Piston ring has serviced the automotive aftermarket since 1953.
Piston ring oil.
Compression ring the compression ring is the top or closest ring to combustion gases and is exposed to the greatest amount of chemical corrosion and the highest operating temperature.
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Sealing the combustion chamber so that there is minimal loss of gases to the crank case.
Some rings of this type are installed with expander rings.
Hastings revolutionized oil control ring design with the invention of the hastings flex vent oil control ring and it is now the accepted standard in the industry.
A piston ring is a metallic split ring that is attached to the outer diameter of a piston in an internal combustion engine or steam engine.
The pistons were also designed with a short compression height which forced the wrist pin bore into the oil ring groove.
Improving heat transfer from the piston to the cylinder wall.
With the most comprehensive line of piston rings compression rings and oil rings in the world we have a piston ring for practically any application racing automotive heavy duty transportation agriculture industrial small engine and more.
Maintaining the proper quantity of the oil between.
Piston rings are manufactured and classified on the basis of function and usability.
Piston ring employs a team of knowledgeable parts professionals that focus on service and supply and partners with industry leading manufacturers.
At hastings we manufacture a bold and broad offering of piston rings one that spans thousands of applications for virtually any engine.
The main functions of piston rings in engines are.
A support rail was then necessary to provide a solid surface that the oil ring can rest without fear of bending into pin bore.
The oil scraped off the cylinder wall moves into the slots in the back of the oil ring grooves in a piston and from there it returns to the oil pan.
In addition the second rings are reversed twist taper faced cast iron.
However the second ring also provides a bit of oil control.
The primary usage of the piston ring is to seal the chamber where the piston is moving which can be a combustion chamber of a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke engine marine engines have three or more types of rings fitted on the circumference of the piston.
As you ll see in the photos this support rail must be installed correctly for optimum performance.
For 1 5mm and 1 16 ring sets the top rings are positive twist ductile iron barrel faced plasma moly inlaid.
Piston rings commonly used on small engines include the compression ring wiper ring and oil ring.
The oil ring s main function is to control the amount of oil that makes it between the piston and bore which is necessary for lubrication and heat transfer purposes.
A steel napier second ring and industry leading cp 20 oil ring round out the package.
