international titanium association

INTERNATIONAL TITANIUM

ASSOCIATION

www.titanium.org

MISSION & PHILOSOPHY

International Titanium Association was established in 1984 with the mission of connecting the public interested in using titanium with specialists from across the globe who may offer sales and technical assistance.

We accomplish this by:

• Hosting the Titanium Resource Center;

• Educating through hands on workshops & online seminars;

• Producing the TITANIUM Conference series in the US and in Europe;

• Providing assistance in the form of accurate and timely information to potential designers, fabricators and end users of titanium, involved in generating, producing or disseminating information about titanium;

• Sponsoring the Titanium Online Library dedicated to preserving past conference proceedings from the World Titanium and annual TITANIUM Conferences;

• Administering 16 working committees all with a focus on marketing and technical objectives.

By joining the International Titanium Association, you will be making connections with industry representatives and receiving up to date, essential information necessary to conduct business in the global titanium industry.

ITA MEMBERSHIP

Current Membership consists of over 240 organizations

comprised of more than 1,500 individual members

from 23 countries worldwide.

ITA Members Produce, Consume, Fabricate and Distribute

Titanium Metal. Other membership categories include Raw

Material Suppliers, Academia, and Vendors who provide

products & services to the titanium industry.

International Titanium Association is your primary connection

into the global titanium industry.

ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHINA

FRANCE

GERMANY

ITALY

JAPAN

LUXEMBOURG

NETHERLANDS

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

SLOVENIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

TAIWAN

THAILAND

UKRAINE

UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED STATES

ACTIVE & ENGAGED

ITA relies on its strong committee activities, bringing added value to Membership. As an ITA Member you are invited to participate in these working groups:

The committees serve as the functioning arms of the Association. They provide a forum in which industry marketing and technical specialists may discuss and address issues faced by the industry in the promotion and use of titanium.

Executive Awards Membership Trade Show Grants Safety

Women in Titanium (WiT)

Nominating

TITANIUM EUROPE

Conference Planning

TITANIUM USAConference Planning

REACH Consortium

Education

Application Sub Groups

Aerospace Consumer Industrial Medical

REASONS TO JOIN

• Opportunity to serve on ITA Committees.

• Substantial concessions for exhibition and registration at TITANIUM Conferences.

• Listing in the Titanium Resource Center

• Inclusion in the quarterly Titanium Today magazine.

• Referrals from sales & technical inquiries.

• Access to annual statistical review, executive summaries, TITANIUM conference presentations, and historical World Conference proceedings.

• Introductions and unlimited networking for your business development.

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Current Projects Include:

• Executive Summaries from Aero related titanium symposiums.

• Editorial for the Titanium Today Aerospace edition.

• Recommendations for Aero related trade shows where ITA exhibits.

Current Industry Representation include:

• TIMET, Titanium Metals Corporation

• ATI

• ALCOA Titanium & Engineered Products

• VSMPO - AVISMA

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Objectives:

• To provide the organizational structure for open discussion of marketing and technically related concerns and needs as it applies to the general marketing of titanium to a market segment.

• To protect existing applications from misperceptions and incorrect information regarding the performance or lack of performance of titanium.

• To determine industry and Association requirements to successfully develop a new market or application for titanium.


• VSMPO-AVISMA


• TICO Titanium Incorporated

• Titanium Engineers, Inc.

• Titanium Fabrication Corp.

• T.I. (Titanium Industries)

• TIMET, Titanium Metals Corporation

• Tricor Metals

• Titanium Processing Center

• Uniti Titanium

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE


• Editorial content for Titanium Today magazine medical edition.

• Nominate candidates for the Titanium Applications Development award.

• Evaluation of how ITA can support the use of titanium in medical applications.



• ACNIS International

• Dynamet Incorporated

• Fort Wayne Metals


CONSUMER APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Objectives:

• To provide a forum for the discussion of new issues faced by the titanium industry which may impact the development of titanium.

• To provide a method to address the concerns of the potential user of titanium and ensure an industry interest in their application regardless to the size of the application, material used or market segment.


• ADMA Products, Inc.

