Many T53-L-11 engines returned to US Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (USAADMAC) for overhaul have the lands of the compressor cases severely eroded due to sand and dust ingestion. Until recently it was the costly practice to discard eroded cases. At present, eroded compressor cases are being repaired by a USAADMAC-developed and -approved metal-spray process and reinstalled on overhauled engines currently being sent to the Republic of Viet Nam (RVN). (Author)
'Product Improvement Test, T53-L-11 Metal Spray Repaired Engine'
1967
77 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Axial flow compressors , Housings(Enclosures) , Helicopter engines , Metal coatings , Maintenance , Flight testing , Sand , Erosion , Dust , Life tests , Engine air systems components , Inlets , Air filters , Performance(Engineering) , Safety , Power supplies , Vietnam , Quality assurance , Confidence level , Failure(Mechanics) , T-53-L-11 engines , UH-1D aircraft
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