Professional Services Group

Blade and Vane Production 
Background:
Turbine
compressor
blades
are
manufactured using expensive materials
and forging processes which induce
stress and cause deformation of the
parts. This deformation causes difficulty
in the final machining processes
because the exact shape/location of the
component is unknown and changes
from blade to blade.
Each blade therefore has to be treated
as a one-off, as each is unique. To
compensate for this, blades are typically
hand-finished to the required tolerance.
This adds significant costs and limits the
accuracy with which the blades can be
completed.
Delcam offers a unique solution for
finishing these blades that accurately
defines the shape and automatically
machines each blade to exacting
tolerances, minimising hand finishing,
and dramatically reducing costs