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Eberspächer
The Eberspächer Group of Companies is a privately owned international Automotive industry, automotive supplier, headquartered in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Customers include almost all major manufacturers of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. It is one of the leading system developers and suppliers of exhaust technology, vehicle heaters and Air conditioning, air-conditioning systems worldwide and is also involved in automotive electronics for electronic networking in the vehicles.Florian Langenscheidt, Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): ''Lexikon der deutschen Weltmarktführer. Die Königsklasse deutscher Unternehmen in Wort und Bild''. Deutsche Standards Editionen, Köln 2010, . History Master Tinsmith Jakob Eberspächer founded the company in 1865, which soon specialised in metal-framed roof glazing. In 1914, the factory started operating on the site of its present-day plant in Esslingen. 1931 saw the start of muffler production, and 1933 the development of vehicle heating syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasoline Heater
A gasoline heater is a small gasoline, gasoline-fueled space heater, space-heater. Fixed versions were originally used mainly for supplemental heat for passenger compartments of automobiles and aircraft, with the latter still in production. Portable versions were also made. Gasoline heaters were commercially available on automobiles starting in the 1930s with continued use until the 1960s, when they were almost entirely replaced with heaters that blow air past a small radiator warmed by hot engine coolant. Operation Gasoline is brought to the heater from the vehicle's fuel system. A fan blows air into a combustion chamber, where a Glow plug (diesel engine), glow plug or similar ignition device lights the gasoline/air mixture. Ducting around this contains a second fan, which blows air warmed by contact with the combustion chamber into the interior of the vehicle. Electricity is required to heat the ignition source, with systems designed to be compatible with 6-volt, 12-volt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
