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Point #1 is pretty cool. I worked as an IT intern for Pratt and Whitney in the Middletown, CT plant in the mid 90's. I got to see samples of the blades straig
by SageRaven 14y ago
Point #1 is pretty cool.
I worked as an IT intern for Pratt and Whitney in the Middletown, CT plant in the mid 90's. I got to see samples of the blades straight from the factory floor, and indeed they had those cool-looking grooves and channels in the them.
My occasional trips to the shop floor for some PC maintenance or another was really the coolest part of that job.
- tcpekin 14y agoPoint #2 is also pretty cool. In order to prevent overcome problems of creep, the turbine blades can be made in a single crystal [1] [2]. This prevents much/all of the creep, as creep is associated with grain boundaries. It's pretty phenomenal that these single crystals can be manufactured into jet turbine blades. [1] http://www.appropedia.org/Single_Crystal_Turbine_Blades http://www.appropedia.org/Single_Crystal_Turbine_Blades [2] http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6673308.html http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6673308.html *edit fixed links.