Product Overview
Turbocharger Technology
Applications
Turbocharger Fundamentals
How a Turbocharger Works
Turbocharger Components
Turbocharger Design
PPT
Design Process
Laboratory Operations
Customer Engineering
Why Turbocharge
History of Turbocharging
Turbocharger Application Guidelines

Application Engineers look at how turbochargers go onto an engine. The installation and operational envelope are all investigated to make sure that the turbocharger will operate satisfactorily - for example, durability, fuel consumption and general fit and function on the engine.

Cummins Turbo Technologies has Application Engineers located in the UK, India, China, Japan, Korea, Brazil and United States. Their job is to do whatever it takes to understand and interact with their particular customers or market segment. It's a mixture of being inside the company and being with the customer.

As diesel engines are getting increasingly complex and turbochargers become more integrated into the engine systems it is more critical that we avoid field problems. Application Engineers with close customer links can make this happen.

We've developed a number of procedures and documents that help with applying turbochargers to engines. The most visible of these is the Turbocharger Application Guidelines. Cummins Turbo Technologies' Turbocharger Application Guidelines was written as a best practice guide, helping turbocharger engineers, engine customers and end users work through the application process. It is now available online for our customers and contains Cummins Turbo Technologies best thinking on application and use of turbochargers. Taking the guide online provides all the benefits of the Internet that we now take for granted. The information is always at our fingertips, anywhere in the world. There is a search function and specific pages may be bookmarked. Updates are made automatically, so end users always know they have all the latest revisions. As engine systems the world over become more complex to meet increasingly stringent exhaust emissions legislation and the advent of carbon dioxide limits, the ease and speed of updating Turbocharger Application Guidelines on the Internet is sure to become even more valuable. The website also allows for feedback to Cummins Turbo Technologies to ensure improvements can be made.

On new engines we use a tool known as Application FMEA, where we work with the customer to understand how the engine will be operated in service.