Autodesk Advanced Consultancy group delivered a highly-efficient solution for the full production of this 804mm diameter, 31 bladed Ti-64 blisk. Consisting of turning and adaptive milling on a Hermle C50U MT mill/turn machining centre. By combining innovative 5-axis machining strategies with conical barrel cutters (supplied by Technicut), the milling cycle time was slashed from 200 hours to 35 (a saving of 83%) or £18,150 per blade. At the same time, tooling costs were reduced by 72%.

Once complete, the full blisk was polished using a Fanuc M-710iC industrial robot cell.

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