Overview of Titanium Alloy Industry

Overview of Titanium Alloy Industry

     Although titanium alloys have excellent properties, they are very difficult to process. When the Brinell hardness is less than 300, the tool sticking is serious; when it is greater than 370, it is too hard to process, and most titanium alloys have low thermal conductivity. The cutting area, on the one hand, will cause rapid wear of the tool, and on the other hand, will destroy the surface integrity of the part, resulting in a decrease in the geometric accuracy of the part and the occurrence of work hardening. In particular, specific types of military titanium materials generally require multiple plastic processing. How to ensure uniform and stable quality to achieve industrialized mass production is a technical challenge in the world. At present, only the United States, Russia, Japan, China, and the former Commonwealth of Independent States (Ukraine and Kazakhstan) five countries and regions in the world have mastered the complete titanium processing and manufacturing process.

     In terms of classification, titanium alloys can be mainly divided into industrial pure titanium, α type titanium alloy, β type titanium alloy and α+β type titanium alloy. widely.