Titanium is strong and light, with the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal. But giving it a good balance of strength and ductility is difficult and expensive. That’s why titanium is used ...

To produce complex titanium parts more cost-effectively, some machine shops may adopt advanced forging equipment to complement their CNC capabilities, to create near-net-shaped parts that require only ...

Russian firm VSMPO-AVISMA remains sceptical about near-term applications for 3D-printed forgings as the titanium supplier works to deliver more advanced materials to aerospace Tier 1 suppliers and ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 100, Section 5: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING (1991), pp. 78-86 (9 pages) In recent years, microalloying has been advocated as a means for producing direct cooled forging ...

Titanium has a low density and is a strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant (including sea water, aqua regia and chlorine) transition metal with a silver color. Titanium can be alloyed with iron, ...

Titanium alloys have very high tensile strength and toughness (even at extreme temperatures). They are light weight, have extraordinary corrosion resistance and the ability to withstand extreme ...

Titanium forging companies, locked into firm fixed price contracts with their prime contractors, are "expecting an answer in the next couple of weeks" on whether the Defense Department will change ...

Alcoa plans to expand its Martinsville, VA, titanium forging operation, with an $8.59-million investment that will include a new billet grinding line, and two new forging furnaces. The project is ...

RTI International Metals' new titanium plant in Virginia has produced its first batch of product for the Airbus A350 XWB. The initial delivery comes after the Martinsville, Virginia, plant assigned to ...

MANIAGO, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pietro Rosa TBM is proud to announce that it has signed a long-term agreement with Boeing to supply forgings for use on the 787 Dreamliner, 777X and 737 MAX airplanes.