Successful start for pre-chamber diesel engines

Date:
8 June 1922
Description:
The Benz & Cie. Board of Management commissions an initial test series for pre-chamber diesel engines. The two-cylinder four-stroke engines produce 25 hp / 18 kW at 800 rpm and are fitted into three Benz-Sendling S 6 motorised ploughs. Testing is so successful that on 6 March 1923 the decision is taken to produce a series of 100 units.

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Benz-Sendling motorised plough 25 to 32 hp, with petrol or diesel engine, with a drive wheel, chain transmission, thresh...

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