• Grandis Titanium

• Horie Corporation

• Renton Coil Spring Company

STATISTICAL REVIEW

The Statistical Review is a compilation of titanium statistics, organized by the ITA from government and trade association data. The publication includes a full range of industry statistics including Canada, China, European Union, Japan, Russia, Taiwan, and USA.

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by Rick Schulte

Academic Poster Session Highlights

Grad Students’ R&D in Industrial Apps

Among the missions of the International Titanium Association (ITA) are the promotion of new

applications and material processing technologies for titanium and the recognition of research projects that contribute to these advances. Th ese goals oft en intersect in academia, and at the Sorrento Conference this May, the ITA Education Committee welcomed fi ve graduate students’ Research and Development exhibits.

Students presented Posters covering work on titanium machining, titanium jewelry creation and the use of titanium in race car components. Th e event also allowed them to take advantage of industry networking opportunities with the more than 400 conference attendees. Th e ITA sponsored their conference registrations and travel expenses.

“Th e Student Poster contest provides a unique and creative way for aspiring young engineers and technologists to present detail of their work to the broader professional ITA membership,” said Graham Walker, AMETEK-Reading Alloys and Co-Chair of the ITA Education Committee. “Th e resulting exposure on both sides oft en leads to mutual further interest and communication, and helps nurture the next generation of future leaders into our industry.”

TWO APPROACHES FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN TITANIUM MACHINING

Elio Chiappini and Stefano Tirelli presented two “complementary strategies for improving machinability and profi tability of titanium and its alloys.” Th ey included both simulation and experimental activities in their project. “We consider the research results very interesting for industrial applications in titanium manufacturing.”

Because titanium is hard to cut, due

to its low thermal conductivity, alloys (specifi cally Ti6-4 in this research) require relatively low cutting speeds to avoid massive tool wear. Tirelli’s investigation compared turning with traditional oil-water coolant to cryogenic machining, with liquid nitrogen as the cooling medium. “Th e results showed that cryogenic machining is able to increase tool life with respect to wet cutting,” Tirelli said. It also reduces environmental impacts.

In addition, current low cutting speeds reduce profi tability in machining Ti6-4. Chiappini’s work focused on cutting techniques that enhance the material removal rate. “A strategy of higher cutting depths could be used if not for the vibration caused by regenerative chatter,” he noted. His research examined the chatter suppression method of Sinusoidal Spindle Speed Variation (SSSV), which uses a non-constant cutting speed. Th e

eff ects of this technique on the tool were examined using Finite Element simulations and experimentally validated in dry turning tests. Compared with Constant Speed Machining, SSSV fosters better tool wear mechanisms.

Chiappini and Tirelli emphasized that the cryogenic and SSSV machining techniques could be implemented simultaneously and the Finite Element Method simulations they ran could be useful for predicting thermal and mechanical loads.

“Th e ITA Conference presented us with the occasion to meet experts and businesspeople from the titanium production sector, enlarging the possibilities of partnership,” Tirelli and Chiappini observed. Both hold Master’s degrees from Politecnico de Milano and pursue their research activities at the MUSP Laboratory, Piacenza, Italy.

Liquid Nitrogen Coolant in Machining Titanium

Use of cryogenic turning on Grade 5 titanium was one approach investigated for improving productivity

and profi tability when machining the hard-to-cut metal. Stefano Tirelli, Politecnico Di Milano/MUSP Lab,

conducted research to identify optimal cutting parameters to increase tool life with the technique.

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From the Wire

INCREASED DEMAND FOR ALUMINUM DIE CASTINGS IN AUTOMOBILES SPURS ORDERS

FOR DYNAMET’S TITANIUM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE

Figure 2: Schematic of a CermeTi-lines High Pressure Die

Casting Shot Sleeve

Dynamet Technology, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts announced that demand for its titanium alloy matrix composite CermeTi®-10 liners for steel shot sleeves (the cylinders that deliver molten aluminum to the die cavity) used in die casting aluminum alloys has signifi cantly increased in the past year.* Th e aluminum die casting industry has long

recognized that aluminum soldering (the adherence of aluminum to the surface of H13 tool steel) is a major cause of shot sleeve failure and a critical technical barrier to increased productivity and reduced energy consumption by the industry. Th e use of coatings and ceramic liners are presently the main methods of improving the resistance of H13 shot sleeves to aluminum soldering. However both have major drawbacks. Coatings provide some protection against soldering but are thin and brittle and therefore tend to fl ake especially at the impingement zone. Ceramic shot sleeve liners are resistant to aluminum soldering but are brittle and prone to failure when subjected to thermal or mechanical shock.

Since they were introduced over 10 years ago CermeTi®-lined shot sleeves have provided signifi cant benefi ts to aluminum die casters in meeting the requirements for high quality aluminum components, especially for the demanding parts for the automotive industry. Th e CermeTi® titanium metal matrix

composite material, produced by Dynamet Technology, protects the

sleeve from the major causes of shot sleeve failure such as aluminum

soldering, heat checking, excess wear and erosion from hot metal

impingement. Th ere are more than 20 casting machines in plants in the US

and overseas that now use titanium matrix composite lined shot sleeves as standard equipment, operating with at least 6 diff erent shot sleeve diameter sizes. Th e plants using these sleeves report up to 20 times longer shot sleeve life, 3 times longer plunger tip life, reduced maintenance time, fewer defects and decreased lubrication requirements. Also the heat retention characteristics of the composite liners – lower thermal conductivity and higher heat capacity – minimize premature solidifi cation in the shot sleeve resulting in improved casting quality and energy effi ciency.CermeTi® is a titanium alloy matrix

composite (MMC) designed to provide the wear resistance of a ceramic with the toughness and machinability of a metal. Th e material is a titanium alloy reinforced with particles of titanium carbide ceramic. Th e titanium carbide particulate imparts increased hardness, stiff ness and wear resistance to the strong and tough titanium metal matrix.

Stanley Abkowitz, Dynamet’s CEO, stated the increase in CermeTi® shot sleeve demand is a refl ection of the current increase in automotive component orders, the desire to use enhanced manufacturing effi ciencies, and the push to use more lightweight components demanded by the Government’s continuing increase in CAFE (combined automotive fuel economy) mandates.*Improvement of Aluminum Casting Quality and Productivity with use

of Titanium Composite Lined Shot Sleeves, Susan M. Abkowitz, Stanley

Abkowitz and Harvey Fisher, Die Casting Engineer, November 2012

Figure 1: Schematic of CermeTi-lined HVSC Shot Sleeve design.

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Titanium Buyers Guide

Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry

Alcoa HowmetPhone: +1-231-894-7330

Website: http://www.alcoa.com/howmet

The titanium ingot plant of Alcoa Howmet

specializes in the manufacture of titanium

ingots in both conventional and experimental

composition. The capabilities of this plant

also include triple and double melt rotating

ingot.

ALD Vacuum Technologies

GmbHPhone: +49 6181 307 0Website: http://www.ald-vt.com

ALD – Synonym for Advanced Vacuum

TechnologyALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, located

in Hanau, Germany - a company with rich

tradition, is the leading global supplier

of processes and services in the fi eld

of vacuum process technology. With its

matured technological specialties – vacuum

metallurgy and vacuum heat treatment,

ALD is a strong partner of important and

growing branches of industry. To the

rapid rise in the titanium industry, ALD

vacuum metallurgical equipment make the

outstanding contributions. The processes are

mainly employed for the production of special

steels, high-temperature alloy, refractory and

reactive metals (tantalum, niobium, titanium

and zirconium) and their alloys which

meet the requirements on the properties

and performance of these advanced

remelted materials of the aerospace, power

generation, defense, medical and nuclear

industries.ALD is company of the AMG Advanced

Metallurgical Group N. V., Netherlands.

AlloyWorks, LLCPhone: +1-704-645-0511

Website: http://www.alloyworks.com

Primary melter of titanium and titanium alloys

using plasma cold hearth melting furnace.

Company also provides various specialized

raw material processing functions for itself

and other specialty melters.

AMADA Machine Tools

America, Inc.Phone: +1-847-285-4800

Website: http://www.amadamt.com

We supply North America with the fastest

cutting, most accurate and reliable metal

cutting band saw machines and blades in

the world. Amada also provides a full line

of highly automated CNC lathes with milling

capability and world class precision CNC

profi le and surface grinding technology.

