COMPONENT: Turbine Bearing Support
APPLICATION: Regional, Business & Light Military Jets
MATERIAL: Nickel Alloy
DIMENSIONS: ø34” x 17”L
KEY MANUFACTURING PROCESS:
- Precision machining
- Complex fabrication
- Sheet metal forming
- Precision TIG welding
- Heat treatment
- Vacuum furnace brazing
- Honeycomb brazing
- Laser cutting and drilling
- Precision mechanical assembly
- Precision cleaning and etching
- Special coatings
- NDT processes
- FPI
- X-Ray
- Ultrasonic
- Inspection
- CMM
- Flow Testing
- Pressure Testing
FEATURES:
- Very complex bill-of-material with more than 27 levels of indenture per unit
- Brazed and welded fabrication incorporating sheet metal, castings, tubes & forgings
- Complex 5-axis precision machining
NOTES:
- Concurrent engineering
- Original design was weldment from castings with significant distortion & in-service cracking
- Redesigned as brazement, eliminating distortion & cracking
- Significant material & processing cost reduction