Dual material titanium alloy friction welded blisk

Objective

The proposed programme will help to secure the strong position of Europe's aerospace industry in the world market by developing and validating a new technology with regard to design and manufacture of BLISKs (bladed disks) for aero engine compressor applications. This highly innovative BLISK technology allows an optimum material choice for the blades and the disk, leading to a significant increase in cycle performance and reliability and at the same time to a notable weight reduction. The project involves the manufacture and repair of dual high strength titanium alloy/ dual microstructure joints by linear friction welding, the assessment and adaptation of non-destructive test methods to assure the integrity and reliability of the parts at all phases of their lives, the modelling of individual process steps, and the production and validation of a demonstrator BLISK to prove the applicability of the concept to real components.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-4. - Key Action New Perspectives in Aeronautics

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH

Address

Dachauer Strasse 665
80995 Muenchen
Germany

Participants (7)

BOEHLER SCHMIEDETECHNIK GMBH & CO KG

Austria

Address

Mariazellerstrasse 25
8605 Kapfenberg

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

2,Avenue Cltment Ader 1
86960 Chasseneuil Du Poitou

ECOLE NATIONALE SUPRIEURE DE MCANIQUE ET D'AROTECHNIQUE

France

Address

Avenue Cltment Ader 1
86961 Chasseneuil Du Poitou

FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITAET JENA

Germany

Address

Loebdergraben 32
07743 Jena

SNECMA SA

France

Address

Bd. Du Général Martial Valin, 2
75724 Paris

TWI LTD (WORLD CENTRE FOR MATERIALS JOINING TECHNOLOGIES)

United Kingdom

Address

Granta Park, Great Abington
CB1 6AL Cambridge

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA

Spain

Address

S/n,campus Sud - Edif. Pe Avda. Diagonal, 647
08028 Barcelona