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Con-rods and links with a 626 big end and a 625 small end: 55 to 488 mm

What con-rod carries the load of a charged 48 mm Stirling piston? · Hardware · basis: 626 and 625 sizes from their standards; lengths are design values

Long Earth Society build part. The con-rods of my performance engines. The engines

Exact dimensions. Every file is drawn at true size with no printing tolerance. The holes and pins that meet another part are listed below under Mating features, with the fit each joint needs; open those by your printer's or process's clearance before making the part. Mating features

sizes
5 in table

Notes

  • At 5 bar gauge the piston force swings about ±307 N; a 626 big end on a Ø6 crank pin and a 625 small end on the Ø5 wrist pin carry it on ball bearings.

Sizes

length_mmbig endsmall end
100.0626625
120.0626625
55.0626625
60.0626625
488.4626625

Mating features

Drawn at the exact size. Open press, slide, run and socket features by your process's clearance; leave designed gaps and clamp fits as drawn.

featureexactmates withfitfiles
big endØ19 × 6 pocket, Ø15 lip626 bearing ODpressall
small endØ16 × 5 pocket, Ø12 lip625 bearing ODpressall

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

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Free files

★ Free files 5 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

conrod-626-625-100con-rod 100 between eyes, 7 thick: 626 pocket Ø19 × 6 (big end), 625 pocket Ø16 × 5 (small end)STEP · STL
conrod-626-625-120con-rod 120 between eyes, 7 thick: 626 pocket Ø19 × 6 (big end), 625 pocket Ø16 × 5 (small end)STEP · STL
conrod-626-625-55con-rod 55 between eyes, 7 thick: 626 pocket Ø19 × 6 (big end), 625 pocket Ø16 × 5 (small end)STEP · STL
conrod-626-625-60con-rod 60 between eyes, 7 thick: 626 pocket Ø19 × 6 (big end), 625 pocket Ø16 × 5 (small end)STEP · STL
conrod-626-625-488.4con-rod 488.4 between eyes, 7 thick: 626 pocket Ø19 × 6 (big end), 625 pocket Ø16 × 5 (small end)STEP · STL

Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=stirling-conrods-626-625

Con-rods and links with a 626 big end and a 625 small end: 55 to 488 mm, isometric render of a generated part
Render of conrod-626-625-55 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

Which engine uses which?

100: both rods of the horizontal gamma and the walking-beam gamma's displacer; 120 and 55: the beta's piston and displacer; 60 and the long link: the walking beam's two links.