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  2. Flame-start system - Wikipedia

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    The flame-start system is a cold start aid for starting diesel engines at low ambient temperatures. It reduces the white smoke emission after the engine is started. In addition, it reduces the strain on the starter motor and batteries by shortening the start-up time. [1]

  3. Block heater - Wikipedia

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    The most common type of block heater is an electric heating element in the engine block, which is connected through a power cord often routed through the vehicle's grille. Some block heaters are designed to replace one of the engine's core plugs and therefore heat the engine via the coolant.

  4. Air-start system - Wikipedia

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    A direct start system as used on a marine slow-speed diesel is required to have up to 12 starts on a non-reversing engine or 6 starts on a reversible, or geared, engine. When starting the engine, compressed air is admitted to whichever cylinder has a piston just over top dead center, forcing it downward. [2]

  5. Hercules Engine Company - Wikipedia

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    Hercules expanded greatly in the interwar period, developing gas and diesel engines, serving the needs for truck, tractor and a plethora of equipment operators. During World War II the company produced about 750,000 gasoline and diesel engines for Allied military vehicles, ships, and various equipment. [ 3 ]

  6. Shibaura (company) - Wikipedia

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    The company also produced Yanmar tractors and STIHL power tools. [6] Some of the engines are made by a joint venture company, Perkins Shibaura Engines, founded in October 1994 and opened in 1996. [7] In April 2005, the company won The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2005). [2]

  7. John Fowler & Co. - Wikipedia

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    The main products produced by Fowler during the 1930s were their range of tracked tractors, the FD2, FD3 and FD4, powered by Fowler-Sanders diesel engines of 2, 3, and 4 cylinders. They also produced the Fowler Gyrotiller from 1927 - this was a large tracked vehicle 34 foot long and 10 ft 6in wide powered initially by a 225 hp Ricardo petrol ...

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  9. J&H McLaren & Co. - Wikipedia

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    After the First World War, McLaren built a cable-ploughing windlass, initially powered by a Dorman petrol engine but a diesel engine was sought. In 1926 the company entered into an agreement with the German Company Benz to manufacture diesel engines. These were the first automotive-type diesel engines produced in volume in Britain, and as a ...