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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hydraulic_cylinders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hydraulic_cylinders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Hydraulic cylinders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hydraulic_cylinders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Steam_engines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steam_engines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Steam engines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steam_engines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pumps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pumps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Pumps</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Pumps-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Air cannons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_cannons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Piston</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Por%C5%9Fen" title="Porşen – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Porşen" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8" title="পিস্টন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পিস্টন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi-s%C3%BA-t%C3%B3ng" title="Phi-sú-tóng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Phi-sú-tóng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Поршань – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Поршань" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Поршань – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Поршань" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE" title="Бутало – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бутало" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pist%C3%B3" title="Pistó – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pistó" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ADst" title="Píst – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Píst" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stempel_(motordel)" title="Stempel (motordel) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Stempel (motordel)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolben_(Technik)" title="Kolben (Technik) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kolben (Technik)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolb" title="Kolb – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kolb" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pist%C3%B3n" title="Pistón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pistón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C5%9Dto" title="Piŝto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Piŝto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistoi" title="Pistoi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pistoi" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="پیستون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پیستون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston_(m%C3%A9canique)" title="Piston (mécanique) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Piston (mécanique)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pist%C3%B3n" title="Pistón – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Pistón" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%EC%8A%A4%ED%86%A4" title="피스톤 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="피스톤" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AD%D5%B8%D6%81" title="Մխոց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մխոց" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8" title="पिस्टन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पिस्टन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klip_stroja" title="Klip stroja – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Klip stroja" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistono" title="Pistono – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Pistono" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torak" title="Torak – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Torak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimpill_(v%C3%A9lfr%C3%A6%C3%B0i)" title="Stimpill (vélfræði) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Stimpill (vélfræði)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistone_(meccanica)" title="Pistone (meccanica) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pistone (meccanica)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%94" title="בוכנה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בוכנה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%A3%E0%B3%86" title="ಆಡುಬೆಣೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಆಡುಬೆಣೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98" title="დგუში – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დგუში" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Поршень – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Поршень" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Поршень – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Поршень" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embolus" title="Embolus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Embolus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virzulis" title="Virzulis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Virzulis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugatty%C3%BA" title="Dugattyú – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dugattyú" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omboh" title="Omboh – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Omboh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%90%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA" title="ပစ်စတန် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ပစ်စတန်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiger" title="Zuiger – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zuiger" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3" title="ピストン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ピストン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stempel" title="Stempel – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Stempel" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porshen" title="Porshen – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Porshen" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston" title="Piston – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Piston" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piest" title="Piest – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Piest" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86" title="پستن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پستن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Machine component used to compress or contain expanding fluids in a cylinder</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Piston_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Piston (disambiguation)">Piston (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid 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It is the moving component that is contained by a <a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(engine)" title="Cylinder (engine)">cylinder</a> and is made gas-tight by <a href="/wiki/Piston_ring" title="Piston ring">piston rings</a>. In an engine, its purpose is to transfer force from expanding gas in the cylinder to the <a href="/wiki/Crankshaft" title="Crankshaft">crankshaft</a> via a <a href="/wiki/Piston_rod" title="Piston rod">piston rod</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Connecting_rod" title="Connecting rod">connecting rod</a>. In a pump, the function is reversed and force is transferred from the crankshaft to the piston for the purpose of compressing or ejecting the <a href="/wiki/Fluid" title="Fluid">fluid</a> in the cylinder. In some engines, the piston also acts as a <a href="/wiki/Valve" title="Valve">valve</a> by covering and uncovering <a href="/wiki/Porting_(engine)#Two-stroke_porting" class="mw-redirect" title="Porting (engine)">ports</a> in the cylinder. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Piston_engines">Piston engines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Piston engines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Reciprocating_engine" title="Reciprocating engine">Reciprocating engine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Engine_movingparts.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Engine_movingparts.PNG/220px-Engine_movingparts.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Engine_movingparts.PNG/330px-Engine_movingparts.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Engine_movingparts.PNG/440px-Engine_movingparts.PNG 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="589" /></a><figcaption>Four-piston engine (3D render)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span class="mw-3d-wrapper" data-label="3D"><a href="/wiki/File:Piston.stl" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Piston.stl/220px-Piston.stl.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Piston.stl/330px-Piston.stl.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Piston.stl/440px-Piston.stl.png 2x" data-file-width="5120" data-file-height="2880" /></a></span><figcaption>Piston</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internal_combustion_engines">Internal combustion engines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Internal combustion engines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BHB_Hiduminium_piston_(Autocar_Handbook,_13th_ed,_1935).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/BHB_Hiduminium_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/170px-BHB_Hiduminium_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/BHB_Hiduminium_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/255px-BHB_Hiduminium_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/BHB_Hiduminium_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/340px-BHB_Hiduminium_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="782" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Internal_combustion_piston_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal combustion piston engine">Internal combustion engine</a> piston, sectioned to show the <a href="/wiki/Gudgeon_pin" title="Gudgeon pin">gudgeon pin</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Internal_combustion_piston_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal combustion piston engine">internal combustion engine</a> is acted upon by the pressure of the expanding combustion gases in the <a href="/wiki/Combustion_chamber" title="Combustion chamber">combustion chamber</a> space at the top of the cylinder. This force then acts downwards through the <a href="/wiki/Connecting_rod" title="Connecting rod">connecting rod</a> and onto the <a href="/wiki/Crankshaft" title="Crankshaft">crankshaft</a>. The connecting rod is attached to the piston by a swivelling <a href="/wiki/Gudgeon_pin" title="Gudgeon pin">gudgeon pin</a> (US: wrist pin). This pin is mounted within the piston: unlike the steam engine, there is no piston rod or <a href="/wiki/Crosshead" title="Crosshead">crosshead</a> (except big two stroke engines). </p><p>The typical piston design is on the picture. This type of piston is widely used in car <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engines" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel engines">diesel engines</a>. According to purpose, supercharging level and working conditions of engines the shape and proportions can be changed. </p><p>High-power diesel engines work in difficult conditions. Maximum pressure in the combustion chamber can reach 20 MPa and the maximum temperature of some piston surfaces can exceed 450 °C. It is possible to improve piston cooling by creating a special cooling cavity. <a href="/wiki/Injector" title="Injector">Injector</a> supplies this cooling cavity «A» with oil through oil supply channel «B». For better temperature reduction construction should be carefully calculated and analysed. Oil flow in the cooling cavity should be not less than 80% of the oil flow through the injector. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cooling_chanel.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cooling_chanel.png/220px-Cooling_chanel.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cooling_chanel.png/330px-Cooling_chanel.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cooling_chanel.png/440px-Cooling_chanel.png 2x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption>A – cooling cavity; B – oil supply channel</figcaption></figure> <p>The pin itself is of hardened steel and is fixed in the piston, but free to move in the connecting rod. A few designs use a 'fully floating' design that is loose in both components. All pins must be prevented from moving sideways and the ends of the pin digging into the cylinder wall, usually by <a href="/wiki/Circlip" title="Circlip">circlips</a>. </p><p>Gas sealing is achieved by the use of <a href="/wiki/Piston_ring" title="Piston ring">piston rings</a>. These are a number of narrow iron rings, fitted loosely into grooves in the piston, just below the crown. The rings are split at a point in the rim, allowing them to press against the cylinder with a light spring pressure. Two types of ring are used: the upper rings have solid faces and provide gas sealing; lower rings have narrow edges and a U-shaped profile, to act as oil scrapers. There are many proprietary and detail design features associated with piston rings. </p><p>Pistons are usually <a href="/wiki/Casting_(metalworking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Casting (metalworking)">cast</a> or <a href="/wiki/Forging" title="Forging">forged</a> from <a href="/wiki/Aluminium_alloy" title="Aluminium alloy">aluminium alloys</a>. For better strength and fatigue life, some racing pistons<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may be <a href="/wiki/Forging" title="Forging">forged</a> instead. Billet pistons are also used in racing engines because they do not rely on the size and architecture of available forgings, allowing for last-minute design changes. Although not commonly visible to the naked eye, pistons themselves are designed with a certain level of ovality and profile taper, meaning they are not perfectly round, and their diameter is larger near the bottom of the skirt than at the crown.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early pistons were of <a href="/wiki/Cast_iron" title="Cast iron">cast iron</a>, but there were obvious benefits for engine balancing if a lighter alloy could be used. To produce pistons that could survive engine combustion temperatures, it was necessary to develop new alloys such as <a href="/wiki/Y_alloy" title="Y alloy">Y alloy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hiduminium" title="Hiduminium">Hiduminium</a>, specifically for use as pistons. </p><p>A few early <a href="/wiki/Gas_engine" title="Gas engine">gas engines</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had <a href="/wiki/Double-acting_cylinder" class="mw-redirect" title="Double-acting cylinder">double-acting cylinders</a>, but otherwise effectively all internal combustion engine pistons are <a href="/wiki/Single-acting_cylinder" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-acting cylinder">single-acting</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the US submarine <a href="/wiki/USS_Pompano_(SS-181)" title="USS Pompano (SS-181)"><i>Pompano</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was fitted with a prototype of the infamously unreliable <a href="/wiki/Hooven-Owens-Rentschler" title="Hooven-Owens-Rentschler">H.O.R.</a> double-acting two-stroke diesel engine. Although compact, for use in a cramped submarine, this design of engine was not repeated. </p><p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Internal_combustion_engine_pistons" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Internal combustion engine pistons">Internal combustion engine pistons</a> at Wikimedia Commons </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trunk_pistons">Trunk pistons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Trunk pistons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trunk pistons are long relative to their diameter. They act both as a piston and cylindrical <a href="/wiki/Crosshead" title="Crosshead">crosshead</a>. As the connecting rod is angled for much of its rotation, there is also a side force that reacts along the side of the piston against the cylinder wall. A longer piston helps to support this. </p><p>Trunk pistons have been a common design of piston since the early days of the reciprocating internal combustion engine. They were used for both petrol and diesel engines, although high speed engines have now adopted the lighter weight <a href="#Slipper_pistons">slipper piston</a>. </p><p>A characteristic of most trunk pistons, particularly for diesel engines, is that they have a groove for an oil ring below the <a href="/wiki/Gudgeon_pin" title="Gudgeon pin">gudgeon pin</a>, in addition to the rings between the gudgeon pin and crown. </p><p>The name 'trunk piston' derives from the '<a href="/wiki/Trunk_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Trunk engine">trunk engine</a>', an early design of <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine" title="Marine steam engine">marine steam engine</a>. To make these more compact, they avoided the steam engine's usual <a href="/wiki/Piston_rod" title="Piston rod">piston rod</a> with separate crosshead and were instead the first engine design to place the gudgeon pin directly within the piston. Otherwise these trunk engine pistons bore little resemblance to the trunk piston; they were extremely large diameter and double-acting. Their 'trunk' was a narrow cylinder mounted in the centre of the piston. </p><p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trunk_pistons" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Trunk pistons">Trunk pistons</a> at Wikimedia Commons </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Crosshead_pistons">Crosshead pistons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Crosshead pistons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Large slow-speed Diesel engines may require additional support for the side forces on the piston. These engines typically use <a href="/wiki/Crosshead" title="Crosshead">crosshead</a> pistons. The main piston has a large <a href="/wiki/Piston_rod" title="Piston rod">piston rod</a> extending downwards from the piston to what is effectively a second smaller-diameter piston. The main piston is responsible for gas sealing and carries the piston rings. The smaller piston is purely a mechanical guide. It runs within a small cylinder as a trunk guide and also carries the gudgeon pin. </p><p>Lubrication of the crosshead has advantages over the trunk piston as its lubricating oil is not subject to the <a href="/wiki/Heat_of_combustion" title="Heat of combustion">heat of combustion</a>: the oil is not contaminated by combustion soot particles, it does not break down owing to the heat and a thinner, less viscous oil may be used. The friction of both piston and crosshead may be only half of that for a trunk piston.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERicardo1922116_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERicardo1922116-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of the additional weight of these pistons, they are not used for high-speed engines. </p><p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Crosshead_pistons" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Crosshead pistons">Crosshead pistons</a> at Wikimedia Commons </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Slipper_pistons">Slipper pistons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Slipper pistons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ricardo_slipper_piston_(Autocar_Handbook,_13th_ed,_1935).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ricardo_slipper_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/170px-Ricardo_slipper_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ricardo_slipper_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/255px-Ricardo_slipper_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ricardo_slipper_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/340px-Ricardo_slipper_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="616" /></a><figcaption>Slipper piston</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>slipper piston</b> is a piston for a petrol engine that has been reduced in size and weight as much as possible. In the extreme case, they are reduced to the piston crown, support for the piston rings, and just enough of the piston skirt remaining to leave two lands so as to stop the piston rocking in the bore. The sides of the piston skirt around the gudgeon pin are reduced away from the cylinder wall. The purpose is mostly to reduce the reciprocating mass, thus making it easier to balance the engine and so permit high speeds.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERicardo1922149_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERicardo1922149-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In racing applications, slipper piston skirts can be configured to yield extremely light weight while maintaining the rigidity and strength of a full skirt.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reduced inertia also improves mechanical efficiency of the engine: the forces required to accelerate and decelerate the reciprocating parts cause more piston friction with the cylinder wall than the fluid pressure on the piston head.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERicardo1922119–120,_122_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERicardo1922119–120,_122-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A secondary benefit may be some reduction in friction with the cylinder wall, since the area of the skirt, which slides up and down in the cylinder is reduced by half. However, most friction is due to the <a href="/wiki/Piston_rings" class="mw-redirect" title="Piston rings">piston rings</a>, which are the parts which actually fit the tightest in the bore and the bearing surfaces of the wrist pin, and thus the benefit is reduced. </p><p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Slipper_pistons" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Slipper pistons">Slipper pistons</a> at Wikimedia Commons </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deflector_pistons">Deflector pistons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deflector pistons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two-stroke_deflector_piston_(Autocar_Handbook,_13th_ed,_1935).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Two-stroke_deflector_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/170px-Two-stroke_deflector_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Two-stroke_deflector_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/255px-Two-stroke_deflector_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Two-stroke_deflector_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg/340px-Two-stroke_deflector_piston_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_13th_ed%2C_1935%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="867" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Two-stroke_engine" title="Two-stroke engine">Two-stroke</a> deflector piston</figcaption></figure> <p>Deflector pistons are used in <a href="/wiki/Two-stroke_engine" title="Two-stroke engine">two-stroke engines</a> with crankcase compression, where the gas flow within the cylinder must be carefully directed in order to provide efficient <a href="/wiki/Scavenging_(automotive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scavenging (automotive)">scavenging</a>. With <a href="/wiki/Cross_scavenging" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross scavenging">cross scavenging</a>, the transfer (inlet to the cylinder) and exhaust ports are on directly facing