Liquid Management Systems—always meeting the standards
Oil filter modules, oil pan modules, themal management modules, oil and fuel spin-on filters, fuel filter modules, fuel pressure regulators, inline fuel filters, BlueDrain® systems, activated carbon canister modules, transmission oil filter modules, controlled oil and coolant pumps, heat exchangers for engines and transmissions, hydraulic oil filters.
Liquid management systems reflect the interdisciplinary systems competence in various technology areas which is characteristic for MAHLE. Indeed almost no other area of engine construction has had to adapt to so many technical engine requirements in the past few years as the treatment of lubricants and fuels.
With lubricants, new light running oils with greater dirt absorption capacities are increasingly used to reduce hydraulic losses. At the same time, new combustion processes with high-pressure injection in diesel engines lead to an increase in the lubricant contamination as a result of soot particles in the blow-by.
With fuels, the same injection systems require significantly higher separating degrees—owing to restricted production tolerances and improved surface properties for pumps and nozzles, which have to achieve a more exact modulation of the injection process. The use of biologically degradable hydraulic oils in automobiles requires new solutions in hydraulic filtration. The increasing use of alternative fuels demands further innovations in the development of filter media, and the trend toward "downsizing" has considerable impact on the lubricating oil circuit.
Development partner with systems and process competence
As a worldwide active development partner with a high level of systems and process competence, MAHLE provides liquid management systems for a wide customer base of vehicle and engine manufacturers. Our products contribute significantly to greater efficiency and a longer service life of modern engines. At the same time, the product range extends from standard products such as spin-on and inline filters for oil, fuels and hydraulic media through to highly-integrated multi-function treatment systems with modular design which, in addition to filtration, can also assume functions such as controlling the oil circuit as well as thermal management of oil and fuel. An extensive range of carbon canisters as well as transmission oil filter modules and air dryers round off our product range.
