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News Release from: Ricardo | Subject: Engine design
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2003
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Ricardo has been working on the first new engines designed and built in the UK by a British-owned manufacturer for over a decade.
Following the recent announcement by JCB, one of the world's largest construction equipment manufacturers, that it will build its own range of diesel engines, the company has confirmed that its long-standing design partner is Ricardo The highly regarded independent powertrain specialist and engineering consultant has been involved since the beginning of the programme, developed in secret over the past five years, which will lead in 2005 to the first new engines designed and built in the UK by a British-owned manufacturer for over a decade
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Commenting on its design role and the application of its powertrain skills Ricardo's Technical Director, Paul McNamara, said: "We are proud to have been this closely involved in the design of the JCB engine.
The major challenge was to ensure it would be cost-effective to manufacture and in this respect we have set a new standard.
In fact, what we have achieved is a new production cost benchmark; an advanced no-compromise engine design in terms of performance and emissions that is extremely cost effective to manufacture".
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Ricardo's design and engineering support throughout the development of the naturally aspirated, turbocharged and after-cooled engine family comprised: advice during the feasibility stages on the fuel and combustion system as well as the construction and design of the engine based on a challenging product profile in which cost of manufacturing was the key target; concept design, including studies of design options, with a clean sheet approach to meet the specific requirements of the off-highway market; complete definitive design of the new 4 and 6-cylinder engine family using the latest simulation, modelling and analysis tools, based in a dedicated project office at Ricardo's main technical centre in Shoreham; design, procurement and manufacture of prototype engines in less than 12 months which were used to demonstrate the design concept on the test bed and in machine applications; close working with the JCB engineers in a team comprising designers, manufacturing engineers, purchasing and other specialists in engine performance, noise reduction and emissions control; and ongoing support in the development of the engines to meet the latest emissions standards with competitive fuel economy and performance.
McNamara added: "The JCB engine family with its many innovative design features is on target to deliver world-class manufacturing costs, a landmark achievement which has been attained by meeting our primary design brief of delivering a reduced parts count with significant integration of components.
We have also enhanced the performance of the engine over existing products - including a high level of NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) refinement - while meeting future worldwide emissions standards".
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