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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Steam => Topic started by: rhavrane on November 23, 2019, 05:42:02 pm

Title: Effective pistons for our steam engines
Post by: rhavrane on November 23, 2019, 05:42:02 pm

Bonjour,
This renovation shows the quality of the cylinder / piston seal on a small steam engine : https://youtu.be/V1nfERma9MI  :-))
Description on the site of Jacques included in the commentary of the video.

Title: Re: Effective pistons for our steam engines
Post by: KNO3 on December 07, 2019, 03:40:33 pm

Very interesting. The Teflon cup pistons mu have very low friction. I know Regner uses a very similar type of piston construction in their newer engines.