sides of the cylinder wall. To prevent the incoming mixture passing straight across from one port to the other, the piston has a raised rib on its crown. This is intended to deflect the incoming mixture upwards, around the <a href="/wiki/Combustion_chamber" title="Combustion chamber">combustion chamber</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrving,_Two_stroke_power_units13–15_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrving,_Two_stroke_power_units13–15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Much effort, and many different designs of piston crown, went into developing improved scavenging. The crowns developed from a simple rib to a large asymmetric bulge, usually with a steep face on the inlet side and a gentle curve on the exhaust. Despite this, cross scavenging was never as effective as hoped. Most engines today use <a href="/wiki/Schnuerle_porting" title="Schnuerle porting">Schnuerle porting</a> instead. This places a pair of transfer ports in the sides of the cylinder and encourages gas flow to rotate around a vertical axis, rather than a horizontal axis.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrving,_Two_stroke_power_units15–16_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrving,_Two_stroke_power_units15–16-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Deflector_pistons" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Deflector pistons">Deflector pistons</a> at Wikimedia Commons </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Racing_pistons">Racing pistons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Racing pistons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1830s_beam_engine_piston_with_rope_seal,_Coalbrookdale_Museum_of_Iron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/1830s_beam_engine_piston_with_rope_seal%2C_Coalbrookdale_Museum_of_Iron.jpg/170px-1830s_beam_engine_piston_with_rope_seal%2C_Coalbrookdale_Museum_of_Iron.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/1830s_beam_engine_piston_with_rope_seal%2C_Coalbrookdale_Museum_of_Iron.jpg/255px-1830s_beam_engine_piston_with_rope_seal%2C_Coalbrookdale_Museum_of_Iron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/1830s_beam_engine_piston_with_rope_seal%2C_Coalbrookdale_Museum_of_Iron.jpg/340px-1830s_beam_engine_piston_with_rope_seal%2C_Coalbrookdale_Museum_of_Iron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2218" data-file-height="2550" /></a><figcaption>Early (c. 1830) piston for a <a href="/wiki/Beam_engine" title="Beam engine">beam engine</a>. The piston seal is made by turns of wrapped <a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">rope</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In racing engines, piston strength and stiffness is typically much higher than that of a passenger car engine, while the weight is much less, to achieve the high engine RPM necessary in racing.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hydraulic_cylinders">Hydraulic cylinders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hydraulic cylinders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hydraulic_cylinders_used_in_a_particle_board_machine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Pistons of Hydraulic cylinders used in a hot press" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hydraulic_cylinders_used_in_a_particle_board_machine.jpg/220px-Hydraulic_cylinders_used_in_a_particle_board_machine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hydraulic_cylinders_used_in_a_particle_board_machine.jpg/330px-Hydraulic_cylinders_used_in_a_particle_board_machine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hydraulic_cylinders_used_in_a_particle_board_machine.jpg/440px-Hydraulic_cylinders_used_in_a_particle_board_machine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Pistons of Hydraulic cylinders used in a hot press</figcaption></figure> <p>Hydraulic cylinders can be both <a href="/wiki/Single-_and_double-acting_cylinders" title="Single- and double-acting cylinders">single-acting</a> or <a href="/wiki/Double_acting/differential_cylinder" class="mw-redirect" title="Double acting/differential cylinder">double-acting</a>. A hydraulic actuator controls the movement of the piston back and/or forth. Guide rings guides the piston and rod and absorb the radial forces that act perpendicularly to the cylinder and prevent contact between sliding the metal parts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steam_engines">Steam engines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Steam engines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piston,_sprung_ring_(Heat_Engines,_1913).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Piston%2C_sprung_ring_%28Heat_Engines%2C_1913%29.jpg/220px-Piston%2C_sprung_ring_%28Heat_Engines%2C_1913%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Piston%2C_sprung_ring_%28Heat_Engines%2C_1913%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="262" /></a><figcaption>Cast-iron <a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">steam engine</a> piston, with a metal piston ring spring-loaded against the <a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(engine)" title="Cylinder (engine)">cylinder</a> wall.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">Steam engines</a> are usually double-acting (i.e. steam pressure acts alternately on each side of the piston) and the admission and release of steam is controlled by <a href="/wiki/D_slide_valve" class="mw-redirect" title="D slide valve">slide valves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piston_valve" title="Piston valve">piston valves</a> or <a href="/wiki/Poppet_valve" title="Poppet valve">poppet valves</a>. Consequently, steam engine pistons are nearly always comparatively thin discs: their diameter is several times their thickness. (One exception is the <a href="/wiki/Trunk_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Trunk engine">trunk engine</a> piston, shaped more like those in a modern internal-combustion engine.) Another factor is that since almost all steam engines use crossheads to translate the force to the drive rod, there are few lateral forces acting to try and "rock" the piston, so a cylinder-shaped piston skirt isn't necessary. