C*Blade S.p.a. - Forging & Manufacturing - Steam Turbine Blades, Compressor Blades for Gas Turbines

1963

The origins: Forging of Steel products, Campolin & Beltrame.

1989

Machine processing of the Blade. 5 spindle, profile copying Starrag-Rigid. Foundation of ISTAL.

1994

Certification according to ISO9002:1994 standard. Installation of the 35.000kgm ERIE Hammer.

1995

First numerical control workstation. Starrag NX255.

1999

Management change. The origin of C*Blade. High speed workstations. 1 Starrag HX251, 2 Starrag Heckert CWK, 6 CB Ferrari.

2001

Preforming press with numerical control. Machining of the root for Gas Compressor Blades.

2002

Machining of the fir tree root for Steam Turbine Blades.

2003

Assembly sequence analysis, analysis of vibrations and weight moment balancing. Certification according to ISO9001:2000 standard.

2005

Purchase of 50.000kgm PENSOTTI Hammer.

2007

Enlargement of the Forging building and installation of 50.000kgm PENSOTTI Hammer. New heat treatment furnaces. Purchase of 2 CB Ferrari workstation for bigger Blades.

2008

Forging simulation. Introduction of lean-manufacturing. Machining of the finger root for Steam Turbine Blades. Acquisition by Riello Investimenti SGR Spa.

2009

Enlargement of the Machining building and re-design of layout. New heat treatment furnace for big blades. Introduction of Lean Manufacturing.

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ISO 9001:2000

C*Blade pursues customer satisfaction, for this reason, it has built a quality management system according to ISO 9001:2000 standard.

History

C*Blade S.p.a. was born from the merger by acquisition of two companies: Campolin & Beltrame S.p.a. and ISTAL S.r.l. both situated in Maniago (Pordenone) Italy. Our activity started in 1963 with the Forging of Steel products. A few years later the company entered the Power Generation market with the production of Forged Turbine Blades. At that time machine tools with specific technologies didn't exist. The Blades were manufactured through Precision Forging with difficult manual preforming and Hot Forging phases and with a great manual work of control, straightening and grinding between the production phases.

Turbine Blades are nowadays manufactured through preforming in a 4-axis automatic preforming line and Envelope Forging in our powerful Hammers. The Forged pieces are then heat treated/straightened and then Machined in our CNC workcenters. The finishing is carried out with automatic grinding on the airfoils and manual grinding for the root platforms and tip. Numerous Quality Controls follow all the process to ensure a uniform Blade production quality.

In 2003 C*Blade has obtained the certification according ISO 9001:2000 standard, and started to deliver Ready To Fit Blades with analysis of vibrations, weight moment balancing and also other operations like shot peening and hardening.

In the last years, globalization has imposed a competition with the entire world and above all with emerging countries, which have a low labour cost. Our company has taken the decision to compete by raising the cultural level of its personnel through research and a series of technological innovations with the objective to maximize the value for the customer.

In 2008 C*Blade has adopted a FEM system for the simulation of hot plastic deformation of materials in closed die Forging in order to optimize the Forging process and prevent all kinds of defects induced by material flow.

In 2009 C*Blade has decided to start the implementation of Lean Manufacturing in its production process, in order to enhance its competitiveness. We are currently facing awesome results.

After more than 45 years of experience, C*Blade is recognized as a leader in the production of Forged Turbine Blades and supplies all the major OEMs, worldwide.

C*Blade S.p.a. Forging & Manufacturing | Registered Office Via Genova 1, 33085 Maniago (PN) ITALY
Phone +39 0427 735411 Fax +39 0427 700141 | Register of Companies of Pordenone 73282
Fiscal Code and VAT number IT 01391770938 | Registered Capital Euro 1.750.000 paid up