EP2146087A2 - Kraftstoffeinspritzvorrichtung für Dieselmotor, Verfahren zu deren Herstellung und Ventileinheit - Google Patents

Kraftstoffeinspritzvorrichtung für Dieselmotor, Verfahren zu deren Herstellung und Ventileinheit Download PDF

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EP2146087A2
EP2146087A2 EP09008133A EP09008133A EP2146087A2 EP 2146087 A2 EP2146087 A2 EP 2146087A2 EP 09008133 A EP09008133 A EP 09008133A EP 09008133 A EP09008133 A EP 09008133A EP 2146087 A2 EP2146087 A2 EP 2146087A2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16—Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/168—Assembling; Disassembling; Manufacturing; Adjusting
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16—Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/166—Selection of particular materials
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16—Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/18—Injection nozzles, e.g. having valve seats; Details of valve member seated ends, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M61/1886—Details of valve seats not covered by groups F02M61/1866 - F02M61/188
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16—Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/18—Injection nozzles, e.g. having valve seats; Details of valve member seated ends, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M61/1893—Details of valve member ends not covered by groups F02M61/1866 - F02M61/188
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/02—Fuel-injection apparatus having means for reducing wear
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/90—Selection of particular materials
    • F02M2200/9053—Metals
    • F02M2200/9061—Special treatments for modifying the properties of metals used for fuel injection apparatus, e.g. modifying mechanical or electromagnetic properties

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  • the present invention relates to a fuel injection device for a diesel engine, and a valve unit, wherein a needle valve is moved in the inside of a nozzle body to which fuel is fed, to open or close seating faces through which the nozzle body and the needle valve come into contact with each other, thereby controlling the injection of fuel from a nozzle hole which is open to the nozzle body.
  • the present invention is concerned with a technique for improving the durability of seat portions.
  • a fuel injection device for a diesel engine is provided in the inside thereof with a nozzle body into which fuel is supplied and a needle valve which is slidable in the inside of the nozzle body.
  • the needle valve moves under the pressure of fuel which is supplied to the nozzle body, so that seating faces through which the nozzle body and the needle valve are in contact with each other open in the inside of the nozzle body, then fuel is injected from a nozzle hole formed in the nozzle body.
  • the needle valve which is urged with a load such as a spring comes into abutment against the nozzle body to close the seating faces, thereby stopping the injection of fuel from the nozzle.
  • the seat portions of the fuel injection nozzle for a diesel engine undergo a high impact force repeatedly with closing of the valve, resulting in occurrence of wear or spalling.
  • the spalling is a phenomenon such that a crack is developed in a boundary between a surface hardened layer and a base material, resulting in peeling-off of the surface hardened layer.
  • Wear occurs in both needle valve and nozzle body, but the nozzle body tends to become worn to a greater extent. Spalling occurs in the nozzle body. For making a stable long-hour operation of the diesel engine, it is important to improve the resistance to wear and to spalling of the seat portions.
  • SKH51 refined material is used as the material of the needle valve and SNCM420 carburized material or SKD61 nitrided material is used as the material of the nozzle body.
  • the refined SKH51 for the needle valve is a high speed steel called Mo high speed steel and is superior in toughness and wear resistance.
  • a microstructure thereof includes a relatively large, angular eutectic carbide (MC, M 6 C) and a fine precipitated carbide (C r23 C 6 , Mo 2 C) produced by tempering, both precipitated on a high temperature tempered martensite base material.
  • the carburized SNCM420 for the nozzle body includes a fine carbide precipitated on a low temperature tempered martensite base material. It softens if used at a temperature of not lower than the tempering temperature because it is influenced by the tempering temperature.
  • the nitrided SKD61 includes a fine double carbide (M 6 C) dispersed in a high temperature tempered martensite base material, with a hard nitride being dispersed in a diffusion layer.
  • a relatively large eutectic crystal (MC, M 6 C) precipitated in SKH51 may be a factor which exerts an influence on the wear resistance of the seat portions.
  • This carbide precipitated in the seat portion of the needle valve is angular and rises to the surface without becoming worn because it is harder than the base material, resulting in shaving the seat portion on the nozzle body side.
