Helicopters are a marvel of modern aviation technology, but given that the rotor blades are doing all of the heavy work, what ...

The effect of turbine blade leading edge erosion (LEE) not only decreases aerodynamic efficiency, but also invites premature failure. Over the past years, special coatings and leading edge tapes ...

The bumps have been patented as Leading-Edge Vortex Generators (LEVoGs ... inexpensively retrofitted with the LEVoGs, while new titanium blades could be made with them already milled into ...

“But the glass composite can deform better and deflect stress on the blade.” GE will also replace the titanium leading edge that is currently used on GE90 and GEnx blades with steel. Where the GE90 ...

The system is primarily designed to restore titanium compressor blade ... blade tips and repair damage to the leading edge of compressor blades. The automated work cell is comprised of three ...

A team of US Army, Navy and NASA researchers has successfully tested a helicopter rotor blade with a variable-droop leading edge (VDLE) that could dramatically expand the operational envelope of ...

BladeRobots will offer AI-assisted blade leading edge maintenance to the wider wind industry after being incubated within the turbine OEM giant, with its CEO named as current Ventus Wind Services ...

The PW1000G’s blades feature a titanium leading edge on an aluminium blade, says Alan Epstein, vice-president of technology and environment at the engine maker. He spoke with Flightglobal during ...