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Perhaps it is not so well known that Deutz AG owns one of the most complete museums on the history of the internal combustion engine, called 'Technikum' and only accessible free of charge to groups of 8 -
20 people after prior registration.
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So what are typical developments for Deutz? Direct injection, which is known to place special demands on the hydraulics, came very early on, in 1921. Rudolf Diesel had also flirted with direct injection, but had
to make do with air injection of fuel.
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Deutz states that this first engine consumes 168 grams per horsepower per hour. So if you had been able to drive with 18 kW (25 partial load horsepower), low weight and 100 km/h back then, you would have consumed 4
l/100km. Of course, the Deutz engine was significantly larger, but the enormous economy of the diesel engine was already apparent.
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The largest of them had 294 kW (400 hp) and the direct injection engine did not prevail either. The issue of exhaust gas quality does not yet play a major role. For a long time, the pre-chamber engine will therefore dominate
proceedings, and will soon be successful in trucks and even later in cars.
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It simply runs more smoothly and can reach much higher speeds, not necessarily because of its particular sportiness, but because it has a power-to-weight ratio that is sufferable in the truest sense of the word.
It is about use in agriculture to support the hard working conditions.
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Cable winches are said to have been the first to be manufactured, and in 1926 the first diesel haulers with at least 10 kW (14 HP) were produced. Now Deutz is a district of Cologne and of course it is pointed out that the
haulers slowly replaced the horses in the Rose Monday procession.
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We have already mentioned the trucks from Ulm, mostly known as round and corner bonnet trucks, easy to recognize and especially to hear by the air-cooled diesel engine, at least until the section was transferred to Iveco in
the 1970s. Perhaps the 10,000 vehicles delivered to the Soviet Union from 1974 onwards have something to do with this type of cooling.
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Of course, the fire service and bus sectors cannot be left unmentioned. We have already tried to introduce you to the subject of Deutz locomotives in several sections. The first engines for these were delivered at the
beginning of the last century.
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In addition, the company was involved in the rearmament for the First World War with narrow-gauge railway locomotives. In 1953, the United West German Waggon Factories were incorporated, which meant that large diesel
locomotives could now also be manufactured. But that was only the case until 1970.
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A rare souvenir comes from the model building company ESU, which has launched a program with the Deutz KG 230B diesel locomotive for various designs and countries. Air-cooled V12 multi-fuel engine, 19 liters, approx.
170 kW (230 HP) at 2000 rpm, Voith turbo transmission, Knorr air brake, max. 34 km/h, length approx. 8 meters, service weight 38 tons.
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