Starter (engine)
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A starter is an apparatus installed in motor vehicles to rotate the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's combustion cycle. Starters can be electric, pneumatic, or
An automobile starter assembly. The larger cylinder is the motor housing, and the smaller cylinder on top is the solenoid which controls power to the motor and engages the drive pinion with the engine's flywheel.
A 1920s era electric self-starter for an airship engine
Typical electric starter installed underneath and toward the rear of an automobile engine
The Norbert Riedel-designed, "APU-style" two-stroke starter motor for a Jumo 004 turbojet engine
Starter solenoid
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A starter solenoid is an electromagnet which is actuated to engage the starter motor of an internal combustion engine. It is normally attached directly to the starter motor which it controls.
Starter (engine)
…engines and small diesel engines. The modern starter motor is either a permanent-magnet or a series-parallel wound direct current electric motor with a starter solenoid (similar to a relay) mounted on it. When DC power from the starting battery is applied to the solenoid, usually through a key-operated switch (the…
1: Main Housing (yoke) 2: Overrunning clutch 3: Armature 4: Field coils 5: Brushes 6: Solenoid