Honda completes diesel engine production plant
28 Apr 2009|5,343 views
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Ogawa is the latest environmentally-responsible Honda manufacturing facility. It has been designed to decrease the amount of CO2 generated in the production of each engine by 40 per cent during the casting process, and by 25 per cent in the machining phase. The plant has only one production line, but this 'Advanced Flexible Line' can produce eight different types of engine, including the most sophisticated low-emission units.
Honda currently produces diesel engine cylinder blocks at its Suzuka factory in Japan, and will gradually transfer the casting and machining process of engine parts to the new Ogawa plant. The new Ogawa plant will then supply diesel engine parts to the Sayama factory, to go into the Accord for the European market. It will also supply diesel engine parts for Honda's factory in the UK at Swindon, which produces the Civic and CR-V models.
The completion ceremony at the new Ogawa engine plant took place on 10 April, 2009, and was attended by Shigeru Nakajima, Deputy GM of Industry and Employment at Saitama Prefecture Government, as well as Kihei Kasahara, the Mayor of Ogawa town and several Honda executives.
About the i-DTEC
The i-DTEC is a diesel engine from Honda that builds and improves on the performance, fuel economy and emission efficiency of the i-CTDi diesel engine (as seen in Civic, CR-V and FR-V). The i-DTEC engine is all-aluminium, transversely mounted, with four-cylinders, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, a variable nozzle turbocharger and a second order balancer shaft. The i-DTEC currently powers the latest Accord model in Europe.
Honda's diesel engine block is cast from 'semi-solid' aluminium alloy. This semi-solid casting requires complex manufacturing, and enables the production of a strong, rigid cylinder block with closed-deck configuration to reduce noise and vibration and deliver smoother performance.
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Ogawa is the latest environmentally-responsible Honda manufacturing facility. It has been designed to decrease the amount of CO2 generated in the production of each engine by 40 per cent during the casting process, and by 25 per cent in the machining phase. The plant has only one production line, but this 'Advanced Flexible Line' can produce eight different types of engine, including the most sophisticated low-emission units.
Honda currently produces diesel engine cylinder blocks at its Suzuka factory in Japan, and will gradually transfer the casting and machining process of engine parts to the new Ogawa plant. The new Ogawa plant will then supply diesel engine parts to the Sayama factory, to go into the Accord for the European market. It will also supply diesel engine parts for Honda's factory in the UK at Swindon, which produces the Civic and CR-V models.
The completion ceremony at the new Ogawa engine plant took place on 10 April, 2009, and was attended by Shigeru Nakajima, Deputy GM of Industry and Employment at Saitama Prefecture Government, as well as Kihei Kasahara, the Mayor of Ogawa town and several Honda executives.
About the i-DTEC
The i-DTEC is a diesel engine from Honda that builds and improves on the performance, fuel economy and emission efficiency of the i-CTDi diesel engine (as seen in Civic, CR-V and FR-V). The i-DTEC engine is all-aluminium, transversely mounted, with four-cylinders, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, a variable nozzle turbocharger and a second order balancer shaft. The i-DTEC currently powers the latest Accord model in Europe.
Honda's diesel engine block is cast from 'semi-solid' aluminium alloy. This semi-solid casting requires complex manufacturing, and enables the production of a strong, rigid cylinder block with closed-deck configuration to reduce noise and vibration and deliver smoother performance.
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