TDITURBOGUARD TM SMART START SYSTEM TDITURBOGUARD TM SMART START SYSTEM ANOTHER TDI TURBOTWIN TM RELIABILITY BREAKTHROUGH: A RELIABILITY BREAKTHROUGH TURBOGUARD TM AIR STARTERS PREVENTING ENGINE DAMAGE & DOWNTIME TDI engineers are constantly designing new features and functionality CAUSED BY HYDROLOCK to improve the reliability of engine operations and assure successful starting under the most challenging conditions. The problem of hydrolock has been vexing engine manufacturers for many years. After testing the TURBOGUARD system on their own laboratory engines and seeing its split second responsiveness,TURBOGUARD was tested at a number of engine manufacturer’s laboratories around the world. The test results proved 100% positive at every location. TURBOGUARD will be appearing on a number of OEM engines soon and is available immediately as a retrofit safeguard to any engines where the T100-V are installed. The TurboGuard This 3 min. informative video explains the cause of control box allows you to choose hydrolock and how TurboGuard prevents it.View the “ safe start mode” movie at www.Tdi-TurboTwin.com/Air-Starters/ with TurboGuard TurboGuard or on YouTube by searching TurboGuard. protection, or “ immediate start mode” for normal starting when you are doing multiple starts or testing. APPLICATIONS Workboats & Marine Power Generation/ Remote Starts Critical Engine Anything Less Than aTURBOTWIN Availability Sites Air Starter is a Compromise 6800 Poe Ave. • Dayton, OH 45414 Engines with Long Tel: 937-898-9600 • Fax: 937-898-8431 Periods Between Starts Anything Less Than aTURBOTWIN www.tdi-turbotwin.com Air Starter is a Compromise ©Copyright 2016 TDI AN16-177 8/1/2016 TURBOTWIN is a trademark of TDI TDITURBOGUARD TM FINALLY A PROTECTIVE SAFEGUARD AGAINST HYDROLOCK ENGINE DAMAGE 1. Coolant Leak 2. Compression Burst 3. Downtime & Damage 4. Prevention TURBOGUARD If coolant leaks Liquid in the The extent of the TURBOGUARD into the cylinder cylinder will not damage can vary, detects the while engine compress. With but the loss of presence of any is idle the nowhere to go, engine availability obstruction or engine becomes it will cause a and downtime fluid in the cylinder susceptible to a hydrolock burst can devastate during the start hydrolock incident. that damages a workboat or sequence and the engine. power generation aborts the process business operation. before damage can occur. TURBOGUARD’s Soft Start Reduces Wear on Ring Gear. The reduced impact will extend pinion and ring gear life up to three times. HOW HYDROLOCK HAPPENS & What Applications TurboGuard Assures a Have the Greatest Need HOW TURBOGUARD PREVENTS IT New Level of Engine Reliability for TURBOGUARD? What is Hydrolock? Introducing TDI’s Proprietary Your engine has many built-in safeguards, but protection against hydrolock is not one of them. HydroLock occurs when the engine is started Smart Starter Control With TURBOGUARD there is a new level of protection with coolant in a cylinder. The coolant is driven TDI’s innovative smart starter technology has against the threat of leaking head gaskets, oil from through the cylinder at very high pressures the ability to regulate air pressure, speed, and valves, or other obstructions that make their way during the compression cycle. Because liquids other variables in such a precise way it can into a cylinder. Being able to abort the start cycle do not compress, as the pressure builds, there determine if there are cylinder obstructions before damage is done delivers a new level of is no place for it to go causing an internal and abort before coolant is pushed through the engine reliability. collision known as hydrolock. system to cause damage. This is a significant engineering accomplishment because a typical TurboGuard is a Safeguard What Damage Does it Cause? for Your Business Workboats & Marine engines Engines with Long Periods engine start cycle may go from 0 to engine are susceptible to leaking Between Starts are candidates The high pressure mechanical collision can firing RPM in under 5 seconds. It’s estimated that one hydrolock incident can cost coolant or fluids after being for TURBOGUARD because cause bent connecting rods, broken pistons, How TurboGuard between $50,000-$1 million dollars in downtime in port for periods of time. during those times, the engine a cracked block, damaged cylinder head, and and replacement costs. TURBOGUARD isn’t just a is vulnerable to leaking coolant. broken crankshaft. The damage could require Smart Starting Works new reliability feature for your start system; it’s a a completely new engine. Perhaps the biggest TURBOGUARD ’s intelligent control system has quality process safeguard that minimizes the pos- problem is the cost of downtime to your extended the normal cycle ten seconds lon- sibility of a catastrophic loss of engine availability. operation as you wait for parts and repair, or ger using relay valves, solenoids, and precise For protecting your engines from hydrolock damage have to move the old engine out and wait for control of speed and air pressure. As the engine and assuring equipment availability in your opera- the replacement engine to arrive. is slowly rotated, the starter system monitors tions, TURBOGUARD is an essential option. for anomalies in the process indicating a hydro- How Does TDI TurboGuard lock condition. If an obstruction is identified, the The TurboGuard Start System Prevent Hydrolock? starter sequence is aborted. If no obstruction is Fits All Kinds of Engines Power Generation/Remote Remote Automatic Gas TDI’s TURBOGUARD Smart Starter detects the detected, the engine will be brought to normal Presently, TURBOGUARD is designed to fit on all Starts with no operator Compression Stations are often presence of leaking coolant, extraneous fluids, crank speed utilizing a “soft-start pressure ramp” large reciprocating engines from 70-300 liters. present to blow down the unmanned and have long or any other type of obstruction in the cylinders to minimize impact torque between starter pinion It fits the same engine market as TDI’s T100-V engine,T URBOGUARD is periods of time between starts during the start sequence. TURBOGUARD and engine ring gear. In cases where the engine models. It’s more than just a starter. TURBOGUARD a safeguard. — meaning coolant leaks can go unnoticed. automatically shuts the starting process down has been started recently (durations you can systems include a new TDI smart starter, valves, before damage occurs – preventing a preset), the protective safe start feature can be controls, and all the hardware required for a fast, hyrdolock incident. bypassed and the engine can start immediately. complete installation on your engines..