6Al-4V Titanium forming
6Al-4V Titanium forming
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Does anyone have sources of fabricators capable of making swept tube bends in 6-4 Ti ? Bend specifics would be 3/4" to 3" OD tubing, .025" to .040" thickness. Bend radii would be from 1-D to 3-D. Bend angles from 10-90 degrees.





RE: 6Al-4V Titanium forming
http://www.tricormetals.com/
Titanium Fabrication Corporation
http://www.tifab.com/subpages/index.htm
Excelco Developments Inc.
http://www.excelco.net/
RE: 6Al-4V Titanium forming
RE: 6Al-4V Titanium forming
I imagine they would be able to put you in contact with someone helpful.
RE: 6Al-4V Titanium forming
This is a manufacturing problem that isn't quite as simple as it appears to be.
I've got company resources looking into the TIG reference, but so far nothing. I have heard of localized induction heating with incremental bending being used in Europe, but have no further info on this.
RE: 6Al-4V Titanium forming
http://www.timet.com/tubeframe.html
VALTIMET
5501 Air Park Boulevard
Morristown, TN 37813
Phone: (423) 587-1888
Fax: (423) 585-4215
RE: 6Al-4V Titanium forming
However, I can only say there is a chasm between obtaining generalized directions on how to perform certain operations vs real world implementation in a production environment on forming and bending these materials.
For instance (from my highly impacted memory), in a 15-3-3-3 or Beta21 alloy, I believe these are supposed to be cold workable materials. Yet our experience is that this is only sort of the case, for our particular application sucessful forming was very limited.
I appreciate all the responses; however, I am looking for someone who has been successful in a production environment, not in the laboratory or on a one-off basis.