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Diesel Power

Review—Detroit Diesel (continued from page 23) sion of General Motors offers ad- vanced fuel economy models of its 149 Series diesel engines. The tur- bocharged and intercooled engines are said to be the most fuel-effi- cient heavy-duty diesels available in their power range.

The Detroit 149 engines in 12- and 16-cylinder, V configurations are expected to show fuel economy improvements of about 3.5 percent over previous engines at the same horsepower ratings. The 12-cylin- der models are available up to 894 bhp, and the 16-cylinder versions up to 1,212 bhp. The fuel economy improvements are the result of a number of engineering develop- ments, including new turbocharg- ers, unit fuel injectors, and a new airflow system.

With the new system, the power required to drive the Roots type blowers used in Detroit two-stroke cycle engines is reduced signifi- cantly as the engine reaches oper- ating speeds. As that happens, the increased airflow from the turbo- chargers takes over the function of providing the intake air needed to maintain combustion and scaveng- ing in the cylinders. A special valve takes the load off the blower by equalizing the pressure on both sides of the rotors, reducing blower horsepower. The new turbocharg- ers and unit fuel injectors have been carefully tailored to match the needs of the new system for optimum fuel efficiency.

Detroit Diesel 149 Series en- gines have been popular with the commercial fishing industry for many years.

ELECTRO-MOTIVE

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Rating increases of 10 percent, resulting from technological im- provements, have been announced by the Electro-Motive Division of

General Motors. The leading sup- plier of diesel engines to the do- mestic marine market says the 645FB engine provides a five per- cent improvement in fuel effi- ciency over its 645EB series of engines. "EMD engines have been a fa- vorite of the marine industry since they were first introduced in 1937.

Their high reliability, ease of maintenance, and the continuing improvements in fuel efficiency have made them the standard of the industry," said G.C. Mulick,

EMD manager power products.

The product advances incorpo- rated into the 645 series enables

EMD to offer ratings for propul- sion engines ranging from 1,050 bhp at 900 rpm for the Roots blower engine model 8-645E6 to 4,000 bhp at 900 rpm for the turbocharged model 20-645F7B engine.

In the EMD marine generator sets, power output ranges from 570 kw, 50 Hz at 750 rpm in the

Roots blower engine model 8-645E6 to 2,865 kw, 60 Hz at 900 rpm for the turbocharged 20-645F7B engine.

Electro-Motive is currently in the midst of a 10-year, $1.3-billion product and facilities improve- ment program. This program has seen the completion of EMD's blended fuels facility; it will see the addition of 63 computer- controlled machines to accompany the more than 150 already in place. The planned investment also includes the addition of robotics for such applications as material handling, arc welding, and deburring.

GARDNER

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British diesel engine manufac- turer L. Gardner and Sons Ltd., represented in the U.S. by Waller

Marine of Houston, is now concen- trating on the North American marine market with the company's line of naturally aspirated and turbocharged diesels that have a (continued on page 26) ohnson DURAMAX

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