Last month we acquainted you with a few unique procedures for using conventional tune-up devices—such as a vacuum gauge, timing light and electrical analyzer—for evaluating the efficiency and ...

Horsepower and torque are all about cylinder pressure. Compression ratio, cam timing, cylinder head flow, and all the rest of the goodies that go into an engine aren't worth much if what enters the ...

Concrete is the most used construction material in the whole world. More than that, behind water, it’s the most used material, all categories combined. Worldwide, about 10 billion tons of concrete are ...

To help detect and pinpoint faults in ailing motors there are various aids, such as warning lights on the dash and on-board diagnostics. But there are a couple of simple tests that give us a pretty ...

High quality and versatile Compression Testing Machine with certification of a UKAS accredited calibration. The Compression Testing machine CRT-CTM250-II was developed to perform a variety of ...

Defects can occur naturally during composite fabrication, and damage can be induced by impacts in service, but these tend to be relatively uncontrolled events. It was desired to induce an easily ...