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Timken works on incrementally increasing fuel economy through bearings

In this day and age, you might think that we have reached the pinnacle of the internal combustion engine. Having been using the design, you might assume that designers and engineers have gotten all of the efficiency out of the design that they can. However, recent advances like HCCI, variable valve timing and even adding heat recovery systems have proven that there is still life left in our good friend, the four-stroke engine. Yet, is the only hope of efficiency gains with major changes to the design of the engine? Maybe not. Timken is a major ... Read more →

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