Know different uses of Titanium 6al-4v

Titanium alloys are popular for its huge contribution in various industries and they are found in a mixture of titanium with other chemical elements. Due to its high tensile strength, wide use of titanium alloys is seen in variety of industries like, medical field, aircraft, spacecraft etc. They can always be used in different military applications. Also, large amount of titanium alloys can be used in various sports equipment and consumer electronics. They can also be used in different automobiles like in sports cars and premium sports equipment. Due to its durable properties in this kind of high stress engine environment, different automobile manufacturers always search for proper alloys for this material. This metal is quite soft, which can easily be cut and marked.

This kind of alloy can be melted as the sub-grade of Titanium 6al-4v. And, use of this particular alloy can be seen in different aerospace airframe. Also, they can be used in many non-aerospace work like, power generation, marine industry etc. Applications can be seen in manufacturing of blades, airframes, discs, components, rings etc. They can always be used in cases, vessels, hubs, biomedical implants etc. Due to bad shear strength of Titanium 6al-4v, it cannot be used for bone screws or plates. It also contains bad surface wear properties. These alloys tend to hold at the time of sliding contact with itself and other metals. Different surface treatments like, nitriding, oxidizing etc. can improve the surface wear properties.

When we go to any titanium distributor, different types of mechanical properties would be present in ‘commercially pure’ titanium. These metals are used for dental and orthopedic implants. In different applications, titanium is known to be that alloy option with small amounts of vanadium and aluminum, which is usually 6% and 4% respectively, by weight. This particular mixture has a big property of solubility, which varies completely with temperature. And, it also allows going through precipitation strengthening. This type of heat treatment process is known to be carried out after this alloy has been worked into a proper shape before its use. Due to the higher tensile grades of titanium, it will not stretch or compress.

When it is the matter of grade5 titanium , then it is found to be most commercially used titanium alloys. This category of titanium provides an excellent blend of high strength and toughness. Properties of grade 5 titanium include:

• Better ductility
• Heat treatable
• High fabricability and weldability
• High strength titanium