Jerry/MT
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- Feb 2, 2008
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- North Idaho-The Palouse
- Tractor
- New Holland TD95D, Ford 4610 & Kubota M4500
There should NOT be issues associated with tolerances with the case and the turbine under normal operating conditions. If this is a concern then they're not engineered correctly. Yes, housing contact IS the path to utter failure. These things nearly always occur due to tolerance problems with the turbine shaft and bearing, and these problems can occur for several different reasons:
Failure-Diagnosis
Garrett has a nice chart showing all the reasons for problems (and nowhere does it mention concerns with turbine wheels rubbing casing due to not allowing turbine to cool; none of their "solutions" mentions needing to allow the turbine time to cool down):
https://turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/sites/default/files/Garrett_Troubleshooting_Guide.pdf
I've got cars running more complex turbos -VNTs- and these have no such issues as a first failure point (rubbing ONLY occurs as a secondary issue, after the turbo is basically needing to be replaced [at a minimum the CHRA]).
All said, when going to stop an engine it's still a good idea to allow the turbo to cool a bit after running hard. If you note above, however, the origins of a lot of the problems lie elsewhere (even a bigger issue with proper management/care when cold).
Look, I don't want to et into a peeing contest with you, but having worked on turbo machinery in my professional career (aircraft propulsion), respectfully,neither of the cited references are the type of resource on which to base these types of discussions. First of all, "Failure-Diagnosis" appears to be automotive turbo charger information and the duty cycles for cars are significantly different from off road machinery.
As I stated before, my New Holland owners manual makes reference to cooling periods before shutdown from high power operations to prevent "...deformation of ...components.." Contrary to your statement, case rubs are not always "utter failure". Rubs can increase tip clearance which leads to inefficiency but not destruction. In extreme cases they can cause failure. As to the Garrett info, look at their answers for and "Damaged Turbine Wheel". They say" Remove turbine housing inspect for cracks and wear, replace if necessary". How would the turbine housing be damaged by cracks and wear? They don't say. Certainly excessive bearing wear can lead to rubs but so can thermal effects. Your experience with cars apparently sees a lot of bearing failures that lead to fatal rubs.
You live in Arlington. Go take the Boeing tour and look at the turbine cases on the engines. You'll see a lattice work of tubes that spray cooling air on the turbine case to control clearances and prevent rubs. There may also be some on the high compressor case because they need to control clearance on the hot end of the compressor. There are sophisticated control systems to meter this cooling air. This is done for performance reasons as less tip clearance means better TSFC
New Holland would not go to the trouble to placard the cooling period on a "B" pillar in the cab and in the manuals if it were not for a good reason. This is done because it potentially prevents damage. It sounds like you work with automobile turbos and you don't see these type of problems, but remember the duty cycle is much different. Ag machinery, in many cases, operates at maximum power for hours at a time in dirty conditions so EGT's are high and engines and the turbine are really hot before shutdown. So cool them down before you shut them off.
So maybe we can agree to disagree.