A FULLY-AUTOMATIC manufacturing cell capable of operating unattended for long periods in the machining of aircraft turbine blades has been designed, manufactured and commissioned for Rolls-Royce Ltd, by Amchem Co Ltd. The cell consists of three identical electrical discharge machines, a carousel that stores cassettes of electrodes, an ultrasonic cleaning unit, and an inspection machine, all of which can be serviced by a single robot that carries out all the material transfer operations and tool changing.
Fully-automatic Flexible Manufacturing Cell for Turbine Blades
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 56 , 12 ; 8-9
01.12.1984
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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