EcoMotors
Inc. of Allen Park, Michigan, now expects production of its ground-breaking
opposed-piston diesel engine to begin in 2015, according to company sources.
In an exclusive statement the company, which has created a unique opposed-piston engine told autoindustrynewsletter.blogspot.co.uk…”Ecomotors is an engine development
company, one that is approaching commercialization. As we get closer to
that phase, the tempo of communication will increase. On our website
(Ecomotors.com) you can see a video of our test capabilities and our development
engine running. The development engine is a 240bhp diesel, and testing is
on-going. Size and weight are important benefits of the opoc
architecture, and we continue to optimize component materials and processes
with them in mind. SOP is expected in 2015.”
In April 2013, Zhongding Power and
Ecomotors signed an agreement to build a facility that would be capable of
building 150,000 opposed-piston engines a year. Last month, officials visited the newly completed foundry and were photographed (below) in front of an EcoMotors Opoc engine. an official of Anhui Zhongding Holding Group explained the working priciples of the opposed-piston.
“This patented design creates a ground-breaking internal combustion
engine family architecture that will run on a number of different fuels,
including gasoline, diesel and ethanol. The result is an engine family that is
lighter, more efficient and economical, with lower exhaust emissions,” the company adds.
See other references to EcoMotors and Zhongding Power on this blog. A
feature of the Zhongding Power technology is that it would take advantage of
using the latest technology, including the use of compacted graphite iron (CGI)
as the cylinder block material for the opposed-piston engine. The new foundry, designed from the outset to produce CGI components, casting the cylinder blocks for the Opoc engine uses the SinterCast process control technology to produce the necessarily high-quality CGI material.
The companies plan a whole range of applications for the engine,
including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, buses, agricultural vehicles and
construction equipment as well as power generation facilities.
Previous applications of opposed-piston diesel engines have included the extremely complicated Napier Deltic engine employed in railway locomotives and marine patrol vessels, and the Rootes TS3 engine (see above) used in commercial vehicles.
Previous applications of opposed-piston diesel engines have included the extremely complicated Napier Deltic engine employed in railway locomotives and marine patrol vessels, and the Rootes TS3 engine (see above) used in commercial vehicles.
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