04/01/2004 -
Received 7 machined pistons from Machinist.
Six of the 7 pistons will undergo further proprietary processing and then will be shipped to Roger Richard for final inspection before installation in prototype for testing.
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03/12/2004 - After
Completion of thorough inspection of the 22 piston castings, 7 castings forwarded to our Machinist.
02/23/2004 - Received 22 castings (pistons) from the investment casting company.
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01/09/2004
Roger Richard completed inspection and heat testing on the sample
piston. A minor change was made on the top ring location and cam
relief. Roger Richard reported the dimensional accuracy of the
machined piston was excellent.
12/13/2003 -
Sample piston shipped to Roger Richard for inspection.
12/08/2003 -
Twenty four (24) starch pistons patterns sent to
investment casting company.
11/28/2003 -
Machining on sample piston completed.
Machinist reported the investment casting was dimensionally accurate and
the aluminum was excellent quality.
11/05/2003 -
Final revisions made to the machining blueprint
(piston).
Forwarded to the machinist.
10/24/2003 -
Received sample casting (piston) from the investment
casting company. Forwarded to machinist.
7 Machined Pistons
04/26/2005-After many attempts at "tweaking" the
piston, a successful
two hour run was made on the 24,000 watt
generator test stand.
