It was first used by Sermatech-Lehr (now known as GKN Aerospace) in 1985 for the compressors of the T700 helicopter engine.
Blisk (akronim za Bladed disk) je rotirajoča strojna naprava pri kateri so rotorski disk in lopatice zliti ali zvarjeni skupaj, za razliko od drugih rotorjev, kjer so lopatice posazmene komponente in so samo vstavljene v rotor.