Titanium Applications

Titanium alloys are used in the manufacture of aircraft parts: fuselage, hydraulic tubing, landing gears, cabin window frames, casings, fasteners, hatches, wing structures, fan blades, compressor blades etc. The entire range of titanium alloys is used today Ffor tubular structures in rocket technology, for example, a titanium tube is used for solid fuel and liquid engines. Along with this, in the space industry, titanium alloy with nickel has found particular application, the peculiarity of which is that structures made of it have “memory form”. Radio antennas and frames of solar batteries are made of such an alloy, which can be rolled up at ordinary temperature, and when heated, they independently.

In shipbuilding, titanium alloys are used due to the metal's corrosive resistance to seawater and its ability to withstand high mechanical loads. From blanks such as titanium plates and rods, propellers, shafts, hull plating, etc. are made. Whereas titanium sheet is used for the production of heat exchangers, mufflers for submarine engines, discs of various measuring equipment. The low specific gravity of the titanium alloy makes the ships maximally manoeuvrable, and the material's resistance to salt water makes it possible to significantly reduce the frequency of maintenance of the underwater parts of the ship.

Industrial chemistry is one of the main consumers of titanium and titanium alloys, which are used in modern chemical equipment. Titanium products not only provide reduced operating costs and trouble-free operation but also reliably resist aggressive and toxic environments, are resistant to high pressures and temperatures. Without titanium alloys, effective production of chlorine, potassium, sodium, manganese, soda, urea, organic glass, bleaching agents, pharmaceuticals, and dozens of other items would be impossible today. Titanium alloy is used to make pumps, compressors, filters and pipelines for pumping acids. Titanium alloys are used for the following systems and equipment for the development of oil and gas fields on the shelf: deep-water drill risers; casing pipes; mining risers; pumps and systems for seawater, drinking, drilling and associated water; pipelines for the circulation system of technological solutions; liquid separators; heat exchange equipment for various purposes; high-pressure vessels; high-strength flexible stretchers for fixing the platform.

Currently, titanium has become one of the leading materials in various fields of practical medicine and medical instrumentation. Titanium and its alloys have the sum of all the necessary characteristics for the purpose: strong, malleable, high resistance to corrosion, high melting point, and most importantly -, completely neutral in biological terms physiological environment, due to which they are perceived by the body as its own tissue and practically do not cause rejection. Due to these properties, titanium is often referred to as a "medical metal". That is why it is widely used in implantology, orthopaedics, ophthalmology and surgery. Titanium alloys are also used in the manufacture of medical instruments - scalpels, hooks, plate tweezers, clamps. Titanium alloys are also used in the production of wheelchairs and external orthopedic prostheses.