Our team of six students worked with GE Aviation in Manchester, Connecticut to improve the manufacturability of compressor stator vane assemblies. The team focused on three main issues: excess copper brazing, vane recambering, and discoloration experienced on honeycombed stators. The team utilized qualitative, quantitative, and process analysis methods to determine the root causes of these issues, which ultimately decreased the lead time and saved resources.

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Creator

• Dexter, Melanie
• Czekaj, Ewelina A
• Tassinari, Matthew John
• Spofford, Edward Stowe
• Socha, Rebekah K
• Granoff, Ethan Caleb

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-011712-100137

Advisor

• Zeng, Amy Z.

Year

• 2012

Sponsor

• GE Avaition

Date created

• 2012-01-17

Localização

• Hooksett

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright