If you’ve ever seen the sparks created by someone munching Wint-O-Green Life Savers in a darkened room, you’ll have witnessed this phenomenon: Certain crystalline materials, such as sugar, produce ...

Suppliers of diesel fuel injectors are fighting a technology battle to win new business as tougher European Union emissions rules take effect before the end of the decade. German suppliers Robert ...

The first application of Bosch gasoline direct injection with piezo injectors will be on the Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 CGI. The injection system employs what is known as the spray-guided combustion ...

BOXBERG, Germany --Robert Bosch GmbH says it has developed a solenoid valve injector for diesel engines that offers the same performance as its piezo injector but at a lower cost. The solenoid ...

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is betting on a revamped Power Stroke diesel truck engine with a piezo electric fuel injection system to end quality problems and keep its top-selling Super Duty pickups ...

Piezo fuel injection systems have become firmly established as the state of the art in passenger vehicles, in particular in diesel and increasingly in gasoline powered cars. Since their market debut ...

Ever wondered which injectors are in your truck, what they look like, or even how they work? Throughout the progression of diesel injection systems, this component has gone from extremely simple to ...

A comprehensive comparison between a direct acting and an indirect acting piezoelectric injector has been carried out both at the hydraulic rig and at the dynamometer cell. The working principle of ...

Piezo comes from the Greek word “piezein,” which means “squeeze” or “apply some pressure.” Whether they take form as a transducer or sensor, piezo components all operate as the result of some degree ...