Grinding of worn rotor blades
Grinding of worn rotor blades
In the GreenMES project, a robot is being developed to grind the compressor blades of engines in situ, making them efficient again. This means the engine no longer needs to be completely disassembled for grinding, saving time and costs.
With a precisely calculated curved movement, the rigid robot arm winds its way through the small maintenance opening to the first blade and uses a camera to check its condition. It then picks up a tool and, ‘blind’, grinds the blade, using the camera to check its work.
