OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Industries Corporation has developed a new Toyota industrial engine, the Toyota 1ZS (diesel engine). This engine is a new addition to the lineup of clean and compact Toyota industrial engines that achieve the world's top level fuel efficiency, which includes the Toyota 1KD and 1FS engines announced in March of this year. These engines will be installed in lift trucks developed by TICO and marketed to manufacturers of construction machinery, agricultural equipment, power generators, and a wide range of other industrial equipment.

As with automobile engines, the exhaust emission regulations for industrial engines have become stricter in developed countries, while emerging emerging countriess such as China and India are considering the possibility of introducing similarly strict regulations. The latest exhaust emission regulations, in particular, include extremely strict indexes, such as reducing particulate matter (PM) emissions to 10% or less from the level allowed under the previous regulation, which means that the need to comply with stricter regulations and to improve fuel efficiency is increasing.

To respond to these market needs, TICO developed an inline, 3-cylinder, common-rail direct fuel injection turbo diesel engine with a newly designed basic frame, including the cylinder block. The TICO-developed variable-nozzle turbocharger, optimized to the supercharging characteristic for industrial engines, improves combustion efficiency and delivers high torque even at low engine speeds. This enables significant downsizing of displacement (50% lower than current models) as well as low emissions and high fuel efficiency (20% lower rated fuel consumption compared with current models) across all operating speeds.

Furthermore, TICO's significantly improved combustion efficiency has eliminated the need for the diesel particulate filter (DPF) typically installed in diesel engines that meet the latest regulations, enabling a highly compact system.

As an engine manufacturer, TICO is committed to continue developing clean, high fuel-efficiency engines that satisfy high-level customer needs and providing them to customers worldwide.