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GE Explores Dust Effects on Turbine Engine Operations
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Designing and manufacturing turbine engines is an enormously complex process, and OEMs such as GE Aerospace deploy significant amounts of money and resources to deliver a reliable and maintainable product with the performance needed by aircraft manufacturer and operator customers.

One of the subtle factors that most aviation industry observers might not be aware of is the effect of dust on turbine engines. In certain environments, dust is a critical factor and can hamper operations and engine life.

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