Erickson Motors and our parent company Engine Research Associates, Inc. (ERA) are the developers and manufacturers of the Erickson Migrating Combustion Chamber (MCC) Engine. Erickson Motors is the commercial division of ERA. ERA's main focus is military and government research and development programs such as engines for generators and Unmanned Aerial Systems or drones.
Our MCC Engine technology was originally invented and patented in the United States by ERA. MCC engines offer a new operating cycle providing high efficiency, low vibration, low emissions, low cost production, scalable power, multi-fuel operation and a very quiet and cool exhaust without the need for a muffler or spark arrestor.
Our MCC Engine technology was originally invented and patented in the United States by ERA. MCC engines offer a new operating cycle providing high efficiency, low vibration, low emissions, low cost production, scalable power, multi-fuel operation and a very quiet and cool exhaust without the need for a muffler or spark arrestor.
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Erickson Motors is the MCC engine commercial development company which also provides commercial engineering and machining services. Engine Research Associates, Inc. (ERA) owns Erickson Motors and mainly focuses on MCC engine related military and government research and development programs including SBIR Phase I and Phase II programs.
Experience Matters - We provide engineering, product development support, refinement and machining services. We have over twenty years of experience in full life cycle product development which includes 3D CAD design, modeling, simulation, finite element analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), prototype fabrication, testing and production fabrication.
The patented, Erickson Migrating Combustion Chamber (MCC) multi-fuel engines use an orbiting piston in a scotch yoke mechanism providing four, ported, variable volume chambers with only three moving parts. It's a new mechanism and cycle of operation that is radically different than conventional piston and rotary (Wankel) engines.
The image above is the view from the back of a 2.0 cubic inch FE-200 MCC engine. A clear rear power block was used to allow the porting and internal mechanism to be visible. The MCC engine uses an orbiting piston in a scotch yoke mechanism providing four, ported, variable volume chambers with only three moving parts.
The Erickson MCC FE-120 is a 1.20 cubic inch, twin combustion chamber engine. High quality is maintained through the use of precision CNC machining equipment. Robust construction is provided by a hardened steel crankshaft that is supported by three ball bearings and a rotary connection to the piston without a connecting-rod.
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John Paff
Jun 06, 2019
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