The first round of fan blade tests occurred in June at the ITP Engine testing facility in the United Kingdom and focused on validating the new composite material for the fan blades. GE plans a second ...

A lightweight, high-performance composite fan could be crucial to Rolls-Royce’s chances of meeting the thrust-to-weight ratio targets set by Boeing for its proposed 777X derivative development. Now, ...

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Rolls-Royce reports it started manufacturing a series of geared turbofan engine blades for the demonstrator version its forthcoming UltraFan ® engine, at its jet-engine technology hub in Bristol, ...

General Electric has revealed plans to equip the GEnx engine for the Boeing 7E7 with a composite fan case, as well as composite fan blades, representing a significant departure from all previous jet ...

Carbon fiber composites aren't a new thing in jet engine fan blades, including GE Aviation's. But every so often GE engineers have to redesign them to take advantage of advances in carbon composite ...

This shows that Shangfa Composites has achieved progressive results in innovation-driven and collaborative research and made a big step forward in the field of aero engine manufacturing. Looking into ...

Two titans of the jet engine world, with two very different approaches to greatness. One is noticeably larger, but how does ...

UK aero engine specialist Rolls-Royce and aerostructures firm GKN are to form a joint venture to undertake research into using composite materials for powerplant fan blades. Rolls-Royce will hold a 51 ...

Two new composite fan blade manufacturing plants coming online this month for Safran, representing hundreds of millions of dollars in investments, is just the latest bullish sign of the Paris-based ...