In the past, a stationary hit and miss engine would be used for jobs like grinding feed, shelling corn, pumping water, etc. Anywhere an electric motor would be used today used to use a stationary engine.
Most of the pumpjacks on oil well sites that I'm familiar with use a much larger version that's almost exactly the same as the smaller ones. They are usually ran off the natural gas from the well (of course, these are all shallow stripper wells that put out a low volume of oil).
I was at one tractor show where a stationary engine was mounted on a modified rail car (the type that a man would move the handle up and down to move it, can't remember the correct name). The engine had some sort of drive that drove the handles up and down which moved the car, creating a simplified locomotive to my eye. It was an interesting piece of work.
Very innovative to come up with an idea to use a different engine for an ice cream maker. Now, I feel assured that the future of ice creams are secured. Kidding aside, this engine actually works for a lot of other things. It's quite interesting really.
In the past, a stationary hit and miss engine would be used for jobs like grinding feed, shelling corn, pumping water, etc. Anywhere an electric motor would be used today used to use a stationary engine.
ReplyDeleteMost of the pumpjacks on oil well sites that I'm familiar with use a much larger version that's almost exactly the same as the smaller ones. They are usually ran off the natural gas from the well (of course, these are all shallow stripper wells that put out a low volume of oil).
I was at one tractor show where a stationary engine was mounted on a modified rail car (the type that a man would move the handle up and down to move it, can't remember the correct name). The engine had some sort of drive that drove the handles up and down which moved the car, creating a simplified locomotive to my eye. It was an interesting piece of work.
Very innovative to come up with an idea to use a different engine for an ice cream maker. Now, I feel assured that the future of ice creams are secured. Kidding aside, this engine actually works for a lot of other things. It's quite interesting really.
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