CRANKCASE

Crankcase

In an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type, the crankcase is the housing for the crankshaft. The enclosure forms the largest cavity in the engine and is located below the cylinder, which in a multicylinder engine are usually integrated into one or several cylinder blocks. Crankcases have often been discrete parts, but more often they are integral with the cylinder bank, forming an engine block. Nevertheless, the area around the crankshaft is still usually called the crankcase. Crankcases and other basic engine structural components are typically made of cast iron or cast aluminium via sand casting. Today the foundry processes are usually highly ...

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crankcase

Noun

  1. the part of an engine that contains the crankshaft


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