Rapid Prototyping Technology for Manufacturing GTE Turbine Blades
| Autor: | A. V. Balyakin, E M Dobryshkina, Vyacheslav Alekseev, R. A. Vdovin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Rapid prototyping
0209 industrial biotechnology Wax Speedup Turbine blade Computer science Investment casting Final product Process (computing) Mechanical engineering ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Casting law.invention 020901 industrial engineering & automation law visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium 0210 nano-technology ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS |
| Zdroj: | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 327:022025 |
| ISSN: | 1757-899X 1757-8981 |
| Popis: | The conventional approach to manufacturing turbine blades by investment casting is expensive and time-consuming, as it takes a lot of time to make geometrically precise and complex wax patterns. Turbine blade manufacturing in pilot production can be sped up by accelerating the casting process while keeping the geometric precision of the final product. This paper compares the rapid prototyping method (casting the wax pattern composition into elastic silicone molds) to the conventional technology. Analysis of the size precision of blade casts shows that silicon-mold casting features sufficient geometric precision. Thus, this method for making wax patterns can be a cost-efficient solution for small-batch or pilot production of turbine blades for gas-turbine units (GTU) and gas-turbine engines (GTE). The paper demonstrates how additive technology and thermographic analysis can speed up the cooling of wax patterns in silicone molds. This is possible at an optimal temperature and solidification time, which make the process more cost-efficient while keeping the geometric quality of the final product. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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