GE Aviation, in New Hampshire, produces the bladed disks (blisks) that are necessary in the construction of jet engines. These blisks are solid billets of titanium that are machined into the correct size. The blisks undergo various quality checks, including one to determine if the minimum and maximum radii of the blade root fillets are met. The goal of the project was to develop a robotic system which automates that portion of the blisk inspection process.

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Creator

• Moore, William Christopher
• Shanck, Matthew Alexander

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042915-211328

Advisor

• Jarvis, Susan M.
• Putnam, Craig B.
• Stafford, Kenneth A.

Year

• 2015

Sponsor

• General Electric

Date created

• 2015-04-29

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary
• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright