TITANIUM ALLOYS: CLASSIFICATION
SECOND EPISODE IN OUR FOCUCS ON TITAN: we start to concentrate ourselves on the classification of its alloys. Commercially pure titanium (indicated according to ASTM ratings as CP grade [...]
TITANIUM ALLOYS: INTRODUCTION, CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS
TITANIUM IS THE NINTH ELEMENT, AND THE FOURTH MOST ABUNDANT METAL ON THE EARTH’S CRUST (AFTER IRON, ALUMINUM AND MAGNESIUM): LET’S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ITS HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS. [...]
Effect of high speed mechanical processes
Mould construction for the automotive sector has undergone profound changes in recent decades. The combination of the automotive industry that demanded high quality printers, improved [...]
Plasma nitriding: advantages and uses
Nitriding is a thermochemical treatment that generates significant changes to the tribological, mechanical and anti-corrosive properties of the surfaces of the treated parts, aimed at increasing [...]
Thermal treatment of titanium alloy T16A14A
Ti6Al4V, or Grade 5 according to the ASTM classification, is the most used titanium alloy covering around 50% of the entire production of this metal; the aerospace industry uses over 80%, the [...]
Microstructural anomalies in die-casted steel
TAG’S EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH A PARTICULARLY DELICATE PROBLEM. Over the years, the activities performed by the Dolzago and Cremella metallographic laboratories have gradually intensified [...]