  • the quenching temperature is too high or the holding time is too long, the carbide in question becomes angularized and coarse, so care should be taken on this point.
  • a nitride layer such as the nitrided SKD61 is generally considered to be divided in two, one being a compound layer as an outermost surface layer and the other being an inside diffusion layer.
  • the outermost surface compound layer is brittle and weak against an impact force, so it is generally removed by grinding before use.
  • the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and it is an object of the invention to make the occurrence of wear and spalling difficult in seat portions of a fuel injection device for a diesel engine which undergoes a high impact force repeatedly at the time of closing of a valve.
  • the present inventors have analyzed a damaged article in order to clear up the cause of seating faces undergoing fatigue fracture due to a repeated impact force even after removal of the compound layer in each seat portion of a fuel.injection device for a diesel engine. As a result, the present inventors have found out a new fact that this phenomenon occurs in a specific site present within a diffusion layer.
  • the diffusion layer region lying just under the compound layer is made up of a diffusion layer region (first layer) relatively high in nitrogen content and a diffusion layer region (second layer) being tough and low in nitrogen content.
  • the diffusion layer region (second layer) which is tough and low in nitrogen content, can be made to be a seating face by removing the first layer, whereby it is presumed possible to enhance the durability against impact fatigue at the time of closing a valve in a nozzle.
  • a fuel injection device for a diesel engine wherein the portions serving as seat portions of both nozzle body and needle valve are constituted by a nitrided alloy steel and the second layer, which is tough and low in nitrogen content, is made to be a seating face by removing the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer from the surface of each seat portion.
  • the present invention provides a technique for exposing the second layer in the diffusion layer of the nitrided alloy steal to the surface. More particularly, the present invention provides an etching technique which has not been conducted heretofore as a steel texture observing technique but has been found out for the first time as a result of trial-and-error experiments made by the present inventors. According to this technique, the first and second layers in the diffusion layer are separated from each other in an observable manner, then a grinding quantity necessary for exposing the second layer to the surface is determined, and grinding is performed by only the grinding quantity, thereby allowing only the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer to be removed from the surface of each seating face formed by the nitrided alloy steel, to expose the second layer to the surface.
  • a fuel injection device for a diesel engine wherein a needle valve is moved in the inside of a nozzle body to which fuel is supplied, thereby opening or closing seat portions through which the nozzle body and the needle valve come into contact with each other to control injection of fuel from a nozzle hole, the nozzle hole being opened to the nozzle body, wherein a portion serving as the seat portion of the nozzle body and a portion serving as the seat portion of the needle valve are formed by a nitrided alloy steel, and a compound layer and a first layer in a diffusion layer are removed from a surface of at least the portion serving as the seat portion of the nozzle body.
  • the fuel injection device for a diesel engine wherein the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer are removed from the surface of the portion serving as the seat portion of the needle valve.
  • the fuel injection device for a diesel engine wherein the portion serving as the seat portion of the nozzle body is a second layer in the diffusion layer having a smoothness of at least less than Ra 0.4 in terms of surface roughness attained by grinding.
  • a needle valve is moved in the inside of a nozzle body to which fuel is supplied, thereby opening or closing seat portions through which the nozzle body and the needle valve come into contact with each other to control injection of fuel from a nozzle hole, the nozzle hole being opened to the nozzle body, the method including the steps of:
  • the method for manufacturing a fuel injection device for a diesel engine further including the steps of specularly grinding a section of an alloy steel of the same material as the material of the nozzle body and the needle valve and similarly nitrided, etching the section with 10% or more of alcohol nitrate, thereafter observing the section through a microscope to recognize a boundary between the first layer and a second layer in the diffusion layer, and determining a grinding quantity necessary for grinding the surfaces of the portions serving as the seat portions of the nozzle body and the needle valve to remove the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer.
  • a valve unit provided in a fuel injection device for a diesel engine and having a valve element, the valve element being moved in the inside of a body to which fuel is supplied from an inlet of the body, thereby opening or closing seat portions through which the body and the valve element come into contact with each other to let the fuel flow out from an outlet of the body, wherein a portion serving as the seat portion of the body and a portion serving as the seat portion of the valve element are formed by a nitrided alloy steel, and a compound layer and a first layer in a diffusion layer are removed from a surface of each of the portions serving as the seat portions of the body and the valve element.
