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Titanium Machining

In recent years, titanium has become dramatically more significant as a workpiece material in machine shops. Two industries are driving this. One is aerospace. The latest aircraft designs use dramatically more titanium than planes of the past. The other is the medical industry. Titanium is a common material used for implants and devices used within the body. Titanium’s high hardness and low thermal conductivity make it more challenging to machine than other metals that most machine shops are more accustomed to facing.

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How To Machine Aircraft Titanium (Introduction To A Series)

Choose cutters, depths and tool paths with attention to particular steps in the process, and you can machine titanium more efficiently than you might suspect. Boeing offers practical tips.

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Material Impacts On The Precision Machining Industry - December 2009
2/2/2010 Production Machining: Prices for most raw materials used to make precision parts have double-digit increases for the year ending December 31, 2009. Surcharges, price increases, and short supplies of even common items characterize today’s market. Until larger inventories of scrap build up from increases in production, the industry and its supply chain face a paradox of no scrap from which to make steel, therefore no steel to make parts, therefore, no scrap to make steel… Copper and brass has doubled over the year. Aluminum is up over 40%. We anticipate spikes in surcharges, allocation, and long lead times throughout the first quarter of 2010.
Switching Material Improves Productivity, Bar None
2/1/2010 Production Machining: Serving the exacting and specialized requirements of the medical implant industry requires manufacturers to not only use the most precise, state-of-the-art metalworking equipment, but also high quality raw materials, including precision ground bar capable of offering tight dimensional tolerances and exceptional diameter uniformity.Hammill Medical division of Hammill Manufacturing Co., Maumee, Ohio, a contract implant producer that specializes in high precision products such as bone screws, spinal implants, femoral knee joints and fixation systems, began using titanium Ultrabar small diameter “extra-precision” ground titanium bar on its CNC Swiss-type screw machines a little more than a year ago.
Direct Metal Laser Sintering
12/28/2009 Production Machining: Laser sintering is an additive process that deposited metals, such as Titanium, to create complex machinable workpiece blanks.
What Is The Right Machine Tool For Titanium?
7/28/2009 Modern Machine Shop: Rather than start with the machine, says Boeing, start with the tooling. For titanium workpieces and other high-value parts, a simple spreadsheet of tools and operations might be the most valuable resource for machining center selection.
What Is The Best Way To Machine A Deep, Narrow Pocket In Titanium?
4/29/2009 Modern Machine Shop: Boeing’s answer to a reader question emphasizes the use of high-feed milling tools.