Mercedes-Benz M 950

Mercedes-Benz M 950
Overview
ManufacturerDaimler-Benz AG
DesignerWolf-Dieter Bensinger
Production1969–1970
Layout
Configuration
  • 3-rotor
  • 4-rotor
Displacement
  • 3.6 dm3 (220 in3)
  • 4.8 dm3 (293 in3)
Compression ratio9.3
Combustion
Operating principleWankel
SuperchargerNaturally aspirated
Fuel systemMechanical petrol direct injection
ManagementHelix-controlled inline injection pump, 3D-cam
Fuel typePetrol
Oil system
  • Wet-sump
  • Intake manifold oiler
Cooling systemWater-cooler
Output
Power output
  • 205 kW (280 PS)
  • 260 kW (350 PS)
Chronology
PredecessorM 170
SuccessorM 951

The Mercedes-Benz M 950 is a prototype Wankel rotary engine made by Daimler-Benz. It was first described in Wolf-Dieter Bensinger's 1969 essay Der heutige Entwicklungsstand des Wankelmotors, published in January of 1970.[1] The engine was developed by Daimler-Benz's Wankel engine department, headed by Bensinger. About 100 units were built,[2] of which some 3- and 4-rotor units were installed in the Mercedes-Benz C 111 experimental sports car, from 1969 until 1970, as a mid-engine.[3] Although scheduled for commercial introduction in 1970 as a 2-rotor engine, the M 950 had not reached the series production stage by 1972. Daimler-Benz then developed a successor to the M 950, the M 951, but Daimler-Benz's Wankel engine development was abandoned in 1976.[2]

Design

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The M 950 is a protoype engine family with a working chamber volume Vk of 600 cm3, designed for automobile use and had, by 1972, not reached the series-production stage.[4] Designed as an engine family, the M 950 was meant to be easily expandable;[5] Wolf-Dieter Bensinger briefly mentions designs with up to six rotors,[6] and notes that a five-rotor design would have very favourable eccentric shaft bearing conditions.[7] Eventually, the engine was made in three- and four-rotor versions. It has peripheral intake and exhaust porting, a mechanical petrol direct injection system, and single spark plugs.[8]

The housing is made of aluminium, and has, at the combustion chamber, a Mahle-made Nikasil coating.[9] The engine has, instead of rotors made of malleable cast iron, rotors made of forged aluminium, which reduces the rotor mass by about 50 per cent when compared with rotors made of cast iron.[10] The rotors were designed by Daimler-Benz, and made by Mahle.[11]

The eccentric shaft is a single piece and has no hirth joints.[12] It is forged of heat-treated and specially induction-hardened CK 45 steel with a UTS of 800–900 MPa.[13] In the three-rotor version, the eccentrics have a 120° spacing, and in the four-rotor version, a 90° spacing. In the four-rotor version, eccentric 1 and 2 as well as 3 and 4 are opposed (180°), meaning that the eccentrics for rotors 2 and 3 are only 90° apart from one another, causing significant stress on the centre bearing. However, by designing the eccentric shaft with a bigger diameter, this problem was resolved.[6]

The standard oil pump for the wet-sump pressure lubrication system needs to provide only half the volumetric flow rate of a comparable piston engine's oil pump. However, the oil cooler needs a higher cooling power than a comparable piston engine's cooler.[14]

For rotor lubrication, the engine is fitted with a small nutating-disc oil-metering pump that provides 6−1 mm3 of oil per rotor and engine output shaft rotation.[15] It is driven by the eccentric shaft, and has a reduction in the range of 1:45 until 1:60. The pump's main variation of volumetric flow rate is controlled by the gas pedal linkage, but the pump also allows the aforementioned range in reduction, as well as a reduction in pumping stroke to adapt to several engine conditions. It is tuned to provide an oil film on the housing with a thickness of 30 nm.[16] Due to the engine's petrol direct injection, the oil cannot be injected through the fuel injector, because that would result in mixture formation and eventually combustion. Therefore, the oil is introduced into the throttle valve bushing near the intake port, from where it enters into the engine's chambers.[17]

Technical specifications

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Technical specifications
3-rotor engine (M 950 F) 4-rotor engine (M 950/4)
Eccentricity 15 mm
Generating radius 99 mm
Equidistant 4 mm
Width 75 mm
Chamber volume 600 cm3
Displacement 3600 cm3 4800 cm3
Compression 9.3
Rated power 205 kW 260 kW
Rated speed 7,000 min−1 6,000 min−1
BMEP 1.05 MPa 1.1 MPa
Mass 150 kg 180 kg
Source [18] [18][19]
Power diagram of the M 950/4

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References

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  1. ^ Bensinger, W. D. (1970). Der heutige Entwicklungsstand des Wankelmotors. MTZ, 31(1), 10-16.
  2. ^ a b Kalbhenn, Wolfgang (2020-12-02). "VIEL mehr als eine VISION". Mercedes-Benz Oldtimer-Ticker (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. ^ Heidbrink, Gerhard; Hack, Joachim; Kalbhenn, Wolfgang (2022). Mercedes-Benz Classic (ed.). Mercedes-Benz C111 Fackelträger, Traumsportwagen und Rekordjäger (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuchverlag. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-613-04482-1. OCLC 1309075649.
  4. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 145. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Ansdale, R.F.; Keller, H. (1971). Der Wankelmotor: Konstruktion und Wirkungsweise (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch-Verlag. pp. 207–214.
  6. ^ a b Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 117. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 118. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 144. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 113. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 107, fig. 111. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 116. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 123. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 122. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  15. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 95. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 96. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 97. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  18. ^ a b Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 143. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ^ Dobler, Helmut (2000). "Renesis — ein neuer Wankelmotor von Mazda". MTZ - Motortechnische Zeitschrift (in German). 61 (7–8). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 441. doi:10.1007/bf03226583. ISSN 0024-8525.
  20. ^ Bensinger, Wolf-Dieter (1973). Rotationskolben-Verbrennungsmotoren (in German). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. p. 146 fig. 164. ISBN 978-3-540-05886-1. OCLC 251737493.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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