Low cost process for the manufacture of near net shape titanium bodies
AssigneeMaterials & Electrochemical Research Corp.
InventorsJames Withers, Roger Storm, Raouf Loutfy
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing Ti alloy structures using a SFFF manufacturing process with a welding torch as a high energy source, which comprises using as a feed a feed wire made from Ti sponge and alloying powders, or forming a Ti alloy in-situ in the melt.
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A process for manufacturing Ti alloy structures using a SFFF manufacturing process with a high energy source, which comprises using as a feed a feed wire made from Ti sponge and alloying elements.
A process for making a wire of Ti and selected alloying elements which comprises passing a mixture of CP Ti sponge material and said selected alloying elements through a series of rollers to compact the mixture and produce a wire form.
A process for producing a titanium alloy which comprises mixing ceramic particles, titanium and selected alloying elements, passing the mixture through compacting rollers to produce a wire, and feeding the wire to a SFFF process to produce an titanium alloy containing a dispersion of ceramic particles therein.
A process for manufacturing Ti alloy structures using a SFFF manufacturing process with a high energy source in which feed materials are melted, which comprises combining a Ti feed wire and powdered alloying elements and forming the Ti alloy in-situ in the melt.
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