American Titanium Works LLC

Phone: +1-603-398-3342

Website: American Titanium Works LLC is completing

plans to build a new, green-fi eld, integrated,

world-class titanium manufacturing facility

in the southeast of the United States. ATW is

targeting the defense, industrial, commercial,

consumer and emerging markets with a

range of products and services including

alloy and commercially pure titanium plate,

bloom, billet, slab, and ingot.

Applications for our products will include

defense ballistics and general military

equipment construction, chemical processing

equipment, oil &gas systems, pulp &paper

production facilities, medical implants, and a

wide and growing range of consumer goods.

AMETEK - Reading Alloys

Phone: +1-610-693-5822

Website: http://www.ametekmetals.com

AMETEK - Reading Alloys is a manufacturer

of high quality master alloys comprised of

Vanadium, Molybdenum, Niobium, Chrome

and Aluminum alloy ingredients. Master

alloys are for rotor grade, aero, non-

aero, commercial and super alloy metals

applications. We are manufacturers of high

purity Titanium powders for thermal spray

coatings as well as additive manufacturing.

A series of gas atomized specialty powders

for hard facing, brazing and thermal spray

further compliment the product offerings. We

also offer toll melting, cold isostatic press,

hydride/dehydride and other services. Our

quality system is certifi ed to ISO 9001:2008

and AS9100C. Our lab is Nadcap accredited.

Visit AMETEK - Reading Alloys via our

website at www.ametekmetals.com.

Architectural Titanium LLC

Phone: +1-785-842-2299

Website: www.architecturaltitanium.com

Architectural Titanium provides the most

experienced consultants for worldwide

applications in architecture, art and

design. We look forward to the opportunity

to share our expertise and support your

design concepts through the entire

process of samples, details, specifi cations,

procurement, fabrication and installation.

ATIPhone: 412-394-2800

Website: http://www.ATImetals.com

ATI is one of the largest and most diversifi ed

specialty materials and components

producers in the world. We use innovative

technologies to offer growing global

markets a wide range of specialty material

solutions. Our major markets are Aerospace

and Defense, Oil & Gas/Chemical Process

Industry, Electrical Energy, and Medical.

Our high-value products include titanium

and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and

specialty steel, precision forgings, castings

and machined components, zirconium and

related alloys, precision and engineered

stainless steel strip, and grain-oriented

electrical steel. Avon Metals Ltd.Phone: +44-1452-874500

Website: http://www.avonmetals.com

Avon Metals are a primary &secondary

aluminum smelter manufacturing high

performance aluminum-based master

alloys and alloying products for the wrought

aluminum, titanium and superalloy industries.

We are actively engaged in the strategic

sourcing &trading of primary and scrap

metals for industry including Titanium CP

&90/6/4 solids &turnings, Titanium sponge,

Strontium Metal, Electrolytic Manganese

Flake, Silicon Metal, Aluminothermic

Chromium Metal, Primary Magnesium,

Hafnium Crystal Bar and ingot, Zirconium/

Zircalloy, SHG Zinc, Pure Tin ingot, Pure

Lead Shot, Rhenium Pellets, Tantalum and

Niobium.

TITANIUM TODAY

Quarterly Magazine:

• Editions include Medical, Industrial, Aerospace and Consumer.

• 15,000 subscribers, printed and online editions available.

• Editorial includes technical and market oriented topics.

• Advertising offered exclusively to ITA Members.

• Buyer’s Guide Listing included in every issue.

TECHNICAL & SALES ASSISTANCE

ITA disseminates hundreds of technical questions to our membership annually.

Inquires are received through the ITA website, at trade shows where ITA exhibits, and from the general public interested in using titanium metal.

Inquires include material selection, grade specifications, and other specific questions such as how to weld titanium, fabrication, etc.

ITA refers the inquiries to our Membership who may offer sales or technical assistance.

TRADE SHOW COMMITTEE

ITA exhibits at a variety of trade shows throughout the year, disseminating information about the properties and applications of titanium metal and alloys and introducing booth visitors to our Member organizations.

Current Industry Representation include:• Vulcanium Metals

International, LLC • Lawrence Holdings, Inc.• T.I. (Titanium Industries)

GRANT COMMITTEE

The Grant Committee evaluates applications for the Titanium Applications Development award annually. A prize of $20,000 is presented to the winner at the annual TITANIUM USA conference.

