Introduction:
Piston rings are provided on the piston. These are used to seal the high pressure side (cylinder) and low pressure side (crank case), i.e. to prevent leakage of gases. There is one oil ring also which is used to scrap the lubricating oil at the cylinder surface so that it returns to crank case.
Pistons ring details:
Fig: Piston rings
Piston Ring Wear:
Types of the piston rings:
There are six types of the piston rings:
Fig: Types of the piston rings