Single crystal blades
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
ISSN: 0002-2667
Article publication date: 1 December 1997
Abstract
Describes the evolution in manufacture of jet engine turbine blades from wrought steel to directional solidification and single crystal growth. Reports on SCORPIO, the single crystal orientation rapid processing and interpretation operation, developed by Rolls‐Royce for blade inspection to ensure that each is formed from a single crystal grain with the correct orientation. Also reports the improvement in performance that has been achieved in blade performance.
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Citation
Ford, T. (1997), "Single crystal blades", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 69 No. 6, pp. 564-566. https://doi.org/10.1108/00022669710186589
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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