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Crankless Opposed-Piston High-Speed Diesel Engine

By Walter Taubeneck

1801 52nd Dr., NE, Marysville, Washington 98721

Thought our readers would be interested in this section of the book, Diesel and Other Internal Combustion Engines by Howard E. Degler, published by the American Technical Society in 1937.

Eliminating crankshaft, connecting rods, cylinder heads, gaskets, valves, and camshafts, the Sterling crankless high-speed engine may forecast a revolutionary trend in design. The compactness of the engine and the principles of operation are shown by Fig. 74. The engine has four horizontal cylinders, each containing two opposed reciprocating pistons. Thus the engine is equivalent to the usual two-cycle 8-cylinder diesel engine of corresponding bore and stroke. The cylinders are arranged about a straight drive shaft which carries an inclined disk (also called wabble plate) at each end. The dis...

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