Abstract
Mirrlees National, which was a subsidiary of Hawker Siddeley, won the Queen’s Award in 1967 in recognition of the innovative developments embodied in its ‘K Major’ heavy-duty diesel engine. In producing this engine the company was able to combine its accumulated technological experience with a ‘scientific’ approach to design. Following the launch of the original K Major there have been two main chapters of post-innovation improvement in the form of the Mark 2 and Mark 3 models. The Major continues to be the principal product at what is now Mirrlees Blackstone’s Stockport factory, and to date nearly 1000 engines have been sold.
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An account of the K Major and its development has been published in IPG Power Plant series no.39, ‘The Mirrlees Blackstone K Major Engine’, International Power Generation, Summer 1983.
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© 1986 Luke Georghiou, J. Stanley Metcalfe, Michael Gibbons, Tim Ray and Janet Evans
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Georghiou, L., Metcalfe, J.S., Gibbons, M., Ray, T., Evans, J. (1986). Mirrlees Blackstone: Large Diesel Engines of Medium Speed. In: Post-Innovation Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07455-6_29
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