A piston's function is to draw the air/fuel mixture into the cylinder, compress it into a more dense mixture, and then transfer the heat energy and pressure of the combustion process to the crankshaft ...

Machines that turn, eject, cut, and spray rely on efficient, automatically reversing linear motion. Rolling-ring linear drives are commonly used in these types of applications because they eliminate ...

A tolerance ring retains a guide bearing in the gimbal housing of a sterndrive engine. A tolerance ring is a mechanical fastener that also acts as a flexible shim. The rings are formed from thin ...

ABSTRACT Turbochargers improve performance in internal combustion engines. Due to low production costs, TC assemblies are supported on floating ring bearings. In current lubrication analysis of ...