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thumb|upright=1.2|Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray), cylinders (blue) and flywheel (black)
A crankshaft is a rotating metal shaft inside an engine that converts the up-and-down motion of pistons into rotational motion, which ultimately powers the wheels of a vehicle. It's essential to how engines work because without it, the linear movement of pistons couldn't be transformed into the spinning action needed to drive machinery.
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18 sectionsContents
- Design
- Bearings
- Piston stroke
- Cross-plane and flat-plane configurations
- Engine balance
- Flying arms
- Counter-rotating crankshafts
- Eccentricity and dynamic displacement of diesel engines
- Construction
- Forged crankshafts
- Cast crankshafts
- Machined crankshafts
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thumb|upright=1.2|Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray), cylinders (blue) and flywheel (black)
A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is a rotating shaft containing one or more crankpins, that are driven by the pistons via the connecting rods.
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