Euro IV norms: Bosch to make available latest technology

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, SEPT. 15. Electronically controlled fuel injection was the only way to meet the Euro IV norms for vehicular emission, and Bosch through MICO would make available the advanced systems to the Indian market, Mr. Andreas Nobis, Managing Director, MICO, has said.

Mr. Nobis said that MICO was holding talks with its customers in the automobile industry in India and once the particular systems suitable for India vis-a-vis the "Bharat Stage II" were identified, the technology would become available here.

He was speaking to presspersons at the inauguration of the MICO Application Centre on the premises of MICO's existing facility here on Friday. The Application Centre is said to be the first such one in the country.

The new systems represented a complete change in technology, Mr. Nobis said. In the long run, he said, the new technology would not be expensive to the customer as it would cut down on fuel consumption and improve the performance of engines (of vehicles). Initially, a five per cent to 10 per cent reduction in fuel consumption could be expected, he said.

The Common Rail system, which was one of the electronically controlled pressure injection systems that Bosch had developed, represented one of the possible systems that could be introduced in automobiles in this country, said Dr. Manfred Durholz, Department Manager, Injection Systems for Diesel Engines, Bosch. Over five million units of this system had been marketed by Bosch. Further, not everything would become costlier, Dr. Durholz said. For example, as the injection systems became more efficient the cooling units could become smaller.

Localisation of the manufacture of the increased number of components involved in the new injection systems would become essential, Mr. Nobis said.

The Application Centre, built at a cost of Rs.40 crores, would, among other things, work on solutions to the fuel injection problems to meet international emission norms.

Mr. Hans-Georg Hummel, General Manager, R & D, Application and Sales, OE, said that the Application Centre currently had 64 engineers. The number would be doubled by the year 2002 in tandem with an additional investment of Rs.9 crores over the same period.

The centre houses an engine testing dynamometer, a vehicle testing dynamometer, high precision calibration test benches, facilities for spark plug testing, starter motor testing, alternator testing, vibration testing, climatic testing and an instrumentation laboratory.

The Minister of State for Information, Prof. B.K.Chandrashekar, read out a speech of the Chief Minister, Mr. S.M.Krishna.

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