ABSTRACT
The slider crank is used extensively in internal combustion engines, where it converts the gas pressure on a piston to a moment on the crankshaft to power automobiles, lawn mowers and earth-moving equipment, as well as pumps; it is also used widely as a motion converter or mechanism. Slider cranks can be characterized as centric or offset. The process of converting gas pressure on a piston to a moment on a rotating crankshaft can be inverted; that is a moment exerted on the crankshaft can be used to let the piston compress air or to pump liquid. The use of the slider crank as a motion converter is comprehensive, and quite a variety of motions can be obtained from it. The slider crank can also be used in series with other mechanisms.
