RAM-DVJ Whispair exhauster · 3RCS · 3RAM-DPJ Whispair · 1
Data coverage
22 performance sheets
– Tri-Nado: table is an image
– Centrifugal compressors: brochures without model tables
Coming next
- Full model range with sourced curves
- Manuals, parts lists and service intervals
- Authorised suppliers and service providers
- Replacement and cross-reference guidance
Also part of Ingersoll Rand