What's inside?
ADT engineers were tasked to redesign an existing torque converter for a leading automotive manufacturer. The existing design performance was used as a reference baseline, but specifications regarding the number of blades and input speed were left to ADT’s choice during the optimization.
The final design performed significantly better than the original design: the pump efficiency was improved by 5%, the stator exhibited lower incidence losses thanks to a more aligned blade, and the torque ratio towards stall was also improved significantly.
In this consultancy summary, you will:
- Understand why torque converters are atypical turbomachinery and how to achieve major efficiency gains regardless.
- Discover how TURBOdesign1 allows designers to directly control the hydrodynamic performance of the components.
- Find out how the full TURBOdesign Suite package worked together to create the design.
