Sweden: Volvo Group announces new engine-testing technology
Wednesday, March 05, 2008, AutomotiveWorld.com
Volvo Group says it is about to invest SEK 330m (US$54m) in new technology that it claims will reduce emissions of nitrous oxides produced by its engine plants by 85%. The innovation centres on the testing procedure for engines, once they have been built.
The firm says a prototype system has been underway at its Curitiba engine plant in Brazil for twelve months. Volvo says it previously took about 30 minutes to check all functions of an engine, while the new way of testing, of which the firm does not wish to announce specifics, is claimed to generate the same results "significantly faster and with greater precision", it states.
The new technology will be introduced at the Group's engine production plants in Skovde (Sweden) and Hagerstown (Maryland, US) later this year. By 2009, the equipment will be installed at all of Volvo's engine plants worldwide.
The investment also comprises upgrading and improving quality assurance of the assembly process in engine production, the Gothenburg-based OEM states.
Published on Wednesday, March 05, 2008
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