Manufacturing and Quality of Turbocharger Components

bus zone rotor parts that we have zone rotor cartridges these are these about the balance balancing is the next stage for these they've been balanced one two three four five times already they're about to be balanced for a sixth time so the compressor wheels get two plane balance the turn wheels get two pane balance the assembly gets put together that balance gets checked and inspected and then after that they get built and they go into the vsr room where uh we run them at full operating speed with uh with engine temperature oil in them so we really simulate exactly what they're going to do with the car to do a final validation on the vibration in the part at the end and that it doesn't have any problems it actually runs up to full speed super cool i've never seen a stainless center section like that before you said that they all get cast by tile uh the yeah the tile is where all the components for the cartridges are made tile sport in uh in owasso it would be neat to do a tour of the tile facility sometime when uh when we have a chance because uh all of this gets turned from bar stock into these parts in oasa michigan and then the turbine housings in fact are poured in the foundry in the tile plant in owasso michigan so the turbine housings are poured on site uh machined on site all the bearing housing and internal bearing components of collar sleeves uh oil chamber pistons it's got a this got a variable preload system inside of it that's based on oil pressure so as old pressures increases it increases the preload on the angular contact bearings it's one of the core patented features of the turbocharger but that helps expand extend the service life of the bearings all those internal pieces get made in huawesa michigan the bearings come from germany so that's a that's a out of country thing but for the most part all these components are made in america they're cast in michigan assembled in