Exhaust gas turbo-charger
In an exhaust-gas turbocharger with a shaft axially arranged between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel and connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the compressor wheel as well as to the turbine wheel, said shaft being rotationally mounted with a turbine-side shaft part in a turbine-side bearing, a connecting region with minimal heat conductivity is axially arranged or configured between the turbine-side shaft part and the turbine wheel in such a manner that the heat flow emanating from the turbine wheel is choked.
1. An exhaust-gas turbocharger, comprising:
a shaft that is axially arranged between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel and that is rotationally fixed relative to the compressor and the turbine wheel, wherein the shaft includes a turbine-side end;
a connecting piece having a turbine-wheel side, a shaft side, a first tubular flange, a floor, and a second tubular flange, wherein the connecting piece is an axial intermediate piece having the turbine-wheel side welded to the turbine wheel and the shaft side welded to the turbine-side end of the shaft, such that the connecting piece connects the turbine-side end of the shaft to the turbine wheel and is configured as a heat-conducting choke,
wherein the first tubular flange is on the turbine-wheel side of the connecting piece and encloses an axial hollow space that remains between a front face of the turbine wheel and the floor of the connecting piece,
wherein the second tubular flange is on the shaft side of the connecting piece and encloses a further hollow space that remains between the turbine-side end of the shaft and the floor of the connecting piece, and
wherein the first tubular flange of the connecting piece is welded to the turbine wheel on an annular zone on the front face of the turbine wheel, and wherein the second tubular flange of the connecting piece is welded to the turbine-side end of the shaft.
2. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 1 , wherein the second flange encloses an external circumference of a radial flange formed on the turbine-side end of the shaft, and wherein the connecting piece is welded to the turbine-side end of the shaft on an annular zone on the radial flange.
3. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 2 , wherein the first tubular flange has an annular step with an annular exterior circumferential surface axially overlapping with an internal circumferential surface of an annular bar on the turbine wheel and an annular radial surface abutting with a radial annular surface of a radial front face of the annular bar.
4. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 2 , wherein the second tubular flange encloses an external circumference of a radial flange arranged on the turbine-side end of the shaft.
5. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 2 , wherein the connecting piece is provided on an external circumference with axially adjacent piston ring grooves.
6. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 2 , wherein the connecting piece is constructed at least in part of one of a steel alloy, and a material having low heat-conducting properties.
7. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 6 , wherein the steel alloy is X8CrNi.
8. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece has on the turbine-wheel side an annular step on a front face of the first tubular flange, the annular step having an annular exterior circumferential surface axially overlapping with an internal circumferential surface of an annular bar on the turbine wheel and an annular radial surface abutting with a radial annular surface of a radial front face of the annular bar.
9. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 8 , wherein the second tubular flange encloses an external circumference of a radial flange arranged on the turbine-side end of the shaft.
10. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 8 , wherein the connecting piece is provided on an external circumference with axially adjacent piston ring grooves.
11. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 8 , wherein the connecting piece is constructed at least in part of one of a steel alloy, and a material having low heat-conducting properties.
12. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 11 , wherein the steel alloy is X8CrNi.
13. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 1 , wherein the second tubular flange comprises encloses an external circumference of a radial flange arranged on the turbine-side end of the shaft.
14. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 13 , wherein the connecting piece is provided on an external circumference with axially adjacent piston ring grooves.
15. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 13 , wherein the connecting piece is constructed at least in part of one of a steel alloy, and a material having low heat-conducting properties.
16. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 15 , wherein the steel alloy is X8CrNi.
17. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece is provided on an external circumference with axially adjacent piston ring grooves.
18. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 17 , wherein the connecting piece is constructed at least in part of one of a steel alloy, and a material having low heat-conducting properties.
19. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece is constructed at least in part of one of a steel alloy, and a material having low heat-conducting properties.
20. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as specified in claim 19 , wherein the steel alloy is X8CrNi.