Development of the Additive Content Turbocharger (ACT)

As part of an initiative to explore additive manufacturing technologies and their application to internal combustion engines, Wabtec Corporation invested in the development of a new turbocharger for high speed engines. This program had a primary goal of utilizing additive manufacturing methods to enable improvements in product performance, cost and development time. This paper will provide an overview of the Additive Content Turbocharger design and additive processes used for production of functional prototypes.