Turbine blades are typically mounted on compressor disks and milled from a single piece of material rather than constructed blade by blade. These are known as blade-integrated disks, or blisks, and their main function is to compress air in the turbine.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2015-12-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/clamping-system-eliminate-blade-vibration-blisks/
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