C*Blade Forging & Manufacturing - Large Forged Blades for Steam Turbines and Compressor Blades for Gas Turbines

C*Blade Forging & Manufacturing specialises in the manufacturing of forged blades for thermal / nuclear steam turbines and forged compressor blades for gas turbines, for the power generation market. C*Blade can produce a wide range of blades in terms of size, weight and finishing grade, from envelope forged blades to those that are ready to fit. C*Blade is one of the few companies in the world that is able to produce machined blade forgings with overall length up to 1,500mm (59in) and initial weight up to 180kg (400lb).

C*Blade has been working in this field since 1963, always looking for improvement and completion of the manufacturing process. The major equipment for production are three drop-forging hammers with 50,000kgm, 35,000kgm and 12,500kgm of power, and several high-speed CNC milling workstations. The products are manufactured in Maniago (Italy) and sold worldwide with Europe and Asia as the key markets.

Forged turbine blades for steam and gas turbines

C*Blade's expertise and equipment allows the company to manufacture large turbine blades and vanes with excellent quality and at a competitive cost. C*Blade offers:

• Turbine blades and vanes for thermal / nuclear steam turbines
• Compressor blades and vanes for gas turbines

The dimensions of the forgings can reach an overall length of 1,500mm (59in) and initial weights of 180kg (400lb).

C*Blade's scope of supply includes:

• Envelope forged blades
• Airfoil machined blades
• Complete machined blades
• Ready to fit blades

Stainless-steel turbine blades

C*Blade is specialised in the forging and manufacturing of stainless-steel turbine blades. The materials are bought only from certified suppliers working in the power generation market and in compliance with the customer specifications and the most rigorous international standards.

• Martensitic stainless steel
• Precipitation hardening stainless steel

C*Blade produces stainless-steel turbine blades and vanes for a wide range of technology:

• Alstom ABB technology
• Ansaldo technology
• Franco Tosi technology
• GE technology
• Hitachi technology 
• Man technology
• Mitsubishi technology
• Parsons technology
• Siemens technology
• Skoda technology
• Westinghouse technology

New equipment blades for OEMs

Thanks to its consolidated experience and complete range of stainless-steel blades, C*Blade serves all the major OEMs. C*Blade technicians are able to quickly analyse new projects and to integrate with the customer in the design of the forgings. Due to the fact that reliability in the deliveries is a must for customer satisfaction, C*Blade performs a detailed planning both over the medium / long-term period, in order to balance the workload of the plants and to guarantee materials availability, and daily to promptly react to any possible deviation from the production schedule. C*Blade provides the following benefits:

• Capability to forge blades up to 1,500mm of length
• Fully integrated production process and supply chain
• Over 45 years of experience and knowledge
• Capability to supply ready-to-fit blades
• Co-design capability
• Reliable deliveries
• Excellent quality

Service blades for turbine repair / revamping

C*Blade combines several years of technical expertise and efficient equipment to provide service blades quickly and at competitive cost. In C*Blade's warehouse there are a number of dies made during over 45 years of presence in the power generation market. If the required die is not in stock, C*Blade is able within a few months to start from scratch and deliver a complete row of blades. Reverse engineering allows blades to be quickly rebuilt if documents are not available. C*Blade has a fully integrated production cycle and supply chain and is therefore able to act as a one-stop shop for the supply of service blades. C*Blade offers:

• Fully integrated production process and supply chain
• Knowledge of all the main technology types
• Capability to supply ready-to-fit blades
• Reverse engineering capability
• Quick manufacturing
• Excellent quality