AVL List
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1948 |
| Seat | Graz ⊙ |
| management | Helmut List |
| Number of employees | > 11,500 (2019) |
| sales | 1.97 billion euros (2019) |
| Branch | Automotive supplier |
| Website | www.avl.com |
| As of April 14, 2020 | |
AVL ( Institute for Combustion Engines List ) is a company for the development of drive systems as well as the associated simulation and testing technology. The Austrian company employs more than 11,500 people worldwide (4,300 of them in Graz) and had sales of 1.97 billion euros in 2019.
AVL is divided into three business areas
- Powertrain Engineering (PTE): Development of drive trains including combustion engines, hybrid systems, transmissions, batteries, electrics and electronics
- Instrumentation and Test Systems (ITS): Development of test benches and measurement technology for engines, vehicles and components
- Advanced Simulation Technology (AST): Development of simulation software for engine and vehicle development
Company history
In 1948, under the leadership of Hans List , several engine experts formed a working group and founded the IBL (List Engineering Office). The founders pursued the goal of developing modern engines based on the latest findings from basic research , taking into account the economic criteria that are important for the engine industry.
The first diesel engines from 1949 were manufactured in series at the Jenbacher works in Tyrol and the Andritzer machine factory in Graz .
In 1951 the IBL became AVL, the institute for internal combustion engines. In the following year, the central test site was built on Kleiststrasse in Graz, where the group management and the head office of research and development activities are still located today.
One of the most important achievements in the company's initial phase was the development of the first direct-injection four-stroke diesel engines with swirl channels for truck engines in 1958. These replaced the two-stroke engines and four-stroke pre-chamber engines that had been common up until then.
In 1963, the intensive further development of diesel engine technology led to the construction of an 18-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine with 2250 hp.
In addition to engine development, AVL began manufacturing engine test devices at the beginning of the 1960s, with series production of quartz pressure transducers, gravimetric fuel consumption measuring devices, flue gas measuring devices and complete engine indicating systems coming soon.
At the beginning of the 1970s, AVL began selling the first fully automatic AVL test stands . Other important milestones in the 1970s include the development of capsule technology for soundproofing engines and the development of DI diesel engines for passenger car applications, which began in 1974. The first prototype of an LD light diesel engine was presented in 1976.
In 1979 Helmut List , the son of the company founder, who had been with the company since 1966, took over the chairmanship of the management.
Since 1982 it has been possible to gain real-time insights into the combustion processes of diesel engines. In 1986, the world's first HSDI diesel engine (High Speed Direct Injection) went into large-scale production as a drive system for light commercial vehicles.
In the 1990s, tomographic combustion analysis (TCA) was implemented. For the first time, it was possible to optically record combustion phenomena on a near-series gasoline engine .
In 1993, AVL was the first company in the world to supply engine test benches that could simulate the dynamic requirements of racing engines (such as for Formula 1 or Indy series).
In 2002 the AVL test track was opened in Gratkorn near Graz.
In 2003 the Helmut List Hall was opened as an event center for up to 2400 visitors in Graz. In the same year Schrick was taken over and incorporated into the company.
2007 AVL takes over the company Le Moteur Moderne
2008 Foundation of AVL Software and Functions GmbH in Regensburg
A good example of AVL's development work is perhaps a spark plug that takes over the ignition function with an eccentric electrode and also integrates both a high-temperature stable pressure sensor and a light guide for optical observation of the combustion in two fine, slightly inclined bores. For this purpose, AVL has had patent EP 1 967 834 B1, registered in 2008, since 2012. This sensor plug enables the combustion to be analyzed without the need to drill an additional hole in the engine, which can be very difficult depending on the course of the gas exchange valves and ducts.
October 2015 Peter Pilz criticized that "AVL List wants to build engines for the Turkish battle tank" Altay ", which could reach civil war parties in the region via Saudi Arabia. Due to legal hurdles, this project was stopped after 3 months.
literature
- AVL List GmbH: AVL Focus, SCOOP & SPOON GmbH, online
Web links
- official homepage
- Entry on AVL LIST GmbH in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spark plug with a pressure measuring device , European patent specification EP 1 967 834 B1, issued May 30, 2012, accessed October 30, 2015.
- ↑ Tank engines for Saudi Arabia? AVL denies - steiermark.ORF.at. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Turkish battle tank without Austrian help turkishpress.de. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 26, 2018 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