  • valve unit including:
  • the nitrided alloy steel applied to both nozzle body (or body) and needle valve (or valve element) has an outermost compound layer, a first layer in a diffusion layer which underlies the compound layer, and a second layer underlying the first layer and having toughness.
  • a boundary between the first layer and the second layer in the diffusion layer cannot be recognized by etching using about 3% (3 to 5% or so) of alcohol nitrate which has heretofore been used for observing the texture of steel.
  • the method of the present invention by etching a section of a nitrided alloy steel for several tens seconds within an ultrasonic cleaner using 10% or more, e.g., 15% or so, alcohol nitrate and thereafter observing the section through a scanning electron microscope, it is possible to separate the boundary between the first and second layers in the diffusion layer.
  • the second layer having high toughness serves as each seat portion and hence it is possible to enhance the durability against impact fatigue at the time of valve closing in the nozzle (at the time of movement of the valve element). That is, both wear resistance and fatigue resistance are improved and the frictional force is decreased, whereby a shear stress induced near the surface upon sitting on the seat can be diminished and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of spalling of the seat portion of the nozzle body (or body).
  • the wear and damage of the seat portions of the fuel injection valve for a diesel engine or the valve unit are decreased, it is possible to prevent a secular change of injection characteristics and fuel leakage caused by a seat defect.
  • Such secular change of injection characteristics and fuel leakage caused by a seat defect deteriorate the engine performance (especially exhaust gas components).
  • the engine performance can be maintained in a satisfactory condition over a long period by improving the durability of the seat portions of the fuel injection nozzle or the valve unit. Consequently, it is possible to prolong the replacement cycle of the fuel injection device or an assembly thereof and hence possible to reduce the replacement expenses.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a fuel injection device for a diesel engine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figs. 2A and 2B are sectional views showing a machining process for a nozzle body in the fuel injection device
  • Figs. 3A and 3B are sectional views showing a machining process for a needle valve in the fuel injection device
  • Fig. 4 is an electron micrograph showing the form of a nitrided layer in a nitrided alloy steel (SKD61) used as the material injection device.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a fuel injection device for a diesel engine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figs. 2A and 2B are sectional views showing a machining process for a nozzle body in the fuel injection device
  • Figs. 3A and 3B are sectional views showing a machining process for a needle valve in the fuel injection device
  • Fig. 4 is an electron micrograph showing the form of a n
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a reciprocating wear test applied to materials used in the embodiment and a comparative example
  • Fig. 6 is a diagram showing in what manner a seizure test is conducted in the reciprocating wear test
  • Fig. 7 is a diagram showing in what manner a sliding speed varying test is conducted in the reciprocating wear test
  • Fig. 8 is a diagram comparing frictional forces of the materials used in the embodiment and the comparative example
  • Figs. 9A and 9B are diagrams showing appearance photographs of comparative test pieces after the reciprocating wear test
  • Figs. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing appearance photographs of test pieces of the embodiment after the reciprocating wear test
  • FIG. 11A and 11B are diagrams showing appearance photographs of test pieces of the embodiment after the reciprocating wear test
  • Figs. 12A and 12B are diagrams showing appearance photographs of test pieces of the embodiment after the reciprocating wear test.
  • Fig. 13 is a sectional view of a valve unit applied as a check valve or a relief valve to a fuel injection device for a diesel engine according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the fuel injection device for a diesel engine has a nozzle body 1 to which fuel is supplied and a needle valve 2 which is movable in the inside of the nozzle body 1.
  • the nozzle body 1 is a tapered, generally cylindrical block body and a guide bore 3 for the needle valve 2 is formed centrally of a base end portion of the nozzle body 1.
  • a front end portion of the guide hole 3 is expanded in diameter to form a fuel reservoir 4.
  • Fuel is supplied from the exterior into the fuel reservoir 4 through a fuel supply hole 5.
  • a tapered seat portion 6 is formed at a front end of the fuel reservoir 4.
  • a hole 7 of a small diameter is formed which is in communication with the fuel reservoir 4.
  • Nozzle holes 8 are formed in the wall portion of the hole 7 so as to communicate with the exterior.
  • the needle valve 2 has a round rod-like base portion 10 (needle diameter ⁇ D) which is held slidably by the guide hole 3 of the nozzle body 1 and a round rod-like front end portion 12 formed integrally with the base portion 10 and having a diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the fuel reservoir 4, the front end portion 12 being formed at the tip thereof with a tapered seat portion 11 which is in contact with the seat portion 6 of the nozzle body 1, (seat diameter ⁇ d ⁇ D).
  • the seat portion 11 of the needle valve 2 is urged at a load W by urging means such as a spring in a direction of abutment against the seat portion 6 of the nozzle body 1.
  • urging means such as a spring in a direction of abutment against the seat portion 6 of the nozzle body 1.
  • the seat portion 11 of the needle valve 2 is in contact with the seat portion 6 of the nozzle body 1 to close between the seat portions 6 and 11, blocking communication between the fuel reservoir 4 and the nozzle holes 8.
  • fuel of a predetermined pressure is supplied into the fuel reservoir 4 through the fuel supply hole 5, and with a rise of the internal pressure, the needle valve 2 undergoes a force and moves upward while being guided by the guide hole 3, so that the seat portions 6 and 11 separate from each other and the fuel is injected to the exterior from the nozzle holes 8.
  • SKD61 or another steel similar thereto, whose surface has been subjected to a nitriding treatment under predetermined conditions, is used as the material of both nozzle body 1 and needle valve 2. Since the nozzle body 1 is required to have all of high strength, impact resistance and wear resistance, it cannot be substituted by any other metallic material than steel. Steel having an alloy component which forms a stable nitride such as Al, Cr, Mo, V, or Ti is preferred. After forming the nozzle body 1 and the needle valve 2 with SKD61, a nitriding treatment is performed. Thereafter, in the seat portions 6 and 11 of the nozzle body 1 and the needle valve 2, a compound layer and a first layer in a diffusion layer are removed by grinding, and a second layer which is tough is used as the seat portions 6 and 11.
  • C and D portions correspond to the seat portions 6 and 11, and the first layer is removed after nitriding.
  • the surface roughness of a finished surface including the second layer is made small to finish the surface in a smoother condition.
  • Figs. 2A to 3B showing the nitriding/grinding process B, E and F portions are grinded because of necessity in point of function, but even if there remains the first layer, there arises no problem.
  • the portion A plays the role of a stopper when the injection valve opens, thus generating a large shock, with the result that the nitrided layer is peeled off.
  • both first and second layers are removed completely.
  • the portion G is nitrided in a conical shape as shown in Fig. 3A for a reason related to machining, but the conical portion is cut off eventually as shown in Fig. 3B .
  • machining differs depending on machining equipment and method.
  • the boundary between the first and the second layer in the diffusion layer cannot be recognized.
  • a predetermined kind of steel whose surface has been subjected to a nitriding treatment under predetermined conditions is cut perpendicularly to the surface and the resulting section is etched for several tens seconds within an ultraviolet cleaner using about 10% or more, preferably about 15%, of alcohol nitrate, the boundary between the first and second layers can be recognized by observing the section through a scanning electron microscope.
  • Fig. 4 is an electron micrograph showing the form of a surface nitrided layer of alloy steel (SKD61) adopted as the material of the fuel injection device for a diesel engine according to this embodiment.
  • white bars micron bars appearing at a lower portion of the photograph each represent 200 ⁇ m.
  • a compound layer occupies approximately the top 10 ⁇ m of the surface layer in the section, corresponding to the black surface layer in the figure.
  • nitriding the steel surface in this embodiment is for enhancing the hardness. With any other special steel, such a degree of hardness as is required in view of the purpose of this embodiment is not obtained. Further, when wear resistance is taken into account, steel-to-steel contact is apt to cause adhesion and expedite wear, but nitride-to-steel or nitrided steel-to-nitrided steel contact is advantageous in that adhesion is difficult to occur, the coefficient of friction is low and wear is slow. Moreover, even as to the second layer, since it is a nitrided layer, it has a sufficient hardness as compared with other unnitrided steels. Further, at a lower coefficient of friction, there accrues an advantage that the shear force induced by surface friction becomes smaller and the resistance to spalling is improved.
