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BLADE PRO Software
Conveniently evaluate turbine blades with BLADE PRO.
Efficient Evaluation of Turbine Blades
There are many different parameters and analyzing procedures available to evaluate the quality of turbine blades. Carl Zeiss gathered this information from several manufacturers during a comprehensive study. It provided the basis for the development of BLADE PRO software for the evaluation of turbine blade measurements. A state-of-the-art XML interface enables two-way communication between BLADE PRO evaluation software and your existing system.

Key Advantages
BLADE PRO determines an extremely wide range of blade parameters from the measuring results, such as:
  • Form deviation of the blade profile
  • Maximum blade length and maximum blade thickness
  • Corner radius of the entrance and exit edge
  • Thickness of the entrance and exit edge
  • Blade thickness at any point of the nominal profile
  • Torsion angle of the blade
  • Blade length parallel to the chord line
  • Profile waviness
  • Batch point, center of gravity, mean line, etc.
Overview
An algorithm patented for Carl Zeiss accounts for super-proportional length errors, enabling evaluation of tolerance-critical areas of entrance and exit edges.

Data exchange, data management
  • Section-oriented evaluation aided by nominal data and measuring data from any measuring machine
  • Flexible connection to measuring machines via
  • XML file interface
  • XML standard for data import and export
Graphical user interface
  • Intuitive operation – based on standard
  • Windows applications
  • Protocol options: graphic, text, XML, HTML
  • Graphic protocol system: DIN A4 – A0 and corresponding ANSI formats
  • Work interactively with protocol preview
  • Flexible compilation and labeling of the sections of a document as a graphic
  • Summarizing overview of several blade documents
  • Free allocation of dynamic and static features for protocol identification
Adaptation
  • Numerous configurations, e.g., graphic, print, data exchange, calculation
  • Customized protocol forms and expansion of features

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