Titanium Uses

Titanium has been traditionally used as a lightweight, extremely strong and exceedingly
corrosion-resistant material in aircraft, electric power plant, seawater desalination plants and
heat exchangers. It has found increasing applications in consumer products, sporting goods
and information technology equipment by making use of its aesthetic surface appearance and
luxurious feel. Some of alloying elements used for making titanium alloy include aluminium,
molybdenum, cobalt, zirconium, tin and vanadium.
Alpha Phase alloys- Have the lowest strength but are formable and weldable
Beta Phase alloys have the highest strength of any titanium alloys but they also lack
ductility
Alpha + Beta alloys high strength
Near alpha alloys medium strength but have good creep resistance
Specifications:

Size: 250-1200 MM WIDTH X 2000 MM LONG X 0.4-30 MM THK

Standard: GB / T 3621 -44, ASTM B265, AMS, MIL, ASME

Grade: Commercially Pure (Gr.1 and Gr.2), Ti6Al4V (Gr.5)

Aerospace:
The aerospace industry is the largest user of titanium products. It is a useful material for this
industry because of its high strength to weight ratio and high temperature properties. It is
useful for the production of gas turbine engines while it is also used for other parts such as
the compressor blades, casings, engine cowlings and heat shields. Apart from the aircraft
applications, it is used in armor, chemical processing, marine, medical, power generation,
sporting goods, and other nonaerospace applications.
Marine:
Titanium enjoys unique advantages when applied to vessels and the marine industry.
Submarines, bathyvessels, atomic icebreakers, hydrofoils, hovercrafts, minesweepers and
propellers all have titanium in them.
Oil exploration and exploitation will be the next potential market for titanium, one offshore
oil drilling platform requires 1,500-2,000 tonnes of titanium.
Medical:
It resists corrosion, is biocompatible and has an innate ability to join with human bone, it has
become a stable of the medical field, as well. From surgical titanium instruments to
orthopaedic titanium rods, pins and plates, medical and dental titanium has truly become the
fundamental material used in medicine. The common applications in medical industry such as
hip and knee joints, Bone screws, bone plates, dental implants, surgical devices, pacemaker
cases, spectacle frames, heart valves.
Automotive:
First application within the engine parts of racing cars, it expands to include its application in
the muffler systems of super short-type bikes and limited models of high-performance cars.
The automobile components which could benefit from using of titanium include engine
valves, connecting rods and valve spring retainers, as well as valve springs.
Chemical:

It is used in chemical applications such as heat-exchanger (57%), titanium anode (20%),

titanium container (16%) and others (7%).