2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42
The air blower is the basic component of the car's pressurization mechanism. Its main function is to create high pressure in the engine intake tract. The air blower got its name because of its connection with the crankshaft and forcing the air flow due to the pressure difference. Today we will talk about the varieties of these devices, as well as analyze the design of this mechanism.
Types of superchargers
At the moment, the most popular air blowers are:
- Cam.
- Centrifugal.
- Screw.
Each of these mechanisms has its own design and device, but their main function does not change.
Few people know that so many types of superchargers have been developed in the world. Some of them are still installed on cars, and some have gone down in history because of their unreliability.designs.
Device
Each air blower on a car has a special intercooler in its design. You may have heard about such a device on imported main traction (a vivid example is the Volvo F12 Intercooler series of trucks). So, this device is used to cool compressed air. During its compression, a significant decrease in pressure values occurs. Externally, the intercooler is a small radiator, which can be air or liquid.
The design of the air blower also implies the presence of a special drive, through which the entire mechanism is connected to the crankshaft. The drive itself can be:
- Straight. In this case, the air blower (including on the VAZ ‘e) is attached to the crankshaft flange.
- Chain. A special metal chain is used here.
- Electric. This drive has a separate electric motor.
- Jagged. This is a cylindrical gearbox.
- Belt. A belt is used as a drive. It can be wedge, flat or notched.
Application
Now the air blower is installed not only by the hands of car owners, but also by many manufacturers on the assembly line. There are three main areas of application of this mechanism:
- Installing a supercharger as a tuning element to improve vehicle performance.
- Serially on the conveyor.
- When releasing racing cars.
Self-installation of this device on a car is the most popular way among many motorists. Especially often they are mounted by the owners of domestic cars. On the conveyor, the air blower is installed very rarely. They are only equipped with sports versions of cars. But on racing cars, this element is simply irreplaceable. In each of these cases, a special kit is used to install the supercharger, containing all the necessary parts for the flawless operation of the entire mechanism.
In general, the scope of this element is very extensive, which has been repeatedly confirmed by many technical developments and varieties of devices.
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