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What is a trunk type engine?
What is trunk type engine? A type of an internal combustion engine in which the connecting rod is directly connected to the piston by Gudgeon pin (also called piston pin ).
What is the difference between piston rod and connecting rod?
Connecting rod: It is similar as piston rod but it is usually used in large engines. – It is used where the crankshaft is far away from the piston assembly. Piston rod: It is a rod which connects the piston to the crankshaft of the engine assembly. – It is usually found in all types of engine.
What does CC mean in Pistons?
cubic centimeters
Definition & Description Pistons are available with different head volumes. This is the size of the top of the piston. It is listed in cubic centimeters (cc). We list the head volume in the way it affects the size of the combustion chamber. This helps when calculating the compression ratio.
What is the difference between crosshead and trunk piston type engine?
THIS CROSSHEAD ASSEMBLY IS IN TURN ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PART OF THE PISTON-ROD. FOR TRUNK PISTON TYPE ENGINES, THE UPPER PART OF THE CON-ROD IS CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE PISTON VIA THE GUDGEON BEARING ASSEMBLY.
What is a trunk piston?
The name ‘trunk piston’ is derived from the trunk engine which is an early design of marine steam engine. With the rise in commercial significance of trunk piston for automobiles, lubricants are designed accordingly and endeavor excellent functionalism ensuring wear and tear and longer life of trunk pistons more.
What is the advantage of a cross head engine?
The Cross head type engine are able to devlop higher power at lower rotational speed of the engine than trunk type engines.It is because the space available for the crosshead bearing is greater than the space within the piston for gudgeon bearing assembly.
What are the parts of a crosshead engine?
FOR CROSSHEAD ENGINES, THE UPPER PART OF THE CON-ROD IS CONNECTED TO A CROSSHEAD ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF CROSSHEAD BLOCK, PINS AND SLIPPERS. THIS CROSSHEAD ASSEMBLY IS IN TURN ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PART OF THE PISTON-ROD.