Friction, wear, and lubrication are inherent to all metal-forming processes. Unfortunately, they are particularly troublesome when forming titanium materials, which tend to form titanium buildup on ...

Abstract: This research aims to investigate the effect of heat treatment for the incremental forming process of titanium grade 2 sheet. The specimen profile was designed by Unigraphics NX4 and formed ...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. Department of Mechanical ...

For the local defects such as thinning and thickening in the process of hot stamping of titanium alloy shells, the evolution process, mechanism and causing thinning of the equivalent stress strain at ...

This project investigates Heat Assisted Incremental Sheet Metal Forming (HA-ISF) of Ti6Al4V (Grade 5 Titanium Alloy) using Abaqus/Explicit simulations. The study focuses on how elevated temperatures ...

Thanks to 3D printing, most of us are familiar with the concept of additive manufacturing, and by extension, subtractive manufacturing. But what is it when you’re neither adding material nor taking it ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RTI International Metals, Inc., (NYSE: RTI), is pleased to announce the signing of a Stock Purchase Agreement with Aeromet International PLC, pursuant to which RTI will ...