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Method and apparatus for electrochemical machining of spray holes in fuel injection nozzles

US5026462A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 1990
Grant dateJun 25, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M61/1806
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The inner end of a spray hole in a fuel injection nozzle for an internal injection engine is electrochemically machined by providing a negative electrode inside a chamber in said body, while applying an electrolyte under pressure to the exterior of the nozzle body, so as to cause the electrolyte to flow through the spray hole inwardly of said body. The electrolyte is preferably an aqueous solution of NaCl.

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