Cylinder bi, wɔ mfiridwuma nhyehyɛe te sɛ engine anaa hydraulic mfiri ho no, gyina nnyinasosɛm ahorow a ɛfa nsu a ɛyɛ nnam ne mfiri ahoɔden a wɔde fa nneɛma so ho na ɛyɛ adwuma. Sɛnea cylinder yɛ adwuma no ho nsɛm titiriw ni:
1. Nhyehyɛe: Mpɛn pii no, cylinder yɛ ɔdan a ɛyɛ kurukuruwa a ɛwɔ piston a wotumi fa mu wɔ mu. Wɔasɔ cylinder dan no ano wɔ n’awiei biako, bere a awiei foforo no abue anaasɛ ɛwɔ hyɛn gyinabea a nsu bɛkɔ mu na afi mu.
2. Nsu a ɛkɔ mu ne nea ɛkɔ mu: Wɔ hydraulic nhyehyɛe mu no, wɔde nsu (a ɛtaa yɛ ngo) gu cylinder no mu fa ɔkwan a ɛkɔ mu no mu, na ɛde nhyɛso ba piston no so. Afei wogyae nsu no anaasɛ wɔdannan no fa ɔkwan a ɛkɔ mu no so de hwɛ sɛnea piston no kɔ so no so.
3. Piston movement: Sɛ wɔde nsuo nhyɛsoɔ gu piston no fã baako so a, ɛma ahoɔden bi a ɛma piston no fa cylinder no tenten so. Saa kankyee yi betumi ayɛ linear anaasɛ rotational, a egyina nhyehyɛe a ɛwɔ cylinder no mu ne nea wɔahyɛ da ayɛ no so.
4. Force transmission: Piston no kankan no ma ahoɔden a wotumi de kɔ afã afoforo a ɛka cylinder no ho no ba. Sɛ nhwɛso no, wɔ engine mu no, piston a ɛwɔ cylinder mu no a ɛkɔ no kyerɛ ase kɔ rotary motion mu denam krankshaft so, na awiei koraa no ɛma kar no ntwahonan na ɛma.
5. Nsɔano: Nsɔano nneɛma te sɛ O{1}}Rings anaa piston rings na wɔde siw nsuo a ɛtwetwe wɔ piston ne cylinder no ntam no ano, na ɛhwɛ ma ɛyɛ adwuma yiye na ɛma nhyɛso kɔ so wɔ cylinder no mu.
6. Nneɛma a wɔde di dwuma: Wɔ nneɛma pii mu no, wɔde valve anaa akwan foforo a ɛma nsu kɔ cylinder no mu na efi mu ba no di dwuma wɔ piston a ɛwɔ cylinder no mu no mu. Eyi ma wotumi di cylinder no kankan ne tumi ahorow a ɛde ba no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.
