Large Titanium Blade

 

Large Titanium Blade

A. S. Thomas, Inc. utilizing its NUFORM Level-II CAM system successfully machined a large titanium airfoil (14" choord by 32" blade length) from a solid block of titanium (35" x 11" x 14").

Dovetail Machining Roughing dovetail on end of raw stock.

 

 

 

 

Finishing dovetail on end of raw stock.

 

 

 

 

Semi-roughed part loaded into rotary fixture.

 

 

 

Finishing blade in 5-axis.

 

 

 

 

Another view of blade finishing.