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Specification sheet comparing different types of piston rings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0059
Date  23th June 1936 guessed
  
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Compression Rings. (E.60820).

Tangential load = 1.954 lbs.
Dial of ring = 3.500
Width = .0937
Radial thickness = .120
Cylinder wall pressure. = 11.9 lbs./sq.in.
Ratio Cylinder dia./Radial thickness = 29.2 :1

Chevrolet Rings.

Scraper Ring.

Tangential load = 4.1405 lbs.
Dia. of ring = 3.312
Width (total) = .186
Radial thickness = .142
Width of hands and slots = .1125
Width of slots. = .060
Cylinder wall pressure = 47.6 lbs./sq.in.
Ratio: Cylinder dia./Radial thickness = 23.3 : 1
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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