Video: Jet engine compressor rotor cnc grinding at work

[motormech1]

Wasn't sure where to put this so I figured it's an airplane component, why not in here. Just got bored babysitting the grinder and thought some people might find it interesting. Enjoy.

 

[682bear]

Yup... I've seen that a few times... we use a Danobat, also...

-Bear

 

[motormech1]

Yup... I've seen that a few times... we use a Danobat, also...

-Bear

Cool, where you work? I'm at GE's Durham Engine Facilty in NC. We do new builds although we have done overhaul in the past. Engineering and quality teardown's too.

 

[682bear]

Delta Air Lines... we do overhauls.

I've never ground a rotor... I've seen it in process a few times. I've spent many hours grinding stator vanes, though, mostly in GE CF6-80 and CF34 engines.

-Bear

 

[motormech1]

Ah, the good old cf6! I built those for about 6 or 7 yrs. You use the AmChem grinder for the stators? Ours was ancient. Lol

 

[682bear]

We grind them on a CNC vertical lathe with a grinding head. It works very well...

-Bear