Any individual, group, or organization who have shown significant achievement toward improving and expanding the use of titanium is invited to apply for the award.

The Grant Committee works jointly with Scholarship America to provide Academic Scholarships on behalf of the ITA. Up to 4 individual scholarships are awarded each Fall supporting STEM majors.



• TSI Titanium

• United Alloys & Metals, Inc./Cronimet

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The Education Committee is comprised of a variety of ITA Member organizations, all which have an interest in furthering education initiatives on behalf of the titanium industry.


• Expanding workshop series.

• Hosting Poster Sessions for Research & Development in Titanium and the Best Master Dissertation Programs at the annual TITANIUM conferences.

• Support CSIRO’s Titanium Challenge contest.

• Maintain existing literature, published by the ITA, to ensure the content remains up to date for the industry & prospective users of titanium metal.

• Administer the E-Book library on the ITA Website which includes digital editions of the past World Titanium Conference proceedings along with other published donations.


• ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH

• AMETEK Reading Alloys

• Dynamet Technology Incorporated

• CSIRO, Titanium Technologies

• University of Northern Iowa

SAFETY COMMITTEE

Mission: To disseminate the location of existing published resources for a spectrum of safety related subjects on behalf of titanium suppliers, users and first responders.

Objective: To promote awareness of human health & safety practices within the titanium industry based on existing published resources.

The current scope of the Safety Committee include:

• Disseminate existing published resources to suppliers and users of titanium products through Titanium Today magazine, committee meetings, ITA website and TITANIUM Conferences.

• Provide referral list of safety related services & products through the Titanium Resource Center.

• Develop on-line awareness programs from existing published resources.

• Encourage safety committee members to participate in other organization standards and compliance groups.

• Host regular meetings where the industry may have a forum to discuss occurrences and to discuss how to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.

All ITA Members are invited and encouraged to participate in Safety Committee activities.

TITANIUM CONFERENCE SERIES

The TITANIUM conference series offers insights into the current state of the industry as well as efficient, high-value networking opportunities not available anywhere else for titanium producers, OEMs, distributors, fabricators and vendors offering services to the titanium industry.

Exhibition space, sponsorship opportunities and speaking engagements are all available to the ITA Membership.

WOMEN IN TITANIUM

Mission: The mission of the WiT committee is two-fold: To develop a networking group of collegial women presently in the titanium industry; and to promote, attract, and encourage high school and college women to enter the titanium industry.

Objective: To contribute to the growth of the overall titanium industry by providing mentoring, collegial and networking opportunities for women within the titanium industry and to take part in programs which advance gender equality in STEM fields for high school and college women.

The current scope of the WiT Committee includes:• Professional Development: Including but not limited to planned meetings offering

lectures and industry related tours.

• Education: Offering exclusive WiT sponsored workshops encouraging discussion relating to applied titanium metallurgy. Academic scholarships or mentoring opportunities will be offered to strengthen efforts on gender and diversity-related issues in the fields of STEM.

• Mentorship: Organized networking events will be held in Europe, Asia & USA.

• Leadership: WiT will join programs such as the National Girls Collaborative Project providing girl-serving STEM programs.

• WiT will strive to create a partnership with other like-minded organizations.

INTRODUCING THE NEW

All ITA Members receive a listing in the Titanium Resource Center. This searchable database is available to the public to locate

titanium metal producers, distributors, fabricators, raw material suppliers and more, all by product & service from across the globe.

INTERNATIONAL

TITANIUM ASSOCIATION

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International Titanium Association abides by antitrust guidelines and a separate resolution which specifies that issues on price, capacity or market forecasts past, present or future will not be discussed in any ITA gathering.

JOIN US ITA offers a wide spectrum of membership categories to provide all producers,

users, consumers and vendors who are involved with the titanium industry

with the opportunity to join and take advantage of membership benefits.

As our gift to you, all new Members of the ITA receive a beautifully inscribed

titanium plaque showing your membership with the International Titanium

Association is in good standing. Additional plaques may be ordered to display

in your regional offices or as part of your exhibit display at trade shows.

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