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Since the advent of the jet engine, TIMET has led the way in developing new alloys and production techniques to meet ever tighter standards for high-temperature performance, creep resistance, strength, and metallurgical structure.
Through triple melting, or in some cases, electron beam cold hearth melting, TIMET assures our customers the highest quality metal. Our forging processes provide the most refined metallurgical structure available, to yield the most reliable parts downstream. |
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Jet Engines
TIMET is the world's largest manufacturer of premium quality billet and bar for critical jet engine rotating applications, holding approvals from all major engine manufacturers for virtually every type of titanium.
Our fan blade plate is used in the newest technology jet engines, where wide chord fan blades increase efficiency while reducing noise. We are the only source of both flat and proprietary taper rolled fan blade plate.
Airframes
TIMET is also a large supplier to the airframe structural market. Innovative alloys such as TIMETAL® 10-2-3 and 21S replace steel and nickel alloys in Boeing 777 landing gear and nacelle applications, respectively. These substitutions enable airframe manufacturers to save weight and improve aircraft efficiency.
Aircraft quality plate and sheet are hot-rolled from forged slab. To achieve critical plate flatness, TIMET developed vacuum creep flattening, now widely used throughout the industry. Superplastic forming/diffusion bonding has led to increased use of titanium alloy sheet in new airframe designs.
Aircraft quality strip, in commercially pure grades and beta alloys such as 15-3 and 21S, is produced in coil form on our dedicated Sendzimir cold rolling mill. Continuous vacuum annealing assures extremely low hydrogen content. Coils are available up to 48" wide and 10,000 pounds in weight and can be slit to custom width and cut to custom length.
With each new design, commercial aircraft manufacturers increase the use of titanium in airframes. TIMET is proud to be a leader in this market, and through close partnering with our customers we will continue to produce new alloys and develop new manufacturing techniques to support this growth.