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The need of titanium investment casting is growing daily due to applications ranging from dental implants to critical aerospace structures. Since the 1950s, titanium has been serving both the energy and chemical industries. Titanium and titanium alloys find applications in high-end aerospace engineering because of its high strength-to-weight ratio, ductility and sturdiness in withstanding climatic variations. Titanium is also highly resistant to corrosion. Titanium shows little reaction from the human body or body fluids. Doctors use titanium rods for human body implantations like dental implants. Such devices demand properties like biocompatibility, smooth finish, and the ability to resist wear and corrosion. They also need to be lightweight. Titanium posses all these qualities, which is why titanium investment casting is used to design implants of complex shapes. Titanium investment casting also allows the casting of many components together, eliminating the need of machining and fabrication. It can also produce castings of a few grams to heavier machine parts. Titanium alloys remain ductile at low temperatures. | |||||||||
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The Perfect Casting for Minute Details Titanium investment casting is used to produce the most complex, minutely detailed structures, without additional labor, machining, grooving, drilling or welding. The structure or pattern is made with a fusible substance like wax. Then it is coated with slurry, which dries to form a shell. Afterward the wax is melted away leaving a cavity in the exact shape of the desired piece. Titanium investment casting can produce structures that have great mechanical properties. At high temperatures titanium is highly reactive to oxygen and hydrogen. So while melting the titanium for the investment casting process, it is necessary to do so in a vacuum, otherwise it affects the properties of the metal. Rapid-cast titanium investment casting can be the answer to this problem. This technique produces a variety of high-end medical applications that meet the most stringent quality demands. | |||||||||
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Different Titanium Alloys For Specific Uses Titanium alloys are specially designed for various applications. Alloys like Ti-17 and Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-6Mo are used for applications that need high temperature stability. Alloys Ti-6Al-2Nb-ITa-Imo and Ti-6Al-4V-ELI have high corrosive resistance in a saline environment and are also fracture resistant. Alloy Ti-5Al-2,5Sn is wieldable. ELI is used at extremely low temperatures. While alloys Ti-6Al-6V-2Sn and Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al have high strength at both low and normal temperatures. Titanium investment casting can produce engine parts that are lighter, stronger and smoother than steel. It is also non-magnetic and anti-corrosive. Now titanium investment casting parts can be seen in golf clubs and in space ships. It is also the safest metal for implantation into the human body. New developments in titanium investment casting techniques are making possible many previously unimagined applications.
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