Cold compaction study of Armstrong Process® Ti-6Al-4V powders |
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Authors: | W Chen WH Peter AS Sabau SD Nunn CA Blue B Fuller |
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Affiliation: | a Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USAb Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USAc Cristal US, Inc./International Titanium Powder, Woodridge, IL 60157, USA |
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Abstract: | The Armstrong Process® developed by Cristal US, Inc./International Titanium Powder, is an innovative, low-cost technology for producing Ti and Ti alloy powders in a one-step, continuous process. In this work, Armstrong Ti-6Al-4V powders were characterized and the cold compaction behavior of the powders were investigated in detail. As-received as well as milled powders were uniaxially die-pressed at designated pressures up to 690 MPa to form disk samples with different aspect ratios. Samples with high aspect ratio exhibited non-uniform density along the pressing axis and the density distribution was consistent with the result predicted by finite element analysis. The model developed from the linear regression analysis on the experimental density data can be used to predict density of compacts with different aspect ratios. In the studied pressure range, an empirical powder compaction equation was applied to linearize the green density — pressure relationship. Cold compaction parameters were obtained for the as-received and milled Armstrong Ti-6Al-4V powders. |
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Keywords: | Titanium alloys Die-pressing Powder metallurgy Armstrong process |
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