Journal
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 52-57Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2019.02.002
Keywords
Titanium alloys; Powder metallurgy; Sintering; Blending elemental; Mechanical properties
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- New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) through the TiTeNZ (Titanium Technologies New Zealand) [UOWX1402]
- University of Waikato via the Strategic Investment Funding scheme
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Powder metallurgy, and in particular the blending elemental approach, is a recognised way to reduce the processing cost of titanium-based materials for their wider industrial uptake. Microwave sintering is claimed to be a faster sintering process that could contribute to the cost reduction. In this study hybrid microwave sintering was used to consolidate cold pressed blended elemental alpha + beta (i.e. Ti-6Al-4V and the low-cost Ti-5Fe), metastable beta Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr titanium alloys as well as hydride-dehydride Ti. It is found that densification is achieved at low sintering temperatures and short dwell time but proportionally higher temperatures and longer sintering times are required for the homogenisation of the chemical composition of more heavily alloyed materials. Similarly to vacuum sintering, for most of the materials relative density around 94-95% are obtained, but no faster sintering at maximum temperature was perceived. The mechanical properties increase along with the sintering parameter obtaining values comparable to the respective wrought and/or powder metallurgy counterparts.
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