Component specialization

We are a world leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of a number of high technology components in a wide range of commercial aero, military aero and industrial gas turbine engines.

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Engine components
Commercial engines
Military engines
Aero derivatives
Component specialization
Aero engines
Space propulsion

Vanes

Turbine Nozzle Guide Vanes are complex airfoils made of exotic materials to cope with extreme conditions. Volvo Aero is the sole supplier of specific turbine vanes for engines in the CFM56 family of engines. We have extensive vane production experience for military engines, commercial engines, and industrial gas turbines.

Synergies from sharing the design and production experience with our customers during the engine development phase have resulted in better nozzle guide vanes and higher product quality. Difficult-to-machine geometries in nickel alloys not suited to grinding are shaped by our new electric discharge machining (EDM) cell. Substantial investments in the EDM cell and process know-how have resulted in highly efficient operations.

Vacuum brazing – essential for joining honeycomb seals and other vane details – is another well-developed turbine vane manufacturing technique. Volvo Aero operates a wide range of multi-axis CNC grinders for vane production, including our high-tech 5-axis creep feed grinding with CBN (cubical boron nitride), integrated with a CMM for in-process dimensional inspection and control feedback.

 

Other features are machine and tool self-adjustment and statistical process control. Ready access to our in-house facilities for surface and heat treatment and non- destructive testing allows us to trim manufacturing costs, and results in shorter cycle times and higher quality vane production.

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