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pumps">Pumps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pumps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Piston pumps can be used to move <a href="/wiki/Liquid" title="Liquid">liquids</a> or compress <a href="/wiki/Gas" title="Gas">gases</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="For_liquids">For liquids</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: For liquids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Reciprocating_pump" title="Reciprocating pump">Reciprocating pump</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="For_gases">For gases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: For gases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Reciprocating_compressor" title="Reciprocating compressor">Reciprocating compressor</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air_cannons">Air cannons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Air cannons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two special type of pistons used in <a href="/wiki/Air_gun" title="Air gun">air cannons</a>: close tolerance pistons and double pistons. In close tolerance pistons <a href="/wiki/O-ring" title="O-ring">O-rings</a> serve as a valve, but O-rings are not used in double piston types.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 23em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_gun" title="Air gun">Air gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_piston" title="Fire piston">Fire piston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruit_press" title="Fruit press">Fruit press</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas-operated_reloading" title="Gas-operated reloading">Gas-operated reloading</a>, using a gas piston</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_cylinder" title="Hydraulic cylinder">Hydraulic cylinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_auto_parts" title="List of auto parts">List of auto parts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piston_motion_equations" title="Piston motion equations">Piston motion equations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_absorber" title="Shock absorber">Shock absorber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slide_whistle" title="Slide whistle">Slide whistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive_components" title="Steam locomotive components">Steam locomotive components</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syringe" title="Syringe">Syringe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wankel_engine" title="Wankel engine">Wankel engine</a>, an internal combustion engine design with a rotor instead of pistons</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piston&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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selflink">Piston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piston_ring" title="Piston ring">Piston ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poppet_valve" title="Poppet valve">Poppet valve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhead_valve_engine" title="Overhead valve engine">Pushrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocker_arm" title="Rocker arm">Rocker arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleeve_valve" title="Sleeve valve">Sleeve valve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tappet" title="Tappet">Tappet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electrical<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternator_(automotive)" title="Alternator (automotive)">Alternator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capacitor_discharge_ignition" title="Capacitor discharge ignition">Capacitor discharge ignition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dual_ignition" title="Dual ignition">Dual ignition</a></li> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowback_(steam_engine)" title="Blowback (steam engine)">Blowback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosshead" title="Crosshead">Crosshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutoff_(steam_engine)" title="Cutoff (steam engine)">Cutoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expansion_valve_(steam_engine)" title="Expansion valve (steam engine)">Expansion valve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrolock" title="Hydrolock">Hydrolock</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Piston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reciprocating_engine" title="Reciprocating engine">Reciprocating engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Return_connecting_rod_engine" title="Return connecting rod engine">Return connecting rod engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six-column_beam_engine" title="Six-column beam engine">Six-column beam engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Return_connecting_rod_engine#Steeple_engines" title="Return connecting rod engine">Steeple 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Savery" title="Thomas Savery">Savery Engine</a> (1698)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Newcomen_atmospheric_engine" title="Newcomen atmospheric engine">Newcomen engine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newcomen_Memorial_Engine" title="Newcomen Memorial Engine">Newcomen Memorial Engine</a> (1725)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fairbottom_Bobs" title="Fairbottom Bobs">Fairbottom Bobs</a></i> (1760)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsecar_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Elsecar Engine">Elsecar Engine</a> (1795)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Watt_steam_engine" title="Watt steam engine">Watt engine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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