Ruston ATC Vee-Form Diesel Engine

Summary

Industrial film showing the Ruston ATC Vee Form diesel engine including testing of components at the Ruston Group research centre in Lincoln

Year:

1968

Duration:

0:18:32

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Industrial

Company:

Master format:

16mm

Description

Exterior shot of the Ruston Group research centre on Beevor Street in Lincoln. Two women walk into the centre passing a vintage Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine in the foyer. Inside a training room a woman distributes pamphlets promoting the launch of the Ruston Vee Form diesel engine. We then see views of work underway in the electronics laboratory and the stress and vibration lab. This is followed by shots of technicians working on a large diesel engine on a test bed. A model shows the v layout of the cylinders and we see views of individual components and shots of assembly.


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