A flow engine that uses the energy of a flowing medium to generate mechanical energy is a very complex mechanical device. Currently, such structures are used in the energy industry, as well as in the transport industry. The design of turbojet engines and power turbines is similar, and in the following part, aspects of the implementation of key elements will be discussed. The main structural element, apart from the external housing, is the shaft, on which the drum or ring forming the blade palisade is mounted. The above-mentioned elements form a set called the rotor.

The countless number of blades that make up the blade palisade are responsible for contact with the flowing medium. As a result, a torque is generated on the rotor shaft that sets the entire turbine in motion. Turbine structures are also distinguished, in which the rotor is a monolithic element, containing fixed blades connected to the hub without the possibility of dismantling individual parts. In such a solution, the rotor is made of a single block of material. This solution is used, for example, in the automotive industry in turbochargers of supercharged combustion engines.

In structures requiring high strength and long-term reliability rotors made from a block of material by milling turbines, rotors using multi-axis numerically controlled machines are used.

Using the capabilities of advanced machining centers, the kinematics of which allow the tool to be positioned relative to the processed material in any position and requires the preparation of machining technology in CAM-class support systems. CAMWORKS software is a system offering very advanced functions.

High technological requirements justify the use of advanced machining centers in the process of making turbine elements, and knowledge and practice in the field of rotor machining is the key to their correct execution.