2. Why do we need to use Titanium?
Titanium is an engineering metal that has become increasingly popular in high-performance applications. These applications demand lightweight, increased strength, corrosion resistance, and durability or hardness.
A jeweler might place a titanium ring on the wearer’s finger because it is not only lustrous and strong but doesn’t irritate their finger like some precious metals might.
Titanium is an excellent metal choice for the manufacturing sector. It has a much higher fatigue life and melting point, making it the perfect alloy for different types of aerospace, military, chemical processing, and other industries.
Titanium can resist extreme temperatures without degrading or turning brittle. Here are some other notable reasons why people use Titanium.
Uniform property
Titanium may have more preferable material properties than regular steel also acts flexibly and is not as stiff as other metals. This requires a good grip of the titanium parts and a machine configuration as rigid as possible.
Other factors include avoiding interrupted cuts and keeping the moving tool in contact with the workpiece at all times. Stopping in a drilled hole or stopping a tool near a profiled wall will cause the tool to rub, creating excess heat, hardening the material, and causing premature tool wear.
Heat generation
When selecting speeds and feeds, You must consider heat generation. Although commercially pure titanium generation is softer and more rubbery than most of its alloys, adding alloying elements generally increases the hardness of Titanium. Raises concerns about the heat generated and tool wear.
Maintaining a load of higher chips and avoiding unnecessary friction facilitate the performance of the tool’s more complex titanium alloys and reduce the amount of work hardening the product.
Choosing a lower rpm, coupled with a load of higher chips, can significantly reduce temperature compared to higher speed options. Due to its low conductivity properties, keeping temperatures to a minimum will put less stress on the tool and reduce wear.
High-pressure coolant is also an effective method of reducing heat generation when machining titanium.
Galling and built-up edge
When selecting speeds and feeds, You must consider heat generation. Although commercially pure titanium generation softer and more rubbery than most of its alloys, the addition of alloying elements generally increases the hardness of Titanium. Raises concerns about the heat generated and tool wear.
Maintaining a load of higher chips and avoiding unnecessary friction facilitate the performance of the tool’s more complex titanium alloys and reduce the amount of work hardening the product.
Choosing a lower rpm, coupled with a load of higher chips, can significantly reduce temperature compared to higher speed options.
Due to its low conductivity properties, keeping temperatures to a minimum will put less stress on the tool and reduce wear. High-pressure coolant is also an effective method of reducing heat generation when machining titanium.
