Unlike others, it was never overwhelmingly focused on the two big end markets that drove the bubble _ communications and financial services.
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The master rods had forked big ends with white metal bearings; the auxiliary rod ends ran between the forks on bronze bushes.
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The big end contains the air sac and its shell is pierced by a higher density of pores than the more pointed end.
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The low but potentially big end _ consumers and so-called SOHO buyers ( small-office, home-office ) _ have yet to be fully tapped.
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The master rod carries one or more ring pins to which are bolted the much smaller big ends of slave rods on other cylinders.
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The big end bearings were flanged over the sides of the crankshaft to locate the rods against the crank webs, which reduced engine noise.
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A three-plunger pump driven by the valve shaft forces oil from the sump to troughs under and in the path of the big ends.
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The big end bearings were lubricated by jets from an oil gallery in the crankcase, the oil striking the crankshaft webs which were drilled accordingly.
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The big end has a detachable half to allow assembly around the crankshaft . It is kept together to the connecting rod by removable bolts.
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For the crankshaft bearing half shells and the big end bearings this can translate into frequent high-speed rotary movement before a hydrodynamic film is established.
