If the piston rod is too small then the rod may buckle under the force of the load. If the piston rod is too big, it will have a larger initial cost, require a more expensive mounting attachment, and ...

The 250 kN clamping unit is realised in the proven and space-saving two-platen design, combined with only two piston rods, ...

The Piston Simulation function models the circular motion of a piston within a cylinder. It involves a chain of nonlinear functions. The response C is cycle time (the time it takes to complete one ...

So if there's enough water in one or more of your vehicle's cylinders, then you'll probably bend a piston rod or two at the very least. Water can also harbor microbes, and may contaminate your ...

however the rods must be tested under high torque to ensure the rods don't elongate under high pressure. Smooth body- In a smooth-body air cylinder, the cylinder's body is smooth and typically encases ...

Porsche recently revealed its patented idea for a six-stroke combustion engine. The design has potential to make internal ...

When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer ...

Even though the Chevy 454 big-block engine is no longer in production cars, you can still buy it as a crate engine. Here’s a ...

The founding of the newspaper in 1944 coincided with the launch of the first rockets to space. Science immediately found its ...

HOT ROD’s tech editor, understood the intrinsic value of the small-block Chevy to such a degree that it changed his life.