Project
ManuTurb - Innovative manufacturing methods for turbines
Funding origin:
Germany
STRIA Roadmaps:
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Transport mode:
Airborne
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/2007,
End date: 01/06/2010
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
The aviation industry is faced with increasing demands towards the capability of aircraft engines: It is the aim to construct new aircraft engines with lower fuel consumption and emissions, higher reliability and prolonged use with less maintenance work. Although the raw materials get more expensive, the production costs should not increase.
Objectives:
It is the objective of the ManuTurb project to increase the efficiency of aircraft engines. Various measures are carried out and need to be explored:
- To realize even higher temperatures in the engine, suitable alloys are required.
- Usage of the blisk design (one piece turbomachine combining blade and rotor disk in one piece).
- To check the quality of the components, the production process needs to be supervised and testing methods for the components need to be implemented.
- The production process needs to be more flexible, due to a higher variety of different components.
Methodology:
The ManuTurb project is divided into 5 work packages. In work package No. 3 and 4, project partners and subcontractors are involved. The work packages are:
- AP1: process simulation and optimization
- AP2: laser processing
- AP3: analysis techniques: Nondestructive testing NDT
- AP4: high-performance processing
- AP5: Blisk design in aircraft engines
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