Injection valve

An injection valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, comprising a nozzle body, a movable valve element arranged to cooperate with a fixed valve seat provided in said nozzle body, said nozzle body comprises a guide bore of uniform diameter downstream of said valve seat, said valve seat is adjoined by a fuel collecting chamber and said fuel collecting chamber is adjoined by said guide bore, a swirl insert disposed downstream of said fixed valve seat and supported in said guide bore, said swirl insert including open swirl channels therein which extend towards its circumference and serve as metering channels, said swirl insert protruding partway into the guide bore with a portion extending into said collection chamber and the swirl channels are sloped and extend in an axial direction from an upper end of the swirl insert to a lower end of said swirl insert and discharge in a tangential direction into said guide bore and are slanted toward a longitudinal shaft of the injection valve.