Safran held an opening ceremony for the new facility in Guiyang. Credit: Safran SINGAPORE—Safran Aircraft Engines says it will double Leap engine blade production in China as it officially opens a new ...

The integration of adaptive machining and reverse engineering has emerged as a pivotal approach in the maintenance and regeneration of aero‐engine blades, components that are critical to both ...

Hill Helicopters engineered composite main rotor blades using a novel single-cure manufacturing process for stiffness and ...

AMES, Iowa – Engineers know that gas turbine engines for aircraft and power plants are more efficient and burn less fuel when they run at temperatures high enough to melt metal. But how to raise ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, Colo., U.S.) have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind ...

Carbon fiber composites aren't a new thing in jet engine fan blades, including GE Aviation's. But every so often GE engineers have to redesign them to take advantage of advances in carbon composite ...

Thermotolerant jet engine blade is designed for more thrust and fuel efficiency, strengthening China's aviation self-reliance A recently granted patent in China's aeronautics industry has signalled a ...

This shows that Shangfa Composites has achieved progressive results in innovation-driven and collaborative research and made a big step forward in the field of aero engine manufacturing. Looking into ...

Vertical Aerospace’s initial VX4 prototype was written off after the failure of a propeller blade due to a manufacturing fault which led to a loss of thrust from two of the aircraft’s remaining ...

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Boeing are asking the Federal Aviation Administration for more time and for regulatory exemptions as part of design changes they are making to PW4000-112 turbofans and the ...