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Caparo develops 'Rightfuel' to save diesel cars
founded and chaired by NRI entrepreneur Lord Swraj Paul, has helped develop a device that physically stops diesel carsbeing filled with petrol.
The device, christened as 'Rightfuel', will help around 400 motorists every day in the UK, who spend from 400 dollars to drain and replace the fuel and filters, to many thousandsfor engine and fuel system repairs, due to wrong fuel type.
"It is almost impossible to pump diesel fuel into a petrol car because the larger diameter of the pump nozzle prevents it being inserted into the smaller filler neck of avehicle designed for patrol.
"The Caparo Rightfuel, which replaces the vehicle's filler cap, uses the difference in nozzle diameters to protect diesel vehicles. If the correct diesel nozzle has been presented, Rightfuel's patented mechanism disengages its prevention flap, allowing fuel to be pumped into the tank,"said inventor Martin White.
The innovation specialists at the Caparo Innovation Centre at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK helped refine and validate the design and it was presented to Caparo's Chief Executive Officer Angad Paul, who immediatelysaw the potential and agreed to back it through to production.
The invention will be launched in the UK in mid-September as the 'Caparo Rightfuel' and is the only retrofit device thatcompletely blocks the delivery of the wrong fuel type.
Moulded in tough engineering plastics, it is light-weight and totally corrosion proof. Because it fits on top of the filler neck, it does not rattle in the fuel pipe and issuitable for straight and curved filler necks.
Caparo has a long history of bringing new innovations to market. It funds the Caparo Innovation Centre managed by the University of Wolverhampton specifically to help inventors wincommercial success.
"We are full time investment dragons with a proven record of success," said Angad Paul, adding "When we back something,we have done our research and we know it is going to work".
Paul believes that Rightfuel is the most effective and the most thoroughly validated product on the market. "Our system has spent 18 months at our technical centre, undergoing the same rigorous development and validation processes that are required by our prestigious vehicle manufacturercustomers," Caparo CEO said.
Caparo is an international manufacturing group specialising in steel, aluminium and composite products for all industries. The company, which operates from over 80 sites worldwide and employs nearly 9,000 people, was founded in 1968by Lord Paul and remains wholly-owned by the Paul family.
Since 2002, it has been led by Angad Paul.
In India, Caparo is making significant new investments in the automotive component sector. Caparo currently operates on 22 sites in India and expects to complete construction offurther 10 sites by the end of the next year.
The device, christened as 'Rightfuel', will help around 400 motorists every day in the UK, who spend from 400 dollars to drain and replace the fuel and filters, to many thousandsfor engine and fuel system repairs, due to wrong fuel type.
"It is almost impossible to pump diesel fuel into a petrol car because the larger diameter of the pump nozzle prevents it being inserted into the smaller filler neck of avehicle designed for patrol.
"The Caparo Rightfuel, which replaces the vehicle's filler cap, uses the difference in nozzle diameters to protect diesel vehicles. If the correct diesel nozzle has been presented, Rightfuel's patented mechanism disengages its prevention flap, allowing fuel to be pumped into the tank,"said inventor Martin White.
The innovation specialists at the Caparo Innovation Centre at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK helped refine and validate the design and it was presented to Caparo's Chief Executive Officer Angad Paul, who immediatelysaw the potential and agreed to back it through to production.
The invention will be launched in the UK in mid-September as the 'Caparo Rightfuel' and is the only retrofit device thatcompletely blocks the delivery of the wrong fuel type.
Moulded in tough engineering plastics, it is light-weight and totally corrosion proof. Because it fits on top of the filler neck, it does not rattle in the fuel pipe and issuitable for straight and curved filler necks.
Caparo has a long history of bringing new innovations to market. It funds the Caparo Innovation Centre managed by the University of Wolverhampton specifically to help inventors wincommercial success.
"We are full time investment dragons with a proven record of success," said Angad Paul, adding "When we back something,we have done our research and we know it is going to work".
Paul believes that Rightfuel is the most effective and the most thoroughly validated product on the market. "Our system has spent 18 months at our technical centre, undergoing the same rigorous development and validation processes that are required by our prestigious vehicle manufacturercustomers," Caparo CEO said.
Caparo is an international manufacturing group specialising in steel, aluminium and composite products for all industries. The company, which operates from over 80 sites worldwide and employs nearly 9,000 people, was founded in 1968by Lord Paul and remains wholly-owned by the Paul family.
Since 2002, it has been led by Angad Paul.
In India, Caparo is making significant new investments in the automotive component sector. Caparo currently operates on 22 sites in India and expects to complete construction offurther 10 sites by the end of the next year.
