Gas turbine engine components are prone to high- and low-cycle fatigue (HCF and LCF), cracking in critical areas of high stress. Cracks often initiate from local stress concentrations created by ...

This article outlines the successfully application of additive manufacturing to aerodynamic development testing within the preliminary design phase for boundary condition definition of new compressor ...

Chromalloy opened a new specialty-machining center for finishing gas-turbine engine parts in Guaymas, Mexico. It has been operating at an adjacent location since 2009, but it broke ground in June for ...

The Rybinsk enterprise "UEC-Saturn" (part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation) continues to produce industrial gas turbine engine swirlers by additive method. The parts are designed for the ...

Industrial gas turbine (IGT) manufacturers and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) personnel are continually seeking new ways to improve the performance and longevity of critical components.

In addition to coating and precision machining, Chromalloy’s manufacturing and repair center in Tilburg, The Netherlands, provides engineering services, joining (including brazing, welding, and heat ...

What are Ceramic Matrix Composites? Composite materials typically consist of two components: a reinforcement part to provide mechanical strength and a matrix material that holds all the components ...

A postgraduate student Anton Kazansky from South Ural State University (Chelyabinsk, Russia) is developing new technology for manufacturing gas turbine engine components. The young researcher became ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND — A team of Army and academic researchers reviewed a decade worth of studies examining fundamental physics in order to improve aircraft engine performance under extreme ...

The piston engine has been the king of the transportation industry for well over a century now. It has been manufactured so much that it has become a sort of general-purpose machine that can be used ...