  • SKD61 adopted in this embodiment, the precipitated carbide comes up to the surface, but as compared with SKH51 so far adopted, SKD61 is a small and roundish carbide, causing little damage, e.g., wear, to the mating material, whereas SKH51 is a large and angular carbide, causing great damage, e.g. , wear, to the mating material.
  • SKH51 is a large and angular carbide, causing great damage, e.g. , wear, to the mating material.
  • both spalling resistance and wear resistance are improved. Additionally, as noted above, by making the surface roughness smaller to make the surface smoother, the influence of the precipitated carbide, etc. on friction is diminished.
  • a test piece of the same material as that used for the nozzle body 1 and the needle valve 2 in this embodiment is provided and is applied, together with a comparative test piece, to a reciprocating wear test. Then, the results obtained are compared with each other.
  • a pin test piece having a spherical front end shape 50 mm in radius is brought into abutment at a predetermined load against an upper surface of a plate-like test piece having a predetermined size (14 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 115 mm) and the pin test piece is reciprocated at a stroke of 100 mm in the longitudinal direction of the plate-like test piece while dropping lubricating oil at a rate of 9 ml/h onto a sliding area defined on the upper surface of the plate-like test piece.
  • Fig. 6 shows in what manner a seizure test is conducted, which test is continued while increasing the load with the lapse of test time until the occurrence of scuff in accordance with the technique of the reciprocating wear test.
  • Test conditions are as follows. Test Load: stepping up while holding 5 kgf/5 min and loading up to 100 kgf Test Temperature: plate-like test piece heating temperature 150°C constant, room temperature as lubricating oil vessel temperature
  • Plate-like Test Piece two kinds, one being SKD61 grinded after nitriding, the other SKD61 grinded after nitriding and further subjected to #800 grinding finish
  • Pin Test Piece two kinds, one being SKD61 and the other SKD61 grinded after nitriding
  • Fig. 7 shows more concretely a sliding speed varying mode of a sliding operation of the pin test piece relative to the plate test piece, as well as a load step up mode, in the seizure test which is outlined in Fig. 6 .
  • the sliding speed is set to 0.02 m/s and the load is set to 5 kgf and this condition is held for several cycles (a).
  • the sliding speed is increased to 1.5 m/s and this condition is held for 5 minutes (b).
  • the speed is decreased to 0.02 m/s and this condition is held for several cycles (c).
  • the load is stepped up to 10 kgf and this condition is held for several cycles (d). Subsequently, the load is stepped up to 100 kg (e).
  • Fig. 8 shows the results of a seizure test conducted using two types of test pieces, one being SKD61 and the other SKD 61 grinded after nitriding, and also using SKD61 grinded after nitriding and SKD61 grinded after nitriding and further subjected to an additional #800 grinding finish.
  • the test results indicate that if there is used a nitrided and grinded pin, in comparison with the use of an unnitrided pin, the frictional force is low continuously up to the load of 100 kgf.
  • Figs. 9A to 11B show appearance photographs of the pin test pieces and the plate test pieces after the sliding speed varying test.
  • a combination of the test piece SKD61 unnitrided and the plate-like test piece SKD61 grinded after nitriding is worn to such a degree as the spherical surface of the pin test piece being extinguished completely, as shown in Fig. 9 .
  • a combination of the pin test piece SKD61 grinded after nitriding and the plate-like test piece SKD61 grinded after nitriding is to such an extent that a small wear trace is observed at the central part of the spherical surface of the pin test piece, as shown in Fig. 10 . This indicates that seizure was extinguished as a result of grinding the pin test piece after nitriding.
  • the combination of the pin test piece SKD61 grinded after nitriding and the plate test piece SKD61 grinded after nitriding and further subjected to an additional #800 grind finish to lower the surface roughness was the smallest in the amount of wear.
  • a wear trace width in a sliding trace direction is 1.54 mm, indicating a good result as compared with the pin test piece SKD61 unnitrided (corresponding to Figs. 10A and 10B ).
