The most successful shops take a strategic approach to diversification. This includes growth planning that encompasses consideration of current trends within various market segments and the correlated ...

GE Aviation has revealed that its 16,500lb thrust (712kN) engine for the new Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets will have a single-piece 52in (132cm) diameter metal fan blisk, the ...

Among the latest innovations on the GE Passport engine is a unique, 52-inch integrated fan blade and disk, called a blisk, which replaces the traditional fan design that incorporates a hub and ...

Engine blades repaired using direct laser deposition (DLD) and capacitive discharge welding (CDW) are better than new, according to a European Fifth Framework Programme project. The laser and ...

General Electric has finished tests of an advanced two-stage, "all-blisk" (blade and disk) fan and new high-pressure turbine for an F414-based advanced technology demonstrator engine at its Lynn, Mass ...