Breakthrough claimed for titanium PM

Using powder metal technology to produce large titanium parts has long been a major goal for the PM industry. But while small, expensive, parts have been produced, large, affordable, titanium PM parts have hitherto been consigned to the realms of wishful thinking. Now Massachusetts-based Dynamet Technology is claiming an advance that could see PM titanium products being used to substitute for wrought titanium airframe components on commercial aircraft. The company expects its work to significantly increase the volume of PM titanium product and provide a major breakthrough at the intersection of the titanium, aerospace and powder metal industries.