Balance Shaft

In piston engine engineering, a balance shaft is an eccentric weighted shaft which offsets vibrations in engine designs that are not inherently balanced (for example, most four-cylinder engines). They were first invented and patented by British engineer Frederick Lanchester in 1904.

Read more about Balance Shaft:  Overview, Four-cylinder Applications, Six-cylinder Applications, Production Implementations

Famous quotes containing the words balance and/or shaft:

    “The perfect aphorism would achieve classical balance and then immediately upset it.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    ““It’s hard to tell you how I managed it.
    When I saw the shaft had me by the coat,
    I didn’t try too long to pull away,
    Or fumble for my knife to cut away,
    I just embraced the shaft and rode it out....””
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)