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    Position Ignition was a Careers Guidance Service that provided career support, advice and guidance to individuals and organizations. It was set up to...
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    In a spark ignition internal combustion engine, ignition timing is the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release...
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    position or rotational speed of the crankshaft. This information is used by engine management systems to control the fuel injection or the ignition system...
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    An ignition coil is used in the ignition system of a spark-ignition engine to transform the battery voltage to the much higher voltages required to operate...
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    An ignition magneto (also called a high-tension magneto) is an older type of ignition system used in spark-ignition engines (such as petrol engines). It...
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    German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder...
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    Distributor (redirect from Direct Ignition)
    device used in the ignition system of older spark ignition engines. The distributor's main function is to route electricity from the ignition coil to each spark...
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    Capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) or thyristor ignition is a type of automotive electronic ignition system which is widely used in outboard motors, motorcycles...
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    Ignition systems are used by heat engines to initiate combustion by igniting the fuel-air mixture. In a spark ignition versions of the internal combustion...
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    rising engine speed with a signal provided by the ignition system. The valves are at the full open position at 8,000 rpm. A small black box sends a computed...
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  • the red-hot area of the tube, ignition occurs. On early designs, ignition timing was adjusted by adjusting the position of the red-hot spot on the tube...
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    Contact breaker (category Automotive ignition systems)
    (or "points") is a type of electrical switch, found in the ignition systems of spark-ignition internal combustion engines. The switch is automatically operated...
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  • "Ignition (Remix)" is a song written and produced by American R&B singer R. Kelly. It was released in 2002 as the lead single from his sixth studio album...
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    Systems commonly controlled by an ECU include the fuel injection and ignition systems. The earliest ECUs (used by aircraft engines in the late 1930s)...
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    Thermite (section Ignition)
    with an extremely intense exothermic reaction when they are heated to ignition temperature. The products emerge as liquids due to the high temperatures...
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    Pinchin Johnson & Associates Playfish Plus500 Portland Communications Position Ignition Pottermore Premier Farnell Premier Oil Pressparty PwC PeoplesCreation...
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    used in compression ignition (CI) engines and bioethanol or ETBE (ethyl tert-butyl ether) produced from bioethanol in spark ignition (SI) engines. As early...
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  • The Delco ignition system, also known as the Kettering ignition system, points and condenser ignition or breaker point ignition, is a type of inductive...
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  • In spark-ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the...
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    fire is an unexpected delay between the triggering of a firearm and the ignition of the propellant. This failure was common in firearm actions that relied...
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    Car key (redirect from Ignition key)
    ignition key slightly beyond the 'ignition on' position. When released, the key automatically returns to 'ignition on'. Aside from the convenience to the driver...
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    The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...
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    received a trickle charge from the magneto. On most models the three position ignition switch (on a key providing off, run and lights) was mounted on the...
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    A throttle position sensor (TPS) is a sensor used to monitor the throttle body valve position for the ECU of an engine. The sensor is usually located on...
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    the versatility of Honda's intention for the bike. 1994: Updates to the ignition timing due to adoption of the pent-roof combustion chamber design, the...
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  • Trionic 8 (section Ignition)
    Accelerator position sensor (379) Integrated in accelerator pedal bracket. Ignition coil with integrated power module (320) Separate inductive ignition coils...
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  • Distributor Cap Electronic timing controller Ignition box Ignition coil Ignition Coil Connector Ignition coil parts Ignition magneto Spark plug Glow plug Engine...
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    Hall effect sensor (category Position sensors)
    material. Commonly used in distributors for ignition timing (and in some types of crank- and camshaft-position sensors for injection pulse timing, speed...
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    after repeated heat cycling), ignition system (e.g., coil packs, primary ignition components, distributor cap, wires, ignition coil and spark plugs) or damaged...
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    before starting the engine. This is achieved by leaving the ignition switch in the "on" position, and only moving it to "start" once the glowplug has finished...
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