CAST-IN OFFSET FIXED SCROLL INTAKE OPENING

A scroll compressor comprises scroll compressor bodies disposed in a housing, the scroll bodies including a fixed scroll body and a moveable scroll body, the fixed and moveable scroll bodies having respective bases and respective scroll ribs that project from the respective bases, wherein the scroll ribs mutually engage, the moveable scroll body being movable relative to the fixed scroll body for compressing fluid; wherein the fixed scroll compressor body comprises: a scroll compressor body comprising: a central body portion having a plate-like base with a spiral scroll rib projecting axially therefrom, wherein the spiral scroll rib includes a volume between the spiraled ribs for the compressing of refrigerant, and wherein the spiral scroll rib spirals from a central region of the plate-like base to an outer wall of the central body portion; and a first intake opening in the outer wall, the first intake opening providing a path for a flow of refrigerant into the volume, the outer wall having a machined inner peripheral surface surrounding at least three sides of the first intake opening, the first intake opening including an unmachined axially-extending edge segment that defines a first side of the first intake opening, and further including an unmachined radially axially-extending segment that defines a second side of the first intake opening opposite the first side.