1 Purpose. Structural motor parts such as crankshafts and connecting rods are frequently described by their method of fabrication: billet, cast or forged. Much confusion, some of it intentional, surrounds the differences between these methods, and the their advantages and weaknesses.
News LinksMore>>. It is an eruption that many who live on the Island of Hawaii remember well. On March 25, 1984, lava erupted from a fissure at Mauna Loa's summit, and, within hours, another fissure opened farther downMore >>. It is an eruption that many who live on the Island of Hawaii remember well.More >>.
Mauna Loa is an active shield volcano, and scientists think that it has been erupting for about 700,000 years; it emerged through the surface of the ocean about 400,000 years ago. The active magma for Mauna Loa comes from the Hawaiian hotspot.