Perkins unveils new Tier 3 engine

Perkins used the Bauma China show to unveil the first designs for a new, off-highway diesel engine that will be manufactured at its Chinese factory in Wuxi and supplied to Tier 3 markets around the world.

The company worked together with local manufacturer Bosch Weifu to design a new fuel system for the 89 kW to 205 kW electronically-controlled 1106D-E70TA engine.

Perkins product marketing manager Simon Gray said, “It is very hard to keep control of fuel quality outside of the regulated US, European and Japanese markets. We worked with Bosch Weifu to develop a fuel filtration system that could cope with fuel that had water, dust and dirt present. The fuel system on the 1106D-E70TA is very tolerant and robust – it lubricates itself with oil, for instance, so as not to rely on the local diesel for lubrication.”

Mr Gray said the engine was developed to meet the future needs of developing markets. “By 2016, we expect Brazil, China and India to have adopted Tier 3 emissions regulations,” he said. “The 1106D-E70TA is ready for this change – the first pilot engines are in production, and we expect to go to full production in the third quarter of 2013.”

The 1106C is the first engine that the company has developed and produced in China. “Moving production of this six-cylinder type engine away from the UK keeps us competitive in the market place, but we are ensuring that quality is exactly the same – very high.”