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VOLANT EQUILIBRAGE VILEBREQUIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A shaft designed so that, as it rotates, it vibrates in a way that reduces or cancels some of the vibration produced by an engine.

OBS

Not essential to an engine's operation, balance shafts are nonetheless becoming increasingly common as a means of engine refinement. Balance-shafted four-cylinder engines use two shafts turning in opposite directions on either side of the engine's crankshaft. A single balance shaft is used when fitted to three-cylinder and V-6 engines.

Key term(s)
  • balancer shaft
  • counterbalance shaft
  • counter balancing shaft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Le volant de vilebrequin, fixé par boutons sur la collerette de celui-ci quelquefois monté sur cône (...) a pour but de régulariser la rotation du moteur en s'opposant par son inertie aux variations de régime.

Spanish

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