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Common rail made of precision steel tubes for pressures greater than 1800 bar

Common-Rail-Verteilerleiste aus nahtlosem Präzisionsstahlrohr für Drücke über 1800 bar

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The majority of fuel rails supplied for common rail diesel injection systems to date consist of a forged and machined piece of steel. About two years ago, Poppe & Potthoff GmbH & Co. successfully entered the market with an alternative based on a cold-drawn seamless steel tube. The metallurgical possibilities of seamless precision steel tubes offer special advantages with respect to working pressures and potential for further development.

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  1. Christian Potthoff-Sewing
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Potthoff-Sewing, C. Common rail made of precision steel tubes for pressures greater than 1800 bar. MTZ Worldw 64, 40–41 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03227624

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