How To Machine Aircraft Titanium

摘要

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 these practical tips. New aircraft designs that make more extensive use of composite materials make more extensive use of titanium at the same time. Compared to aluminum, titanium is more compatible with composites in aircraft assemblies. As a result, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is 50 percent composite materials by weight, is also 15 percent titanium by weight. That is significantly more titanium than the previous (heavier) Boeing 777.