CMajor Advancement in Fabrication of Large Titanium Aircraft Structures. Presented at the Materials Engineering Exposition and Congress(1968) Held in Detroit, Michigan on 14-17 October 1968
Abstract
Efforts at The Boeing Company are directed toward rate production of titanium for both supersonic and sub-sonic airplanes. The sizes of parts will range from very large parts to thousands of small parts. Production rates as high as one million parts per month are forseen in the 1975 time period. This paper discusses new concepts of hot forming and hot sizing die fabrication as a precision casting method and brings up to date the production experiences utilizing this technique. New generation forming equipment order are reviewed. A brief progress report presented on an Air Force sponsored titanium section hot roll forming contract in which return flange hat and zee sections are formed to precision tolerances. The fabrication of the 747 titanium landing gear beam assemblies is presented and includes both forming, machining and assembly operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 17, 1968
- Accession Number
- ADA382566
Entities
People
- Cecil Lacy
Organizations
- ASM International