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cylinder barrel

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noun

  1. engineering the metal casting containing a cylinder of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine

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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."

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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.

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

The cylinders of this Daimler engine were cast iron, the cylinder barrel, head, and water jacket being cast in one piece.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.

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.

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