Small Scale High Speed Turbomachinery

A process for manufacturing a rotating element of a turbomachine, the method comprising:

• pre-forming a plurality of sheets of a material, each sheet comprising a cross section of the rotating element of the turbomachine;
• stacking the sheets in an order to reproduce a structure of the rotating element;
• bonding the sheets together to form the rotating element therewithin;
• and
• removing an amount of excess material from the bonded sheets to free the rotating element therefrom.

A turbomachine comprising:

• a first rotating element comprising a first blading, the first blading comprising a plurality of sheets bonded together;
• a second rotating element coupled to the first rotating element;
• and
• an electric motor powering the first or the second rotating element.

A rotating element of a turbomachine produced by a process comprising:

• pre-forming a plurality of sheets of a material, each sheet comprising a cross section of the rotating element of the turbomachine;
• stacking the sheets in an order to reproduce a structure of the rotating element;
• bonding the sheets together to form the rotating element therewithin;
• and
• removing an amount of excess material from the bonded sheets to free the rotating element therefrom.