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Article: Operator interface facilitates blade inspection.(CASE STUDIES)(Goodrich Corp. used Brown & Sharpe Inc.'s coordinate measuring machines)
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- Quality
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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Making it easier, and less intimidating, for machine operators to inspect turbine engine blades on the shop floor has helped Goodrich Corp.'s Turbomachinery Products team in Chandler, AZ, add a new level of precision to its quality control operation.
Goodrich produces complete rotating assemblies for turbine engine manufacturers, major airlines and the industrial gas turbine market. The company specializes in grinding all types of high-production turbine airfoils for both low- and high-pressure applications; manufacturing stationary components such as vanes, vane rings, shrouds and nozzle segments; and machining rotating components such as disks, impellers and ...