Testing arrangements for multi-testing injection nozzles

• US 4,428,228 A
• Filed: 09/21/1981
• Issued: 01/31/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch G M B H
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Eblen, Ewald, Banzhaf, Werner, Brenner, Klaus
• Primary Examiner(s): Myracle, Jerry W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOLAND, THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US06/304,046
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 73/168, 73/119 A, 73/49.7, 73/47, 74/567
• US Class Current: 73/114.45
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 65/00 Testing fuel-injection apparatus, e.g. testing injection timing testing of ignition F02P17/00; measuring fuel consumption G01F9/00; Cleaning of fuel-injection apparatus

Abstract

A testing arrangement for testing injection nozzles in a nozzle holder combination, has a first testing circuit provided with a first pump for a hydraulic pressure medium and arranged for testing nozzles as to the throughflow, and a second circuit provided with a second pump for the hydraulic pressure medium and arranged for testing the nozzles as to the opening pressure, buzzing condition, tightness of nozzle holder combination and if necessary seat tightness and needle play of a nozzle, wherein the circuits are arranged so as to perform testing during operation of the nozzles.

Claims

1. A testing arrangement for testing injection nozzles in a nozzle holder combination, as to throughflow, opening pressure, buzzing condition, tightness of the nozzle holder combination, and if necessary seat tightness and needle play of a nozzle, the testing arrangement comprising receiving means arranged to receive a nozzle holder combination;

control means connected to said nozzle holder combination and arranged so that a hydraulic pressure medium at constant temperature flows therethrough and comprising testing means including a first testing circuit provided with a first pump for the hydraulic pressure medium and arranged for testing as to the throughflow, and a second circuit provided with a second pump for the hydraulic pressure medium and arranged for testing as to the opening pressure, buzzing condition, and tightness of nozzle holder combination, said control means further including a hydraulic switching means connected to the first and second testing circuits and to said nozzle holder combination so as to control all testing operations during a single testing cycle.

2. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said second pump of said second testing circuit is arranged to supply a constant quantity of the pressure medium per unit time during a testing cycle.

3. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 2, wherein said second pump of said second testing circuit has a rotatable pump cam and is arranged to supply a constant quantity of the pressure medium per unit time during a partial rotation of said pump cam.

4. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said second testing circuit has a pressure accumulator and a control valve arranged for connecting the nozzle only during the seat tightness testing with the pressure accumulator which supplies the pressure medium with a pressure which is slightly lower than the opening pressure of the nozzle.

5. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a pressure transducer formed as an absolute pressure transducer arranged to provide an information about the pressure as an electrical signal; and

indicating means arranged to receive the electric signal from said pressure transducer.

6. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a laser light source arranged for emitting a beam extending directly over a nozzle opening; and

a detector arranged to detect and evaluate the beam as a measure of needle seat tightness.

7. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said first pump of said first testing circuit is adjusted to a constant pressure, said first testing circuit including successively arranged a pressure accumulator for damping pressure variations, a manometer, a throughflow measuring transducer and a temperature measuring instrument.

8. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said first testing circuit includes measuring means connected in series to the first pump, said switching means being operable to supply directly the pressure medium to said nozzle holder combination so as to bypass said measuring means.

9. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said second testing circuit has an additional conduit and a pressure accumulator arranged in said additional conduit, said pressure accumulator being chargeable via a control valve which is located downstream of said second pump and also being connectable with said second testing circuit.

10. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said second pump of said second testing circuit has a cam which supplies a constant volume stream of pressure medium per a degree of its rotation over an angle of rotation of substantially 250°

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11. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising electronic evaluating means arranged in said testing means to evaluate measured data in said second circuit.

12. A testing arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said second pump of said second testing circuit is an injection pump.