To produce complex titanium parts more cost-effectively, some machine shops may adopt advanced forging equipment to complement their CNC capabilities, to create near-net-shaped parts that require only ...

Russian firm VSMPO-AVISMA remains sceptical about near-term applications for 3D-printed forgings as the titanium supplier works to deliver more advanced materials to aerospace Tier 1 suppliers and ...

Titanium has a low density and is a strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant (including sea water, aqua regia and chlorine) transition metal with a silver color. Titanium can be alloyed with iron, ...

Machining titanium forgings for 787 airframe structures at Ural Boeing Manufacturing in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia. The Boeing Co.’s joint-venture titanium machining company in central Russia is due to ...

A process to make titanium from rutile sand promises to cut the cost of the lightweight metal and cement the UK's position in the aerospace supply chain A consortium including the Advanced Forming ...

RTI International Metals' new titanium plant in Virginia has produced its first batch of product for the Airbus A350 XWB. The initial delivery comes after the Martinsville, Virginia, plant assigned to ...

Titanium forging companies, locked into firm fixed price contracts with their prime contractors, are "expecting an answer in the next couple of weeks" on whether the Defense Department will change ...