Engine Pistons

Basics

• This page explores how the various components of a recipricating engine are manufactured

Pistons

• How they are made. Press forged from round stock, then machined.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVLrAce8lHE

Crankshaft

• Forged from hot metal - [1]
• Then machined - [2]
• Here is a crankshaft made on a lathe from bar - [3]

Engine Block

• Multiple casts are assembled by robots. Aluminum. Zircon sand cores for aluminum casting.

Engine

• How It's Made -[4]

See Also

• Open Source Motor/Engine Construction Set