Tour 3

The assembly of each turbo is only carried out by hand using very experience staff whose knowledge in this field is unprecedented. Turbochargers are assembled in clean areas equipped with the many specialised service tools and measuring equipment necessary.

	Once the rotating components are assembled into the bearing housing, this complete assembly then undergoes a very rigorous test. It is placed into the Turbo Technics V.S.R balancing machine, which automatically drives the turbine wheel, using compressed air, up to speeds reaching 200,000 revs/ min. Whilst spinning, the machine measures the tiny amount of imbalance created by the rotating mass and calculates the procedure for correcting this imbalance.
The skilled machine operator will then make adjustments to the rotating assembly until the vibration results are below the prescribed limits. A certificate records the vibration limits of every turbocharger. This information is included with every Turbo Technics Exchange turbo.

If this balancing process is not carried out using a Turbo Technics VSR machine, the result can be a turbo which will be noisy in operation and is very likely to suffer failure prematurely. Only the Turbo Technics VSR machine measures imbalance to the speeds necessary to be an effective test.