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Sulzer DM Engine Tuns

This year is the centenary of the Sulzer diesel engine. On June 10, 1898, the first diesel engine built by Sulzer Brothers began running on the test bed in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Since then, the Sulzer diesel engine has become a household name in the marine industry, and has passed through an amazing range of devel- opment, starting from the first engines — derived from the 1898 experimental four-stroke engine of 20 bhp — to the 90,000 bhp 12-cylinder

RTA96C ship propulsion engine that recently entered service.

A total of some 37,000 Sulzer diesel engines, aggregating 158.3 million bhp, had been built or were on order by the end of 1997.

Formation Of Early Diesel Roots

The remarkable association of the Swiss firm

Sulzer Brothers with the diesel engine stemmed from 1879 when at the age of 21, Rudolf Diesel came to the firm's Winterthur works for work- shop experience after studying in Munich. In 1893, when he was seeking backing to develop his new engine concept, he sent a copy of his book Theory And Design of An Efficient Heat

Engine As The Replacement For Steam Engines and Today's Known Combustion Engines to

Sulzer Brothers. He also corresponded with

Wilhelm Zublin, chief engineer at Sulzer

Brothers, to promote his engine but with no suc- cess. At that time, the firm was enjoying tremendous success with its world-renowned

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