WEMMA
West of England Metals and Materials Association
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History and development of turbine blade alloys

and WEMMA AGM

Robert Broomfield, Rolls-Royce

Venue: BAWA Filton

Wednesday March 25, 2009 at 19:30

Over the 70 year period between the Whittle engine and the present day, the temperature capability of turbine blade alloys has increased by about 350 °C. The speaker will describe this remarkable development, from forged Nimonic alloys through to today's third and fourth generation nickel single crystals - and will speculate on what the future may hold.



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Rolls-Royce HP turbine blade


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