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Opposed-piston engine

An opposed-piston engine is a piston engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends, and no cylinder head. Petrol and diesel opposed-piston engines have been used mostly in large applications such as ships, military tanks, and factories. Current manufacturers of opposed-piston engines include Cummins, Achates Power, and Fairbanks-Morse Defense…

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Opposed-piston engine

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples19
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Opposed-piston engine

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related to 1880s to 1930s · 12
Opposed-piston engine → Atkinson, Deutsche Kraftgas Gesellschaft, Germany, Hoerde, In, Oechelhäuser, One, Otto, Sons, This, United Kingdom, William Beardmore
related to Design · 3
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is a · 1
Opposed-piston engine → piston engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends

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engine diesel opposed-piston engines used design piston crankshaft pistons cylinder one first power use gobron-brillié gas two hp produced cylinders

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Opposed-piston engineis apiston engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends0.90text
shipsinstance ofPetrol and diesel opposed-piston engines have been used mostly in large applications0.80text
military tanksinstance ofPetrol and diesel opposed-piston engines have been used mostly in large applications0.80text
and factoriesinstance ofPetrol and diesel opposed-piston engines have been used mostly in large applications0.80text
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sOne0.60section
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sAtkinson0.60section
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sOtto0.60section
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sIn0.60section
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sOechelhäuser0.60section
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sHoerde0.60section
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sThis0.60section
Opposed-piston enginerelated to 1880s to 1930sDeutsche Kraftgas Gesellschaft0.60section

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