GF07.

02-W-2110-04A PLD unit pump, function

W07.02-1006-79

Shown on unit pump of 4th. cylinder on

engine 541.9

I Intake stroke
II Pre-stroke 4 Nozzle holder combination 11 Armature plate
III Delivery stroke 5 Pump element 12 Float needle
IV Residual stroke 6 Supply passage 13 Injection nozzle
7 Solenoid valve
1 Unit pump 8 High pressure chamber B Fuel feed
2 High pressure pipe 9 Return flow passage C Fuel high-pressure
3 Pressure pipe connection 10 Solenoid D Fuel return flow

Each unit pump (1) is driven through a roller tappet from the
camshaft and is connected to the injection nozzle in the nozzle
holder-combination (4) by a short high-pressure line (2) and the
pressure pipe connection (3).
Each unit pump (1) has a fast-acting solenoid valve (7). This
solenoid valve regulates the start of delivery and controls the
quantity delivered. The solenoid valves are actuated by the control
unit of engine control (MR), which calculates the start of delivery
and quantity delivered according to the operating condition of the
engine as soon as the engine is cranked and / or the engine is
running.
Together these power strokes form a working cycle, which is
repeated with every additional rotation of the camshaft at the
respective unit pumps (1), till the engine is turned off.
As soon as the engine is turned off, the control unit of engine
control (MR) stops the actuation of the solenoid valves. The unit
pumps (1) deliver the almost unpressurized fuel to the fuel return
of the fuel low pressure circuit and the engine switches off.
The procedures described below within the individual power
strokes of an operating cycle (shown on unit pump of 4th. cylinder
on engine 541.9) can be transferred to all other unit pumps.

Depending on the position of the camshaft, each unit pump (1) will
have the following power strokes:
Intake stroke (I)
Initial stroke (II)
Delivery stroke (III)
Residual stroke (IV)
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Intake stroke (I) Delivery stroke (III)

The intake stroke (I) begins after the vertex of the cam is
exceeded and the pump element (5) moves downwards under the
force of the restoring spring.
Owing to the continuous fuel overpressure of about 4 to 6 bar in
the fuel low pressure circuit, the high-pressure chamber (8) is filled
with fuel via the supply passage (6) and the opened solenoid valve
(7). Therefore, the pressure in the high-pressure chamber (8) filled
with fuel is the same as the pressure in the fuel low pressure
circuit.
The initial stroke (II) concludes, and the delivery stroke (III) begins
as soon as the control unit of engine control (MR) actuates the
solenoid (10) in the unit pump (1). The solenoid (10) activates the
anchor plate (11) with the float needle (12), which then locks the
connection between the high pressure chamber (8) and the return
flow passage (9).
If the solenoid valve (7) is closed, the fuel in the high-pressure
chamber (8) is compressed due to the upward movement of the

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Initial stroke (II)
After the intake stroke (I), the pump element (5) continues to
remain in the low stop position, and the roller tappet of the unit
pump (1) rolls off on the base circle of the unit pump cam. The
initial stroke (II) begins only when the camshaft rotates further and
the pump element (5) begins to move in the upward direction
owing to the rising unit pump cam.
Due to the upward movement of the pump element (5) and the still
open (de-energized) solenoid valve (7), the fuel in the high-
pressure chamber (8) is first pushed into a diversion chamber and
then into the return flow passage (9).
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Residual stroke (IV)
If the actuation of the solenoid (10) is stopped, the float needle (12)
of the solenoid valve spring is pushed back in its starting position
on the shut-off stop. The solenoid valve (7), and thereby the
connection between the high-pressure chamber (8) and the return
flow passage (9) is opened. As a result, the fuel pressure in the
high-pressure chamber (8) and in the injection nozzle (13) falls
sharply. The injection nozzle (13) closes and the process of
injection concludes (end of delivery).
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pump element (5) (start of delivery).
With the further upward movement of the pump element (5), the
pressure in the high-pressure chamber (8), and thereby the
pressure in the high-pressure line (2), in the pressure pipe
connection (3) and in the injection nozzle (13) also increases
further.
At a pressure of about 330 bar, the injection nozzle (13) opens,
and the fuel is injected into the combustion chamber (start of
injection). The fuel pressure can rise up to 1800 bar during
injection.
The unit pump (1) is in the delivery stroke as long as the pump
element (5) moves in the upward direction, and the solenoid valve
(7) is closed. The holding time of the solenoid valve (7) determines
the quantity delivered and / or injected.
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The remainder of the fuel delivered by the pump element (5) up to
the vertex of the unit pump cam is again delivered to the fuel low
pressure circuit through the diversion chamber and the return flow
passage (9).
The diversion chamber is necessary as the expansion chamber for
the pressure peaks of the unit pump (1) in the residual stroke. This
prevents the pressure behavior of the adjacent unit pumps being
affected through the return flow passage (9).
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