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  • Thumbnail for Crank (mechanism)
    shaft, or a separate arm or disk attached to it. Attached to the end of the crank by a pivot is a rod, usually called a connecting rod (conrod). The term...
    29 KB (3,540 words) - 02:22, 20 September 2024
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    engine and the General Motors LS engine) use a cross-plane crank whereby the crank throws are spaced 90 degrees apart. However, some high-performance V8...
    37 KB (4,063 words) - 14:17, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Connecting rod
    piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting rod converts the reciprocating motion of the piston into...
    18 KB (1,998 words) - 08:29, 18 September 2024
  • In numerical analysis, the Crank–Nicolson method is a finite difference method used for numerically solving the heat equation and similar partial differential...
    21 KB (3,803 words) - 17:37, 26 June 2024
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    cylinder to the wheel. The crank pin was usually made of high-quality steel because it had to withstand high forces. The crank pin of a locomotive corresponds...
    4 KB (528 words) - 20:08, 12 December 2023
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    a music box with a crank. When the crank is turned, a music box mechanism in the toy plays a melody. After the crank has been turned a sufficient number...
    8 KB (911 words) - 21:44, 22 September 2024
  • The untitled eighth studio album by American nu metal band Korn was released on July 31, 2007, by Virgin Records. It is the band's only studio release...
    26 KB (1,410 words) - 17:42, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gardner gun
    crank. When the crank was turned, a feed arm positioned a cartridge in the breech, the bolt closed and the weapon fired. Turning the crank further opened...
    11 KB (1,149 words) - 15:14, 20 December 2023
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    vehicle. It provides the connection between the cyclist's foot or shoe and the crank allowing the leg to turn the bottom bracket spindle and propel the bicycle's...
    24 KB (3,057 words) - 16:56, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hackworth valve gear
    radial gear, with an actuating lever driven from the crank. The drive may be taken directly from the crank or indirectly via a return crank (as in all pictures)...
    3 KB (257 words) - 08:20, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Yamaha XJ1100
    engine with dual overhead cams. Its 1101cc engine was making 95 hp at the crank, paired with a 5-speed gearbox and shaft drive. The XJ1100 was produced...
    3 KB (301 words) - 04:23, 29 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crankset
    forged or cold forged ("cold" in this context means the billet from which the crank is to be made is heated to a specified temperature well below the melting...
    39 KB (5,260 words) - 19:20, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sun and planet gear
    by James Watt in October 1781. It was invented to bypass the patent on the crank, already held by James Pickard. It played an important part in the development...
    3 KB (335 words) - 15:29, 8 September 2024
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    treadle, unlike some other types of pedals, is not directly mounted on the crank (see treadle bicycle for a clear example). Most treadle machines convert...
    4 KB (422 words) - 03:40, 1 November 2024
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    hand for the retrieve, then reverse-winding the crank handle. Because of this preference, mounting the crank handle on the right side of a bait casting...
    55 KB (8,368 words) - 05:24, 29 August 2024
  • 1919. The crank was on the right side and the framerate was obviously completely manually adjusted, by how quick the cinematographer turned the crank. On...
    2 KB (252 words) - 16:19, 12 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Oscillating cylinder steam engine
    requires no valve gear. Instead the cylinder rocks, or oscillates, as the crank moves the piston, pivoting in the mounting trunnion so that ports in the...
    6 KB (841 words) - 14:18, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Piston ring
    Sealing the combustion chamber so that there is minimal loss of gases to the crank case. Improving heat transfer from the piston to the cylinder wall. Maintaining...
    13 KB (1,347 words) - 20:36, 2 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Klann linkage
    linearity of the foot for one-half of the rotation of the crank. The remaining rotation of the crank allows the foot to be raised to a predetermined height...
    6 KB (496 words) - 23:15, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crankshaft position sensor
    would have to be manually adjusted to a timing mark on petrol engines. The crank sensor can be used in combination with a similar camshaft position sensor...
    7 KB (855 words) - 06:15, 14 May 2024
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