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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROD NON-REVERSAL AND BALANCING WEIGHT???

Thread starter EngrCharles
Start date Jun 16, 2013

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Jun 16, 2013

EngrCharles

Mechanical

Hello colleagues. I am pretty new in this forum and seriously need help on this.

Question: Can an unbalanced single throw reciprocating compressor contribute to a road non-reversal due to lack of balanced or equal inertial forces on both sides of the cross head assembly?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Charles