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| Vespa To Be Launched By March 2012 Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:09 AM PDT
Original Source: Vespa To Be Launched By March 2012 from BikeAdvice.in Vespa is a name that is synonymous with geared scooters in India. It was a brand which gave a tough fight to all the scooters from the Bajaj Auto. I'd earlier reported the news that Vespa will soon re-enter the Indian market with a bang. Here are more insights about it.
Three-wheeler manufacturer Piaggio Vehicles said on 6th of this month that it will re-enter the scooter segment by introducing its 'Vespa' model. The Vespa brand is more likely to be in the Indian soil by the March of next year. Also, the company is studying the market about a possible foray into the motorcycle segment. It is also to be observed that the name 'Vespa' is still a trustable name when it comes to scooters out here. "We are setting up a new facility with a 1.5 lakh unit initial annual capacity to launch the Vespa. We will announce it at the auto expo and it will be in the market by March," Piaggio Vehicles Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Ravi Chopra, told reporters on the sidelines of an Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) summit in New Delhi. The Vespa will not give a re-entry with the old kind of geared model. It'll take the Honda Access 125 head-on with its new 125 cc engine and it is for sure gonna be a gearless model. This particular model will be developed exclusively for the domestic model. "For re-entry into the scooter segment, we had announced an investment of €30 million. The capacity of the plant will be expanded to 3 lakh units annually by mid-2013," Mr Chopra said, adding that the facility is being set up at Baramati in Maharashtra. Following the scooter's foray, the company will enter the motorcycles segment as well. I, being a big fan of LML's bike designs so far, am waiting to check out the bikes in the near future. If, they can come up with revolutionary bikes like the Energy and Adrenos, they are sure to mark their presence in the Indian soil. Commenting on the motorcycle segment, Mr Chopra said: "It is a very significant business and the market opportunities are immense. We are doing a very comprehensive feasibility study to launch motorcycles in India." When Mr. Chopra was asked about the final investment decision on the proposed foray into India or when the study is expected to be complete, he declined to comment or answer regarding this. What do you have to say about the yet to be launched LML products and the Vespa in particular. Leave your thoughts in the form of words below. Regards, Related posts: |
| Supercharged Two Stroke Engine – Explained in Detail Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:04 AM PDT
Original Source: Supercharged Two Stroke Engine – Explained in Detail from BikeAdvice.in I am sure that most of you have already made so many thoughts in your mind by just reading the title; A Supercharged Two Stroke engine. It is one step ahead of two stroke engine. Let's first discuss some common advantages and disadvantages of two stroke engine. Most of us know how the two stroke engine works. It uses only two strokes to produce power from air fuel mixture. We cannot distinguish between the suction, compression, power and exhaust strokes.
Two stroke engine uses ports instead of inlet and exhaust valves: Inlet port, Transfer port and Exhaust port. Opening of these ports are controlled by piston movement only. No separate mechanisms are provided to operate these ports. At high speed of two stroke engine, these ports overlap with each other and increase the loss of fresh charge from the cylinder. Let's have some pros and cons of two stroke engine over four stroke. Advantages
Disadvantages
Despite of many more drawbacks from the two stroke engines, they are very popular for getting more mechanical power. One of my students thought to bring out some modifications for the two stroke engine to have improved fuel efficiency with more power at the same time. The only solution we got in our minds was supercharger. Some big machine like marine engines uses superchargers in two stroke engines.
Supercharger works like a turbine to throw the air in to the cylinder. This provides more air in to the cylinder than the engine naturally does. Excess air helps to ignite more fuel particles which generally left the engine without having combustion. This helps the engine to improve the power output at same RPM. But still we also have to improve the fuel efficiency. Carburettor supplies the fuel air mixture to the cylinder without measuring the amount needed. Engine has to burn the supplied amount of air fuel mixture and if fails, it throws this charge in to the exhaust port without any combustion. That's why, for getting better fuel consumption, we are planning to incorporate fuel injection rather than carburettor.
No doubt, we will have to work more to have correct injection timing, otherwise it will again leads to more fuel consumption. Finally let me explain you hoe these all components going to work for our triumph. We are going to shut down the transfer port which is originally used to transfer the fresh air fuel mixture. At this place, we are planning to generate air vent for crank case ventilation. The supercharger will be run by engine itself and will provide excess amount of air to the cylinder. This air will try to scavenge all exhaust gases from the cylinder to the exhaust port. Write now, this scavenging is done by fresh air fuel mixture coming from the transfer port, which also helps the fresh charge to escape from the cylinder. In our set up, only the air will be going to escape the cylinder.
After the proper scavenging and at the right time, we will inject the fuel in the inlet port of the engine. After the injection, air and fuel will get mix because of turbulence and will get combust with the help of spark plug. As we are going to supply sufficient air for the fuel for combustion, the efficiency will also improve and so as the emissions. At present, we are doing literature survey on this type of combinations. This will help us to locate and operate the systems efficiently. We can also defend our work on the basis of this literature survey. We have planned to complete the fabrication and commissioning of this project till December 2011. I assure you all that we will definitely discuss the results of my project whatever and whenever it may be. Please share your ideas and experience to improve my success rate for this project. Regards, Related posts: |
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