{"id":2002,"date":"2010-09-08T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Speed-up-Aero-Engines-and-Increase-Power-Generation\/ba-p\/334477"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:14:46","slug":"speed-up-aero-engines-and-increase-power-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/speed-up-aero-engines-and-increase-power-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed-up Aero-Engines and Increase Power Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Parts like this one do the job. They speed-up aero-engines and increase power generation.<BR \/><\/P><P style=\"text-align: center\"><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2010\/08\/NXCAM_Turbomachinery_Impeller.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"float: none;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;border: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2010\/08\/NXCAM_Turbomachinery_Impeller_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NXCAM_Turbomachinery_Impeller\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" \/><\/A><\/P><BR \/>But they are difficult to manufacture. And it\u2019s even more difficult to create the G-code or NC-program which is required for the machine tool. Don\u2019t worry too much. NX CAM provides some dedicated functionality for blisks and impellers. We call this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/nx7\/CAM\/turbo_mill.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Turbomachinery Milling<\/A> which provides faster programming for 5-axis machine tools. It includes specialized NC programming operations for 5-axis roughing and finishing of blades and hubs.<BR \/><BR \/><!--more-->NC programmers can save time and effort producing collision and gouge free tool paths (up to 90% faster compared to generic CAM functions).<BR \/><BR \/>My colleague Jerry mentioned this new capabilities in a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/11\/nx7-part-5-%e2%80%93-cam-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">previous blog post<\/A>, but here is a cool marketing video:<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WCy8_lPM31M\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>And if you are more interested about the technical details take a look here:<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RvOzKhUDmJM\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>BTW: if you are interested in seeing a video showing the rapid prototyping process of such a part; take a look at my <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/03\/hannover-fair-direct-digital-manufacturing-with-nx-and-hp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">previous blog post<\/A> from the Hannover Fair this year.<BR \/><BR \/>For more detailed information just visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/nx7\/CAM\/turbo_mill.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Turbomachinery Milling homepage<\/A>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parts like this one do the job. They speed-up aero-engines and increase power generation.         But they are difficult to manufacture. 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