In his address the Automobile Division Chairman develops the theme that fuel injection equipment is the heart of the diesel engine. He explains the task that the fuel injection equipment has to carry out and how this has been solved in the past. He describes some present-day systems and sets out the problems in optimizing the injection characteristics. Finally he points to future trends in this field and outlines some recent developments in electronic control of fuel injection.
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