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camshaft Engineering a shaft having one or more cams attached to it, esp one used to operate the valves of an internal-combustion engine camshaft [′kam‚shaft] (mechanical engineering) A rotating shaft to which a cam is attached. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| VEL continuously adjusts valve events and lift amounts using a DC motor that changes the fulcrum of the links attached to the cam shaft. Inspectors spent several hours carefully inspecting Staudinger's engine and found a number of illegal parts on it, specifically a piece on the cam shaft. Vibration is created by a second motor, which drives an eccentric cam shaft (picture a doughnut with an off-center hole). |
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