... manufacturing tools of elastic foundations for the mesoscale foil gas bearings. Designed and manufactured mesoscale foil gas bearings have unique design features that precision-machined foil bearings cannot provide, such as easy control of mechanical properties of elastic foundations, a simple assembly process...

...D. M. Tsay, Professor; H. C. Chen, Graduate Student; M. J. Her, Research Engineer Referring to machining technologies used for turbomachinery components, generally there are two cutting strategies: point cutting and flank cutting. Based on considerations of the cost, efficiency, and surface...

...B. K. Subhas; R. Bhat; K. Ramachandra; H. K. Balakrishna Inconel 718 alloy is used extensively in aerogas turbines and this alloy is most difficult to machine and highly prone to dimensional instability after machining. Such detrimental phenomenon poses an enormous problem in engine assembly...

... the workpiece. Applications of the developed procedure to five-axis machining of centrifugal compressor impellers with 13 and 15 blades are illustrated to demonstrate the usefulness and reliability of the approach. Contributed by the Gas Turbine Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS...