crankshafts
- plural of crankshaft.
Example Sentences
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Around the time of the boil-water advisories, workers at a General Motors plant in Flint noticed rust forming on engine crankshafts and blocks.
From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2018
On Aug. 9 it passed through the Suez Canal, and a week later it arrived in Rotterdam, its containers full of televisions and action figures, DVD players and crankshafts, chairs, tables, shirts, and shoes.
From BusinessWeek • Sep. 5, 2013
“But you really need to do some more things to the engine — forged rods, steel crankshafts and so forth -– to ensure durability,” Mr. Reinert said.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2010
Ford Motor Co., which is speeding production of Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines by casting instead of forging their crankshafts, recently got a 1,000,000-volt machine to X-ray the crankshafts.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is slow and inefficient, however, and where crankshafts are frequently turned, special machines or attachments are used.
From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.