  • the seat portions of the nozzle body and the needle valve are each nitrided and grinded to expose the second layer in the diffusion layer, or if the seat portion of at least the nozzle body is grinded to expose the second layer in the diffusion layer, a good result is obtained.
  • the seat portion with the second layer exposed by grinding is further grinded, separately from removing the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer by grinding to prevent spalling from the nitrided surface, the influence of the carbide, etc. precipitated on the surface is diminished to lower the surface roughness and the coefficient of friction, whereby a better result is obtained.
  • the state of wear of seat portions was compared after mounting and using of each device on a diesel engine.
  • the seat portions of the nozzle body and the needle valve were subjected to SKD61 grinding after nitriding to remove the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer.
  • the nozzle body is SKD61 and the needle valve is SKH51 (the nozzle body is nitrided).
  • the wear in the conventional counterpart was 3 to 4 ⁇ m, while the wear in this embodiment was decreased to 2 ⁇ m.
  • the nozzle body 1 and the needle valve 2 both formed of an alloy steel were nitrided throughout the whole surfaces thereof, followed by removing the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer from the surfaces of both seat portions 6 and 11, thereby affording the foregoing effect.
  • the seat portions 6 and 11 of the nozzle body 1 and the needle valve 2 may be formed by an alloy steel and the other portions of the nozzle body 1 and the needle valve 2 may be formed inexpensively using another metallic material.
  • the seat portions 6 and 11 of the nozzle body 1 and the needle valve 2 are formed of a nitrided alloy steel and the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer are removed from the surface of the seat portion 6 of the nozzle body 1, while only the compound layer is removed from the surface of the seat portion 11 of the needle valve 2, there is obtained the effect of making wear and spalling difficult to occur in the seat portion 6 of the nozzle body 1 which is likely to cause a problem in point of durability.
  • a valve unit according to another embodiment of the present invention is disposed in a fuel system of a fuel injection device for a diesel engine and is applicable to, for example, a check valve (intake valve, discharge valve, constant pressure valve) in a fuel pressure-feed pump or a relief valve (safety valve) which operates to prevent pressure from increasing beyond a predetermined value.
  • a check valve intake valve, discharge valve, constant pressure valve
  • a relief valve safety valve
  • a body 21 of this valve unit has an inlet 23 for fuel to flow in and an outlet 24 for fuel to flow out, the inlet 23 and the outlet 24 being in communication with each other through an inside space 25.
  • a tapered body seat portion 26 is formed in the inlet 23.
  • a valve element 22 is accommodated movably within the inside space 25 of the body 21.
  • a tapered valve element seat portion 27 for abutment against the body seat portion 26 to close the inlet 23 is provided at an inlet 23-side one end portion of the valve element 22.
  • a spring 29 as urging means for biasing the valve element 22 toward the inlet 23 with a predetermined urging force is mounted between the outlet 24 and a spring seat 28 formed on an opposite end portion of the valve element 22.
  • the valve element seat portion 27 is brought into abutment against the body seat portion 26 to close the inlet 23 by means of the spring 29.
  • the valve element seat portion 27 is tapered, it may be of any other shape, e.g., a planar shape.
  • a relation between the urging force of the spring 29 and the pressure of fuel is set as follows.
  • the valve element 22 is pushed back toward the outlet 24 (downwards in the drawing) irrespective of the urging force of the spring 29, so that the valve element seat portion 27 and the body seat portion 26 become separated from each other, creating a gap, and fuel flows from the inlet 23 to the outlet 24 through the gap.
  • valve element 22 moves toward the inlet 23 (upwards in the drawing), so that the valve element seat portion 27 and the body seat portion 26 come into contact with each other to cut off the fuel flow path.
  • the valve element 22 collides with the body 21, thus leading to wear of the seat portions in the conventional structure. But in this embodiment there is adopted the following measure against the wear.
  • the body seat portion 26 and the valve element seat portion 27 are formed of a nitrided alloy steel and the compound layer and the first layer in the diffusion layer are removed from their surfaces.
  • the material, how to manufacture, microscopic structure, properties and modified examples of the both seat portions are the same as in the fuel injection device for a diesel engine of the previous embodiment described above, the above descriptions related to them are used as reference.

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