Engines
Safran Opens Automated Turbine Blade Manufacturing Plant
New line features several robots and automated cells capable of performing every process from raw material to finished, ready-to-assemble turbine airfoils.
Initiated in 2012 as part of its “factory of the future” strategy, Safran Helicopter Engines' new turbine blade production line in Bordes, France, features several robots and automated cells capable of performing every process—milling, polishing, etching, 3D control and surface finishing—from raw material to finished, ready-to-assemble turbine airfoils. (Photo: Safran)
Initiated in 2012 as part of its “factory of the future” strategy, Safran Helicopter Engines' new turbine blade production line in Bordes, France, features several robots and automated cells capable of performing every process—milling, polishing, etching, 3D control and surface finishing—from raw material to finished, ready-to-assemble turbine airfoils. (Photo: Safran)

Safran Helicopter Engines has started its first automated production line dedicated to turbine blade manufacturing, the French company announced today. The new line at its Bordes plant can now manufacture turbine blades in half the time it previously took the company.


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