The air blower is the grounded component.part of the car's inflation mechanism. Its main function is to create a high pressure in the intake path of the engine. The air blower got its name because of the connection with the crankshaft and the injection of air flow due to the pressure difference. Today we will talk about the varieties of these devices, as well as analyze the structure of this mechanism.
Types of superchargers
At the moment, the most popular devices for air injection 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 in the world many types of superchargers have been developed. Some of them are still installed on cars, and some have gone down in history because of their unreliable design.
Device
Each air blower on a car has in itsdesigns a special intercooler. You may have heard about such a device on imported long-haul traction (a vivid example is the Volvo F12 Intercooler truck series). So, this device serves to cool the compressed air. During its compression there is a significant decrease in pressure values. Externally, the intercooler is a small radiator, which can be air or liquid.
The design of the air blower also assumes the presence of a special drive through which the whole mechanism is connected to the crankshaft. The drive itself can be:
- Direct. In this case, the air blower (in the VAZ в e including) is attached to the flange of the crankshaft.
- Chained. It uses a special metal chain.
- Electric. Such a drive has a separate electric motor.
- Serrated. This is a cylindrical gearbox.
- Belt. The belt is used as a drive. It can be wedge, flat or gear.
Application
Now the air blower is installed not only by the hands of car owners, but also by many manufacturers still on the conveyor. There are three main areas of application of this mechanism:
- Installation of the supercharger as an element of tuning in order to improve the performance of the car.
- Serially on the conveyor.
- With the release of racing cars.
Self-installation of this device onA car is the most popular way among many car enthusiasts. Especially often mount their owners of domestic cars. On the same conveyor air compressor is installed very rarely. Are equipped with them except sports versions of cars. But on racing cars this element is simply irreplaceable. In each of these cases, when installing the supercharger, a special kit is used, which contains all the necessary details for the perfect 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 types of devices.
