What are titanium bars used for?(2）
Automobile industry
Reducing fuel consumption and reducing harmful waste (CO2, NOX, etc.) emissions has become one of the main driving forces and directions for technological progress in the automotive industry. Studies have shown that lightweight is an effective measure to save fuel and reduce pollution. For every 10% reduction in car quality, fuel consumption can be saved by 8%-10%, and exhaust emissions can be reduced by 10%. In terms of driving, after the car is lightened, the acceleration performance is improved, and the vehicle control stability, noise, and vibration are also improved. From the perspective of collision safety, after the car is lightweight, the inertia of the collision is small, and the braking distance is reduced.
The preferred way to reduce the weight of automobiles is to replace traditional automobile materials (steel) with lightweight materials with high specific strength, such as aluminum, magnesium, and titanium. In 2009, the amount of titanium used in global automobiles reached 3,000 tons. Titanium has been used in racing cars for many years. At present, almost all racing cars use titanium materials. The amount of titanium used in Japanese automobiles has exceeded 600 tons. With the development of the global automobile industry, titanium used in automobiles is still increasing rapidly.
The advantages of using Ti6Al4V Titanium Bar in automobiles are: reducing weight and fuel consumption; improving power transmission effect and reducing noise; reducing vibration and reducing component load; improving vehicle durability and environmental protection.
Medical industry
Titanium has a wide range of applications in the medical field. Titanium is close to human bones, has good biocompatibility to human tissues, and has no toxic and side effects. Human implants are special functional materials closely related to human life and health. Compared with other metal materials, the advantages of using titanium and titanium alloys are as follows:
1 light weight;
2 low elastic modulus;
3 non-magnetic;
4 non-toxic;
5 corrosion resistance;
6 High strength and good toughness.
The amount of titanium alloy used in surgical implants is growing at a rate of 5%-7% per year. Femoral head, hip joint, humerus, skull, knee joint, elbow joint, shoulder joint, metacarpophalangeal joint, jaw bone, cardiac membrane, renal membrane, vascular dilator, splint, prosthesis, Hundreds of metal parts such as fastening screws have been implanted into the human body, and good results have been achieved, which have been highly praised by the medical community.
Chemical Industry
Titanium has excellent corrosion resistance, mechanical properties and process properties, and is widely used in many sectors of the national economy. Especially in chemical production, titanium is used instead of stainless steel, nickel-based alloys and other rare metals as corrosion-resistant materials. This is of great significance to increase production, improve product quality, extend equipment life, reduce consumption, reduce energy consumption, reduce costs, prevent pollution, improve working conditions and increase labor productivity.
Titanium metal has become one of the main anti-corrosion materials in chemical equipment, and has established its corrosion-resistant status in chemical equipment. As an ideal material in chemical equipment, titanium has attracted more and more attention from engineers and technicians.
After years of promotion, titanium and its alloys have been widely used in chemical production as an excellent corrosion-resistant structural material. At present, the application of titanium equipment has expanded from the initial soda ash and caustic soda industry to chlorate, ammonium chloride, urea, organic synthesis, dyes, inorganic salts, pesticides, synthetic fibers, fertilizers, and fine chemicals. From small and simplistic to large and diverse.
The survey results show that titanium heat exchangers accounted for 57%, titanium anodes accounted for 20%, titanium containers accounted for 16%, and others accounted for 7%. In the chemical industry, "two alkalis" are the main ones, and titanium heat exchangers are used in the largest amount in chemical equipment.
In recent years, my country's titanium production technology has improved rapidly, and the titanium used in aerospace, military, and automobiles has grown rapidly, especially in the field of aerospace, which has a tendency to catch up with and surpass titanium used in chemicals. Generally speaking, the technical content of titanium used in chemical industry is small, the added value of products is low, and the proportion of titanium used in chemical industry will inevitably decline gradually.
Ocean engineering
With the development of science and technology and the depletion of land resources, human development and utilization of the ocean has been put on the agenda. Titanium has excellent corrosion resistance to seawater, and is widely used in seawater desalination, ships, marine thermal energy development, and seabed resource mining.
As early as the 1960s, my country had already started research on the application of titanium and titanium alloys in ships and marine engineering equipment, and done a lot of work, and basically formed a series of products with many grades, different performances, and complete varieties and specifications. Marine titanium alloy system. Due to the unique characteristics of titanium and titanium alloys, they have unique advantages in the application of ships and marine equipment, so they are widely used in nuclear submarines, deep submersibles, atomic icebreakers, hydrofoils, hovercraft, minesweepers As well as propeller propellers, seawater pipelines, condensers, heat exchangers, etc.
In terms of ship applications, the amount of titanium used in ships in my country is very small at present, accounting for no more than 1% of the total weight of ships. The field of titanium and titanium alloys for ships and marine engineering equipment has great potential for development. In addition, in terms of seawater desalination and coastal power stations, due to the huge market demand for seawater desalination and coastal power stations in my country, the market application prospect of titanium will be very broad under the condition of further reducing the cost of titanium alloys and improving product quality stability.
Daily life
Ti6Al4V Titanium Bar is widely used in daily life, it can be said to be everywhere, such as golf heads, bicycle frames, tennis rackets, wheelchairs, glasses frames, etc. will be applied to titanium.
Due to its light weight and high strength, the application of titanium in sporting goods has gradually expanded from the earliest tennis rackets and badminton rackets to golf heads, clubs and racing cars. In 2008, my country's sports and leisure accounted for 13% of the total consumption, and the amount of titanium used for golf heads and clubs alone exceeded 1,000 tons. The bicycle frame made of titanium alloy is also quite popular. At present, nearly 50 companies produce titanium bicycles. The United States has long been the largest producer and consumer of titanium bicycles. The lightweight feature of titanium is also applied to spectacle frames, and titanium is not easy to be allergic to the skin, and the surface of titanium can have brilliant colors after anodized treatment, so it has been used in spectacle frames since the early 1980s.
