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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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