Hamwe no gutangaza vuba aha kuvuka kwa moteri ya Wankel iyobowe na Mazda, dusubiza amaso inyuma tukareba amateka yikoranabuhanga mubirango bya Hiroshima.
Izina ryubwubatsi "Wankel" rikomoka ku izina rya injeniyeri w’Ubudage wabiremye, Felix Wankel.Wankel yatangiye gutekereza kuri moteri izunguruka afite intego imwe: guhindura inganda no gukora moteri irenze moteri isanzwe. Ugereranije na moteri isanzwe, imikorere ya moteri ya Wankel igizwe no gukoresha “rotor” aho gukoresha piston gakondo, bigatuma habaho kugenda neza, gutwika umurongo no gukoresha ibice bike byimuka.
BIFITANYE ISANO: Kugirango umenye birambuye uko moteri ya Wankel ikora kanda hano
Porotipi ya mbere yiyi moteri yakozwe mu mpera za 1950, mugihe inganda zimodoka zagendaga ziyongera kandi amarushanwa akaba akomeye. Mubisanzwe, kubisosiyete ikizamuka yifuzaga kugera ahantu ku isoko, byari ngombwa guhanga udushya, kandi niho ikibazo gikomeye cyari: gute?
Tsuneji Matsuda, icyo gihe wari perezida wa Mazda, yari afite igisubizo. Yashimishijwe n'ikoranabuhanga ryatejwe imbere na Felix Wankel, yagiranye amasezerano n’uruganda rukora umudage NSU - ikirango cya mbere cyemereye ubwubatsi bwa moteri - mu rwego rwo gucuruza moteri yizunguruka. Intambwe yambere mumateka izatugeza uyumunsi yarafashwe rero.
Intambwe yakurikiyeho yari iyo kuva mubitekerezo ujya mubikorwa: mumyaka itandatu, abajenjeri 47 bose hamwe mubirango byabayapani bakoze mugutezimbere no gutekereza kuri moteri. Nubwo hari ishyaka, umurimo wagaragaye ko utoroshye kuruta uko byari byitezwe mbere, kuko ishami ryubushakashatsi ryahuye ningorane nyinshi mukubyara moteri izunguruka.
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Ariko, imirimo yatunganijwe na Mazda yarangije kwera imbuto maze mu 1967 moteri yerekanwe muri Mazda Cosmo Sport, icyitegererezo nyuma yumwaka urangiza Amasaha 84 ya Nurburgring kumwanya wa 4 wicyubahiro. Kuri Mazda, iki gisubizo cyari gihamya ko moteri izenguruka itanga imikorere myiza kandi iramba. Byari bikwiye gushora imari, byari ikibazo cyo gukomeza kugerageza.Nubwo intsinzi yagezweho mumarushanwa gusa hashyizwe ahagaragara Savanna RX-7, mumwaka wa 1978, moteri yizunguruka yagumishijwe hamwe nabagenzi bayo basanzwe, ihindura imodoka yakwegereye gusa kubishushanyo byayo, mumashini yifuzwa nayo ubukanishi. Mbere yibyo, mu 1975, verisiyo yangiza "ibidukikije byangiza ibidukikije" yari imaze gushyirwa ahagaragara, hamwe na Mazda RX-5.
Iterambere ryikoranabuhanga ryahoraga rihuzwa na gahunda ikomeye ya siporo, yakoraga nkumuyoboro wikizamini cyo gupima moteri no gushyira mubikorwa byose mubikorwa. Mu 1991, kuzenguruka moteri ya Mazda 787B ndetse yatsindiye isiganwa ryamamaye rya Le Mans 24 Hours - bwari ubwambere uruganda rukora Ubuyapani rutsindira irushanwa ryo kwihanganira imigani myinshi kwisi.
Nyuma yimyaka irenga icumi, muri 2003, Mazda yashyize ahagaragara moteri ya rotesi ya Renesis ifitanye isano na RX-8, mugihe ikirango cyabayapani cyari kigifite Ford. Muri iki gihe, inyungu zirenze inyungu zijyanye n'ubushobozi n'ubukungu, moteri ya Wankel "yashizwemo agaciro k'ikimenyetso". Mu mwaka wa 2012, hamwe n’ibicuruzwa byarangiye kuri Mazda RX-8 kandi nta bisimbuza bigaragara, moteri ya Wankel yarangije kubura umwuka, ikomeza inyuma cyane ugereranije na moteri zisanzwe mu bijyanye no gukoresha lisansi, umuriro wa moteri na moteri. umusaruro.
BIFITANYE ISANO: Uruganda Mazda yakoraga Wankel 13B “umwami wa spin”
Ariko, reka abibwira ko moteri ya Wankel yapfuye bagomba gucika intege. Nubwo bigoye kugendana nizindi moteri zaka, ikirango cyabayapani cyashoboye kugumana intangiriro ya injeniyeri zateje imbere moteri mumyaka. Igikorwa cyemerera gushyira ahagaragara verisiyo nshya ya moteri ya Wankel, yitwa SkyActiv-R. Iyi moteri nshya izagaruka mubasimbuwe na Mazda RX-8 yari imaze igihe itegerejwe, imurikagurisha ryabereye i Tokiyo.
Moteri ya Wankel ifite ubuzima bwiza kandi irasabwa, nkuko Mazda ibivuga. Gukomeza kuranga Hiroshima mugukora iyi moteri yububiko biterwa nubushake bwo kwerekana agaciro kiki gisubizo no kwerekana ko bishoboka kubikora ukundi. Mu magambo ya Ikuo Maeda, umuyobozi w’ibishushanyo mbonera bya Mazda ku isi, "moderi ya RX izaba RX gusa niba ifite Wankel". Reka iyi RX iva aho…
CHRONOLOGY | Imashini ya Wankel Igihe cya Mazda:
1961 - Icyambere prototype ya moteri izunguruka
1967 - Gutangira umusaruro wa moteri izunguruka kuri Mazda Cosmo Sport
1968 - Itangizwa rya Mazda Familia Rotary Coupe;
1968 - Cosmo Sport iri ku mwanya wa kane mu masaha 84 ya Nürburgring;
1969 - Gutangiza Mazda Luce Rotary Coupe hamwe na moteri ya 13A;
1970 - Gutangiza Mazda Capella Rotary (RX-2) hamwe na moteri ya 12A;
1973 - Gutangiza Mazda Savanna (RX-3);
1975 - Gutangiza Mazda Cosmo AP (RX-5) hamwe na ecologiya ya moteri ya rot ya 13B;
1978 - Gutangiza Mazda Savanna (RX-7);
1985 - Gutangiza igisekuru cya kabiri Mazda RX-7 hamwe na moteri ya turbo ya 13B;
1991 - Mazda 787B yatsinze amasaha 24 ya Le Mans;
1991 - Gutangiza igisekuru cya gatatu Mazda RX-7 hamwe na moteri ya rot ya 13B-REW;
2003 - Gutangiza Mazda RX-8 hamwe na moteri ya rotesi ya Renesis;
2015 - Gutangiza igitekerezo cya siporo hamwe na moteri ya SkyActiv-R.
