cylinder barrel
Britishnoun
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"Moreover," said a Ford engineer last week, "$10,000 worth of centrifugal dies will turn out as many cylinder barrel blanks as a $110,000 forging hammer."
From Time Magazine Archive
Making the Cylinder Slide and Valve.—The cylinder barrel must be perfectly cylindrical and free from any dents.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
Since this position was determined by a metal-to-metal jam fit of the crankcase and cylinder barrel flange, the barrel would reassemble with the holes in very nearly the same relative position after disassembly.
From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.
The cylinder barrel would then be threaded into the valve box and the whole tightened or fastened to the crankcase by means of two sets of threads, one at each end of the barrel proper.
From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.
Chenoweth states that on later engines an oil-control ring was added on the bottom of the piston, necessitating a considerable increase in the length of the cylinder barrel.
From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.
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