Powder Metallurgy Titanium Trims Cost of Extrusion Billets for Making Applique Armor Attachments

Abstract

Defense vehicle manufacturers use self-tapping threaded mechanical fasteners to mount various components onto the vehicle structure quickly. A new program focuses on a high volume-potential powder metallurgy manufacturing process to produce titanium alloy extrusion billets to make rod feedstock for threaded attachment inserts. Powder characterization, compaction and vacuum sintering processes are used to make cylinder preforms to manufacture bar stock from which inserts are fabricated. Processing factors and comparative performance testing of inserts made from conventional melt-formed industrial titanium stock vs. powder metallurgy titanium are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504012

Entities

People

  • Christine Suminski
  • Craig Niese
  • Ernest Chin
  • Jane W. Adams
  • Jason Deters
  • Vlad Duz
  • Vladimir S. Moxson
  • Walter Roy

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Chemistry
  • Extrusion
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Metallurgy
  • Metals
  • Physical Properties
  • Powder Metallurgy
  • Sintering
  • Tensile Strength
  • Titanium
  • Titanium Alloys

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Metallurgy