The Rootes TS3 was a robust, compact engine that punched way above it size.
Pistons play the ultimate role in an engine, but despite that, it's still hard to fully wrap your head around all the forces involved. There are plenty of moving parts in an internal combustion engine ...
Napier’s two-stroke 18-cylinder diesel engine is one of the most diverse—and insane—combustion engines ever produced.
Here you can see basic piston terminology, including major and minor thrust locations. Of particular note is the fact that piston pin offset can be used to counteract combustion pressures on the ...
An engine being developed at Ecomotors, Allen Park, Mich., is based on an opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (OPOC) concept updated with the latest computer modeling and thermodynamic analysis. It has a ...
Automotive history is full of dead ends that eventually get lost to time. Seventy years ago, the free-piston engine was ...
Navistar International Corporation today announced it has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International in support of the company’s opoc (Opposed-Piston, Opposed-Cylinder) engine ...
The Airpel-AB single-acting (air-extend) pneumatic drivers from Airpot Corp., Norwalk, Conn. (airpot.com), overcome these limitations with a specially shaped steel piston fitted to a borosilicate ...
A rodless cylinder is a pneumatic component capable of moving a load in a linear path with compressed air. The traditional pneumatic cylinder uses a rod to push or pull the load from the piston, but a ...