Safran held an opening ceremony for the new facility in Guiyang. Credit: Safran SINGAPORE—Safran Aircraft Engines says it will double Leap engine blade production in China as it officially opens a new ...

The integration of adaptive machining and reverse engineering has emerged as a pivotal approach in the maintenance and regeneration of aero‐engine blades, components that are critical to both ...

High-pressure turbine blades undergo about 200 steps as part of their manufacturing at Chromalloy. Credit: Lee Ann Shay/Aviation Week Network High-pressure turbine blades in aviation engines have a ...

This shows that Shangfa Composites has achieved progressive results in innovation-driven and collaborative research and made a big step forward in the field of aero engine manufacturing. Looking into ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, Colo., U.S.) have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind ...

Although robots have been used by the wind energy industry to paint and polish blades, automation has not been widely adopted. Research at the laboratory demonstrates the ability of a robot to trim, ...

Transport Canada has ordered operators to ground aircraft powered by some Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6 turboprops pending turbine blade replacements, a move coming in response to failures of ...