Turbocharger

CRITT M2A is the largest turbocharger test centre in Europe. Our team provides you its internationally recognized experience and know-how to support you in your projects. 

OUR SKILLS

QUALIFICATION TESTING
• Shaft motion
• Burst and containment (compressor and turbine)
• Bearings
• Dynamic testing: LCF

PERFORMANCE TESTING
• Turbine/compressor mapping
• SAE/Adiabatic mapping
• Comparative studies drawing & design
• Extra Wide Turbine Map (Closed Loop Unit)
• Decomposed turbine mapping for Twin Scroll
• ...

ENDURANCE TESTING
• Thermal Shock
• Polycycles
• Mechanical Jamming WG/VNT
• ...

NVH
• Vibration monitoring: failure detection
• Vibro-acoustic mapping
• Shaft assemply relaxation for balancing drift analysis
SPECIFIC TESTING
• Remanufactured turbocharger validation
• Heat Soak Back 
• Dynamic testing: HCF
• Creeping tests
• Oil consumption/bearing wear measurements or components
• Thermal stabilization tests (dérive)

OTHER APPLICATIONS
• Exhaust systems (manifold, line, muffler)
• Valves (exhaust, EGR cooler, ...)
• Post treatment (catalyst, SCR)
• Exchangers
• Turbo pumps (aerospatial)
• APU

HYBRID APPLICATIONS
• E-charger
• E-compound 
• Electric generator
• Exhaust gas heat recovery 

 
OUR EQUIPMENTS

• 5 gas stands
    - Burner Power: from 200 kW to 800 kW
    - Flow Range: from 0.25 kg/s to 1 kg/s
    - Temperature : up to 1200°C
• Battery simulator until 500 kW/1200 V/1200 A
• Pulsation unit (reproduction of exhaust pulsations)
• Switch units for endurance tests, up to 4 turbochargers simultaneously tested
• VSR (Vibrating Sorting Ring)