Blades from Gas Turbines and Compressors

Images From the Collection of Paolo Pisani Abbreviations: HPT = High Pressure Turbine LPC = Low Pressure Compressor LPT = Low Pressure Turbine NGV = Nozzle Guide Vane

Comparisons

R-R Olympus 593 HPT and LPT Blades

R-R Olympus 593

HPT Blades

Turbine Blades

Fan Blades

Left to right: HPT Blade, Left to right: R-R LPT NGV, LPT Blade Olympus 593, R-R BR700 (first stage), R-R RB199

Smallest to Largest: R- CF6 shrouded (top) and R RB199 HPT, R-R V2500 hollow wideBR700 HPT, RR chord Olympus 593 HPT, R-R Olympus 593 LPT

Fan Blade Roots

Fan Blade Roots

Fan Blades

Fan Blades

V2500 (left), which lacks Pegasus (left) and CF6 CF6 (top) and Pegasus CF6 (upper left), V2500 an annulus platform, (lower left), GE CF34 and CF6 (center), Pegasus (two on right)

Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 HPT Blade (from the Concorde)

Made of NIMONIC, it is really heavy. Notice the cooling holes running through the length of the blade.

Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 LPC 2nd Stage Blade

About 40 cm long, it has no midspan shroud -- a great achievement for such an old engine!

Foreign Object Damage Foreign Object Damage on Surface on Surface

Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 LPC 5th Stage Blade

It is peculiar for its fir tree root and double locking pin.

Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 Low Pressure Turbine Nozzle Guide Vane

Notice the green color in areas where heat has most affected the material.

Rolls-Royce RB199 Turbine Blade

Although the blade is very small there are plenty of cooling holes for both film and convection cooling.

Rolls-Royce BR700 Turbine Blade

This blade is really intricate! Notice more than 130 cooling holes even in places you wouldn't imagine.

General Electric CF34 3A Fan Blade

Made of titanium, it is about 35 cm long and weighs 1.1 kg. The complex root shape is fully machined. Tungsten carbide inserts, used to reduce wear, are visible in the last two images.

General Electric CF6-50 Fan Blade from an Airbus A300

Made of titanium, it is about 71 cm long and weighs 3.5 kg.

Surface Foreign Object Note Refined Shape of Damage and Tip Profile Midspan Shroud Changes

International Aero Engines V2500 Fan Blade

The wide-chord hollow titanium blade is about 60 cm long and it weighs 4.5 kg. Note the highly twisted shape.

Red arrow indicates traces of the annulus filler; green arrows indicate vibrations dampers.

Arrow indicates internal hollow-to-solid transition.

Rolls-Royce Pegasus 1st Stage Fan Blade

About 45 cm long, it weighs 1.6 kg.

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