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“We did many different projects in cooperation with GE there, one of which is the leading edge profiling system,” he added of the Bromont GE facility, which has more than 120 robotic cells. “The system reads the leading edge with a laser, and based on that feedback profile it gets, it adjusts according to the CAD model. It meets the tolerance and the shape that GE wants to make that part efficient. These parts are all forged compressor blades, then they need to profile it, put a shape on it.”
The Bromont facility aims to increase productivity on the engine blade manufacturing, noted Ouellette, and the robots also help with improving safety aspects for workers. With the automation, variation on the parts is dramatically reduced. “A robot will allow you to go to less than ±5 thousandths on part positioning,” Ouellette added. “If you put in multiple operators in manual production you introduce even more variation than with a single operator. If you can eliminate that significant source of variation, it’s a huge impact on quality.” ME
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