Lifter
From Academic Kids
Lifter can have the following meanings:
- Lifter, an ionic propulsion device.
- In piston engines, a lifter, cam follower, or tappet is a device that actuates a poppet valve through rocker arms and pushrods. Cam followers are needed to transfer the radial forces caused by the rotating cams on the camshaft to the engine block, leaving only an axial force on the pushrod.
- Use of hydraulic lifters eliminates the need to regularly adjust the valve play, but can be inefficient. Solid lifters are used in performance applications.
- In engineering, lifter has some unrelated meanings.
- The lifter kitchen utensil is another name for a spatula.
