The TEMPER and Free Form Titanium Fabrication Titanium Initiatives at TheCenter for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing, USA

摘要

Titanium is a metal of increasing worldwide strategic importance. The Center for Advanced Mineral andrnMetallurgical Processing (CAMP) at Montana Tech of the University of Montana is currently directing tworntitanium research initiatives. The first program, Titanium Extraction Mining and Process Engineering Initiativern(TEMPER), is focused on producing low cost titanium through the identification and development of new mining,rnbeneficiation and extraction technologies which will significantly reduce the cost of titanium production. This willrndirectly benefit worldwide commercial applications. Secondly, CAMP is evaluating new technologies forrnfabrication of titanium utilizing the Free Form Titanium Fabrication (FFTF) initiative. These technologies mayrndrastically reduce the cost and time to manufacture titanium components. Because of the high strength to weightrnratio of titanium coupled with its superior corrosion characteristics, these programs will be of vital importance tornexpanding the commercial and strategic applications of titanium. An overview of these two new titaniumrninitiatives will be presented in this paper.