Low Cost Titanium Powder Metallurgy Components for Armor and Structural Applications

摘要

This presentation covers the results of activities in 2006 on manufacturing low cost P/M Ti-6Al-4V alloys for armor and structural applications. A cooperative agreement between the U.S. Army Research Lab and ADMA Products, Inc. focuses on room temperature consolidation by Direct Powder Rolling (DPR), Cold Iso-Static Pressing (CIP), or die pressing methods followed by sintering. Technology developed in this program will be directly applicable to defense applications for titanium alloy plates, sheets and foils. The advent of reliable, low cost titanium powder supplies also opens the door for direct solid state powder rolling as viable process for the commercial sector. It is expected that the increased availability of reliable low cost powders and the novel direct powder rolling process will allow decrease in the price of titanium plates by at least three times compared to current production techniques.