Summary
The gas turbine engine requires a large number of compressor and turbine blades. Many of these are made by forging in a wide range of temperature resisting materials. In order to conserve material and minimise machining costs, a large proportion are precision forged.
This chapter traces the development of the forging of these materials into blades.
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Wells, C. (1981). The Forging of Compressor and Turbine Blades. In: Meetham, G.W. (eds) The Development of Gas Turbine Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8111-9_8
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