Ashland Oil Company of Ashland, Ky., recently purchased the new Direct Optical Tuning (D.O.T.) diesel combustion analysis system from Megasystems, Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., and Cleveland, Ohio. The latest product in Megasystems' line of sophisticated engine monitoring and control equipment, the D.O.T. system features video and digital displays and simplified controls in one small package. This unit utilizes the latest design of integrated microelectronics to provide simplified state-of-the-art operation and reliability.
The D.O.T. unit purchased by Ashland, which will be used in the laboratory to monitor the performance of fuel oil additives to see what effect they have on the combustion process, includes a line printer and printer interface microprocessor.