AEDC Blade Shop provides composite material repair

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To show its size, an AEDC craftsman stands beside compressor blades in the bell mouth of one of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility compressors. The Complex has a Blade Shop that leads repair of the rotor blades and spacers for the compressors in PWT. (Photo provided)

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. – Arnold Engineering Development Complex is of the first flight simulation testing sites to use composite materials for the rotor blades and spacers in its larger wind tunnels, and the Complex established an onsite facility to maintain these parts.

For the past 50 years, a two-man Blade Shop has been repairing the rotor blades and spacers for the axial flow compressors in the AEDC Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility.

“These tradesmen are the only composite repair technicians on base and are able to complete most repairs necessary to keep the wind tunnel compressors operating,” Joshua Blair, PWT mechanical systems engineer, said.
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AEDC Blade Shop provides composite material repair

 

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