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• Straight-twin
  ...gine uses a common [[crank pin]] for both cylinders; engines with separate crank pins for each cylinder are more properly called inline or straight two cyli Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight two cylinder engines had a crank angle of 360°, which means that both pistons have to be in the same positi
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• Flat-12
  ...crank pin per piston while in the 180° V engine two pistons share the same crank pin. With twelve cylinders both layouts are perfectly balanced.
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• Crankshaft
  The '''crankshaft''', sometimes casually abbreviated to ''crank'', is that part of an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocati ...g connecting rods attach side by side to the same crank throw, simplifying crank design.
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• Straight-2
  Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight-twin engines had a crank angle of 360°, which means that both pistons have to be in the same positi ...orcycles, with the exception of [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]], use a crank angle of 180°. This leads to fewer vibrations but uneven firing. The engin
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• Engine configuration
  ...e the most common forms are all based on a combined [[engine block]] and [[crank case]] that are [[milled]] from a single piece of [[casting|cast]] metal. T ** [[V engine]], with two banks of cylinders sharing a single crank case.
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• Bulleri
  ...an area separate from the two chambers of lateral tendons that turned the crank at 180 degrees. The exchange, located around the [[crankshaft]] and a three
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• V-twin
  ...ore the "twin" nomenclature. Two cylinder, V shaped engines with separate crank pins for each cylinder are more properly called "V-2" engines, however, pro
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• Automobile self starter
  ...cranks had an overrun mechanism to prevent it, when the engine started, a crank could begin to spin along with the crankshaft. The operator had to pull aw ...his automobile impelled engineer [[Charles Kettering]] to replace the hand crank with an electric starter. He modified Coleman's design and made it practic
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• Connecting rod
  ...], the '''connecting rod''' or '''conrod''' connects the [[piston]] to the crank or [[crankshaft]]. ...gn. The '''big end''' connects to the bearing journal on the [[crankshaft|crank throw]], running on replaceable [[plain bearing|bearing]] shells accessible
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• Aprilia RXV
  | Power || Manufacturer's claim at the crank: 60 hp for the RXV/SXV 4.5, 70 hp for the RXV/SXV 5.5. Rear wheel power mea ...e the 5.5 produces a claimed 70. Unfortunantly, horsepower measured at the crank is of little use to the average rider; horsepower measurements are much mor
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• Cam
  ...reciprocating motion to circular motion, is done by a [[Crank (mechanism)|crank]]. An example is the [[crankshaft]] of a car, which takes the reciprocating
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• Top dead center
  ...f [[machine press]]es, [[steam locomotive]]s, and other [[steam engines]]. Crank-driven machines rely on the energy stored in a [[flywheel]] to overcome the ...]]s normally have two [[Cylinder (steam locomotive)|cylinders]] with the [[Crank (mechanism)|cranks]] set at [[right angle]]s so one [[piston]] will always
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• Opposed piston engine
  5 outlet crank mechanism<br> 6 inlet crank mechanism (runs app. 20° past the outlet to achieve an asymmetric control
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• V engine
  ...example divide [[flat engine]]s into [[boxer engine]]s which do not share crank pins in this way, and 180° engines which do. On the other hand, some impor
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• Guaraldi
  ...ination version, because the passenger sidecar was connected by means of a crank and a chain, becoming an auxiliary motor, if the bike had difficulties in o
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• Flat engine
  ...Some authorities divide flat engines into boxer engines which do not share crank pins in this way, and [[flat engine#180° V-engines|180° engines]] which d * The 180° [[V engine]], in which corresponding pistons share a [[crank pin]] on the crankshaft, and thus each will reach top dead center half a cr
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• Flat-twin
  ...are not truly in line but displaced by the width of one crank pin and one crank-shaft web.''']]
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• Straight-8
  ...wed another weakness of the design: there were slight torsions of the long crank and the long camshafts, limiting the development of such engines. [[ALFA Ro
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• Cylinder
  ...tion of the [[crankshaft]] via connecting rods attached to the pistons and crank.
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• Cylinder (engine)
  ...tion of the [[crankshaft]] via connecting rods attached to the pistons and crank.
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• Bugatti Model 100
  ...e push rod operated with one section threaded to fit into the next. A trim crank in the cockpit screws the rod section in or out through a chain and sprocke
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• FAST
  ...linder engine and 2991 cc, with valves in the head, three marches forward, crank and piston aluminum, and 80 hp power at 4500 rpm.
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• Controlled Combustion Engine
  * [http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/050302.html Cams Replace Crank in new Engine Design] from Automotive Design & Production.
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• Straight-3
  Most straight-3 engines employ a crank angle of 120° and are thus rotationally balanced; however, since the three
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• Linkage (mechanical)
  * Crank-slider, (four-bar, one DOF) ...nsions]] and [[bolt cutters]]. The internal combustion engine's piston/rod/crank is a classic four-bar linkage with one degree of freedom. Linkages are ofte
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• Mignon
  File:Mignon valve cover.jpg | Mignon engine crank cover
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• Ignition system
  ...ms do away with the distributor as a timing apparatus and use a magnetic [[crank angle sensor]] mounted on the crankshaft to trigger the ignition at the pro ...ming and [[firing order]]. Primary sensors on the system are engine angle (crank or Top Dead Center (TDC) position), airflow into the engine and throttle de
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• List of Manufacturers
  *[[Crank Brothers]] [http://www.crankbrothers.com/]
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• Forced induction
  ...rque generated from the rotational mass internal to the engine through the crank pulley. A turbo relies on the volume and velocity of exhaust gases to spoo
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• MV Agusta F4 series
  ...tag of 100,000 €. The engine is a 1,078 cc big bore edition with valves, crank and piston rods made from [[titanium]] based on the F4 1000 R engine combin
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• V8
  ...ane''' V8 is the typical V8 configuration used in American road cars. Each crank pin (of four) is at a 90° angle from the previous, so that viewed from the * The '''flat-plane''' V8 design has crank pins at 180°. They are imperfectly balanced and thus produce severe vibrat
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• Four-cylinder
  ...park plug]] (darker-grey), a [[piston]] (yellow) and a [[crank (mechanism)|crank]] (purple). A single sweep of the cylinder by the piston in an upward or do ...eciprocating force through a specially designed bearing assembly to turn a crank mechanism. Intake, compression, power, and exhaust all occur in each stroke
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• Non-synchronous transmission
  Any transmission that requires the operator to manually synchronize engine crank-shaft revolutions (RPM) with drive-shaft revolutions is non-synchronous.
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...take timing opens and closes before and after top dead center at the same crank angle making it [[symmetrical]] whereas the disk rotary valve allows the op :Crank is at 0 or 360°.
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• Bicycle gearing
  ...termine that a human can deliver maximum power only over a narrow range of crank rotational speed or ''[[Cadence (cycling)|cadence]].'' To match the [[power ...tios they also need to know the length of the pedal cranks in millimetres (crank lengths are normally some multiple of 2.5 mm). If the bicycle has an enclos
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• Ducati V-twin
  ...to this day, in air and liquid cooled form. The Mille used a plain bearing crank, like the belt models. ...ven valves|belt driven camshaft engines]], instead of the old ball bearing crank, [[Ducati V-twin motorcycles#Bevel gear driven valves|bevel geared shaft dr
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• Internal-combustion engine
  ...park plug]] (darker-grey), a [[piston]] (yellow) and a [[crank (mechanism)|crank]] (purple). A single sweep of the cylinder by the piston in an upward or do ...eciprocating force through a specially designed bearing assembly to turn a crank mechanism. Intake, compression, power, and exhaust all occur in each stroke
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• Four-stroke
  ...lower runs in (as opposed to following the outside profile only), others a crank arrangement similar to the crankshaft. The drawback of the system is its in
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• Internal combustion engine
  ...park plug]] (darker-grey), a [[piston]] (yellow) and a [[crank (mechanism)|crank]] (purple). A single sweep of the cylinder by the piston in an upward or do ...eciprocating force through a specially designed bearing assembly to turn a crank mechanism. Intake, compression, power, and exhaust all occur in each stroke
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...lower runs in (as opposed to following the outside profile only), others a crank arrangement similar to the crankshaft. The drawback of the system is its in
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• Capriolo
  ...sefull the centrifugal oil filter, pity that it is mounted in front to the crank shaft so to oblige to remove the head, cilinder, flywheel and frontal case ...from Capriolo 75, the gearbox have the same longitudinal orientation like crank shaft, but the final trasmission drive use a chain inside a shaft so to avo
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• Reciprocating engine
  '''5''' - Crank<br>
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...lower runs in (as opposed to following the outside profile only), others a crank arrangement similar to the crankshaft. The drawback of the system is its in
  12 KB (1,944 words) - 22:56, 14 June 2009
• Sleeve valve
  ...that the sleeve can be turned. Otherwise a single sleeve is operated by a crank driven from the crankshaft, the sleeve moves in a circular path opening the
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• Itala
  The magnet power is low voltage. The starter is crank, lights, kerosene lanterns for the location and number plate and acetylene
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• Two stroke
  :Crank is at 0 or 360°.
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• Ducati Singles
  ...e 16&nbsp;hp at 11,500&nbsp;rpm, its true rev limit, while the Desmo could crank out 19&nbsp;hp at 12,500&nbsp;rpm and could “safely” (bottom end permit
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• Supercharger
  It is also possible to drive the blower from the crank shaft and use an exhaust turbine for output power.
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• Graphite-reinforced plastic
  ...erations into tube profiles. CFRP frames, forks, handlebars, seatposts and crank arms are becoming commonplace on medium- and higher-priced bicycles. CFRP f
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