The complex blade geometry is a major challenge for the manufacturing process ... medium or low pressure turbines of aircraft engines as well as gas and steam turbines.

VTR..4 series turbine blades provide extra durability, but they are harder and more brittle compared to earlier designed blades. As a result, changes in weld material and tungsten inert gas (TIG ...

The majority of the world’s electricity is produced by steam turbines consisting of a cascade of turbine blades designed to optimize the efficient conversion of kinetic steam energy to ...

14 with installation of three turbine blades, almost five months to the day after the catastrophic collapse of a blade sent debris crashing into the ocean. The blades were the first to be put into ...