Why the crank pins of crankshaft are built at different angle

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itipapers Staff asked 4 years ago

Why the crank pins of crankshaft are built at different angle types of crankshaft crank pin manufacturing process connecting rod crankshaft material crankshaft diagram camshaft

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itipapers Staff answered 1 year ago

In a crank shaft, the crank journals are in a straight line but crank pins are at different angles so that they can bring all the pistons, one by one, on T.D.C. and B.D.C. The firing order of the engine depends on these angles itself.