PISTON-RINGS <xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN1">1</xref>
220043
01/01/1922
- Event
- Content
- The author believes the piston-ring problem to be an engineering one worthy of serious study and that it should be possible to standardize types and sizes in a way that will go far toward elminating present difficulties.It is stated that cast iron is the only satisfactory metal suitable for use in the internal-combustion engine and that the foundry offers the greatest opportunity for improvement, in the elimination of poor castings. The superiority of individually cast rings is averred and a formula for their composition is given.Leakage and oil-pumping are discussed, followed by comment upon the width and form most desirable for piston-rings; and some of the difficulties of their manufacture are enumerated, together with suggested improvements, inclusive of inspection and testing methods.
- Pages
- 6
- Citation
- MAGEE, J., "PISTON-RINGS 1," SAE Technical Paper 220043, 1922, https://doi.org/10.4271/220043.