The topic was vibration—the unseen forces going to town inside any engine spinning deep into the rpm stratosphere, and the devices designed to keep those forces in check. First, it’s a damper ...

The harmonic damper located on the front of the crankshaft serves a very important purpose. It's designed to absorb the resonate harmonics that can otherwise lead to crankshaft failure. It's assembled ...

The headline above is a reminder that a fan and a damper, when assembled, become a fan + damper system, which is more than a simple sum of the two individual items of equipment. They may be operated ...

Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and ...

What is a damper, and where is it on the engine? It is the barbell-looking “weight” on the front of the crankshaft near the front of the engine. There is a free-floating ring of steel (inertia ring) ...

Overhead electrical distribution lines are traditionally constructed with bare aluminum or copper conductors energized at thousands of volts. This presents a danger to people and wildlife from ...