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Due to the introduction of PROCONVE MAR-I emission regulation, the Brazilian automotive industry developed Diesel engines to comply with this legislation demanding new components to automotive supplier base. However, at the same time this industrial sector was facing a difficult financial situation caused mainly by the crisis that impacted Brazil in last years. In 2015, around 27 local suppliers filed for bankruptcy affecting the whole Automotive Supply Chain. This scenario already represents a problem for current products established in market, but it represents a major challenge for new launches. This paper will discuss how MWM Motores Diesel made sourcing decisions and manage to develop components and suppliers in this harsh scenario, also looking for the supplier base optimization.

The use of numerical simulations in the development processes of engineering products has been more frequent, since it enables prediction of premature failures and study of new promising concepts. In industry, numerical simulation has the function of reducing the necessary number of validation tests prior to spending resources on alternatives with lower likelihood of success. The internal combustion Diesel engine plays an important role in Brazil, since they are used extensively in automotive applications and commercial cargo transportation, mainly due to their relevant advantage in fuel consumption and reliability. In this case, the most critical pollutants are oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) or soot. The reduction of their levels without affecting the engine performance is not a simple task. This paper presents a methodology for guiding the combustion analysis by the prediction of NOx emissions and soot using numerical simulation.

This work aims to demonstrate a cooling package selection for an agricultural machine equipped with Diesel engine considering different radiators area / material and fan blade angles, pursuing the best match of performance, cost and weight. It was investigated two types of radiators made from copper-brass and aluminum, two types of charge air cooler varying the dimensions and four types of fans varying the blade angle. The selection method chosen was the experimental testing. The tests were performed according to the standard SAE and internal procedures at MWM Motores Diesel laboratories located at São Paulo / Brazil. When compared with cooper-brass, the aluminum radiator presents worse heat exchange performance what makes its size increase in order to compensate the gap. Even with bigger size, the aluminum radiator keeps lighter and cheaper.