Compression: An automotive term used by everybody, forever. Let's get into some detail and maybe develop a better understanding. Pressure, and more pressure: It's a must-have to produce power within ...

At first glance, the concept of engine compression is simple enough:It's the ratio of the volume of the combustion chamber and bore when thepiston is at bottom dead center (BDC) versus when it is at ...

Four-stroke engines, which make up 99% of vehicles on the road, rely on a system for managing air intake, compression, ...

Zahroof Valves (ZVI) is always looking for new and unconventional ways to solve old problems. The company, founded in Houston in 2010, has developed an innovative reciprocating compressor valve ...

Shock absorbers have been around in one form or another since the early 1900s, but those drivers wouldn’t recognize the sophisticated dampers used on street or off-road vehicles today. A shock ...

Diagnosing a faulty compressor valve is something HVAC technicians have to deal with on a semi-regular basis, and while a bad valve is often not the main reason a compressor fails, it is an integral ...

Atlas Copco has made three acqusitions in Germany and the US, buying Pacific Sales & Service, Zahroof Valves and Druckluft-Technik-Nord. The transaction price for each acqusition has not been ...