German companies AVAT and Kompressorenbau Bannewitz (KBB) have agreed a deal to work together on making turbocharger technology for large combustion engines more efficient through the application of digital tools.
The new hardware and software package planned by the pair will be able to collect and analyse a range of operating data and metrics from the turbocharger, to provide information about the current operational parameters and any possible damage patterns.
By analysing the data, the companies say that the system will be possible to identify optimisation opportunities at earlier stages and to proactively identify maintenance requirements.
Long-term data collected by the digital platform should also allow for more accurate detection of changes in turbocharger performance and operation over time. As the amount of data increases, the ability to detect damage will improve, allowing new data-based maintenance intervals to be developed.
