Automakers call it by different names, but many have a system to deactivate some of an engine's cylinders and save you gas. Yet this can bring its own problems.

It also introduces the concept of closed loop control with the addition of a feedback signal from an oxygen (O2) sensor that monitors the engine exhaust. The presence of oxygen, in the exhaust gas, ...

Mark C. Sellnau, Frederic A. Matekunas, Paul A. Battiston, Chen-Fang Chang, David R. Lancaster, Cylinder-Pressure-Based Engine Control Using Pressure-Ratio-Management and Low-Cost Non-Intrusive ...

EUROelectronics is a machine builder that was asked to design a closed-loop hydraulic cylinder control system for a die-casting press machine. The high-speed press moves anywhere from 0 to 10 m/s and ...