20th Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) system shipped for commercial aircraft engine application

The 20th turn-key production system for application of low plasticity burnishing (LPB) has been shipped from Cincinnati-based Lambda Technologies to Michigan, where it will be installed and used to improve the fatigue performance of commercial jet engine fan blades. This is the fourth complete set of LPB production machinery installed at this facility. Seven more production systems for commercial engines are expected to ship in the near future. The majority of these machines will process commercial engine blades or integrally bladed rotors/bladed disks. Lambda currently has equipment in the field processing both commercial and military jet engines, propeller bores, landing gear, and prosthetic implants for hips and knees. Lambda also maintains seven internal LPB production systems serving other industries.