TITANIUM-ALLOYS - ADVANCES IN ALLOYS, PROCESSES, PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS

The last few years have been a period of consolidation of existing all oys and processes. While the aerospace industry remains the principal driving force for alloy development, the paper illustrates examples of new markets being established in 'older' alloys, by a combination of product/process development and a re-examination of engineering design parameters. Considerable attention is still being directed towards th e titanium aluminide systems, but other more conventional alloy develo pments are underway aimed at specific engineering and process requirem ents, both in the aerospace and non-aerospace sectors. Both the advanc ed high temperature and conventional alloy developments are considered , before the paper goes on to assess the potential of new processes an d products, like spray-forming, metal matrix composites and shaped-pla te rolling.