Alternative coatings The demand for piston-rod coatings which do not change roughness and structure even after extended service, and are environmentally benign, has led to a number of developments.

Conversely, a long rod and lesser rod angularity will produce less torque but much longer piston life. We use nitrided, tapered 4340 steel pins and TruArc retainers on all our forged pistons.

By Gray Baskerville A piston is anything but a slug. It's asked to withstand the cylinder pressures generated by 200,000,000 power strokes (in its 100,000-mile ...

By Gray Baskerville A piston is anything but a slug. It's asked to withstand the cylinder pressures generated by 200,000,000 power strokes (in its 100,000-mile ...

Tenneco's piston rod plant in Hosur employs 98 people in the production of piston rods for shock absorbers and struts. The 2,100 square metres facility supplies components for major domestic and ...

Ferrari Patents Oval-Piston V12 With Weird Shared Conrods Pill-shaped pistons would help shorten a V12, possibly so it can stay compact even when hybridized by Chris Chilton March 13, 2025 at 14:22 ...

Instead of each piston having its own connecting rod which bolts directly to the crankshaft, independently of the other pistons, the rods in this new engine are joined.