How do they make the turbo compressor wheel?
How do they make the turbo compressor wheel?
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CoolHands

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22,007 posts

216 months

Thursday 7th August 2025
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I’m fitting a new turbo cartridge. But look at this! How on earth is it made? The flutes at the base obviously look like cnc machine but can that really make this intricate item with curved vanes? Seems impossible, and they’re so smooth



The exhaust side:


Monkeylegend

28,248 posts

252 months

Thursday 7th August 2025
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Waste 5 mins of your life just skip the advert. smile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWpmnLdgsa8

thebraketester

15,370 posts

159 months

Thursday 7th August 2025
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5 axis machine presumably.

hidetheelephants

33,083 posts

214 months

Thursday 7th August 2025
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Generally they're made with lost-wax casting, although there may well be grinding and/or polishing to obtain the finished shape.