Welcome to TCK Engines Ltd

TCK Engines Ltd have developed a patented and approved innovative engine which has advantages similar to that of free-piston designs. The engine incorporates variable valve control and a variable compression ratio.

• Improves Combustion efficiency = less NOX HC CO, the harmful emissions
• Improves Thermal efficiency = less fuel used, eliminating the majority of heat and friction losses
• Improved power/weight – no heavy crankshaft
• 100% balanced – low noise and vibration
• Low maintenance – fewer parts – less stressed components – low wear of components
• Universally fuelled – petrol/diesel/gas operation within a stroke of a piston
• 2, 4 stroke operation and water injection (5/6 stroke) cycles
• Improved engine cycles - Otto, Diesel, Bourke, Atkinson – piston stroke profile can be engineered
• Simple mechanism that has few moving parts- no gears, timing chains, belts or additional camshafts
• Mechanism can be sealed from combustion gasses - engine oil is not contaminated
• The output shaft speed can be tailored for marine or aviation using minimal or no transmission systems
• Radial and horizontally opposed piston configurations can be used
• TCK combined internal and external combustion capable of efficiencies exceeding the best that our current power stations operate on the National Grid
• Utilising the waste heat (TCK external combustion engine) in automotive use could potentially half the oil consumption and consequent CO2 produced

Our aim is to reduce the 'carbon footprint' of mankind: reduce our contribution to global warming by more efficient generation of useful energy from our natural and renewable resources.The alternative is to continue with investment in conventionally cranked piston engines which have shown diminishing gains in efficiency improvements over the last decade and use substantially more complex mechatronic systems to achieve this. The TCK Engine design represents a quantum leap in engine technology using simple mechanical systems and realise the efficient combustion cycles that can be currently modelled only in computer simulations.

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