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Delcam’s FeatureCAM saves time and money for precision machinists
Changing to Delcam’s FeatureCAM software has produced big savings in both time and money for precision machining specialists, Future Fabricators based in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Manufacture and Overhaul of Turbine Components
The Solution
- The damaged areas on the blade tips or leading edges are rebuilt by applying a welding bead to the effected area.
- Each blade is located in a precision fixture.
- The blade is then inspected on a CMM or by using On Machine Verification (OMV) right on the machine tool.
- If no CAD data exists then the blade can be reverse engineered from point cloud inspection data. Alternatively a morphing process can be applied to the original CAD data, aligning the nominal data with the actual shape of the blade.
- New CNC toolpath data is then created to machine away any excess weld.
- A finish buffing operation is used to blend the remaining weld bead into the airfoil shape.
