Titan Recycling: This makes aircraft construction more sustainable and efficient!

Titan Recycling: This makes aircraft construction more sustainable and efficient!

Hannover, Deutschland - The value of Titan for the aviation industry is increasingly recognized. In the production of titanium components in particular, it often happens that a large part of the raw material is disposed of as chips. In the case of production processes such as milling, rotating and grinding, the cutting rate is often over 90 percent for large aircraft components. The research project Return II of the Leibniz Universität Hannover has set itself the goal of developing a closed material cycle for titanium components in order to use the chips incurred and not to classify as a waste. energy research.de informs that ...

The additive manufacturing approach is becoming increasingly relevant for titanium components. The possible uses of these technologies include the production of complex bionic structures, which significantly increase both weight and material efficiency. The development of a new process chain, which also includes additive manufacturing, aims to produce titanium components inexpensively and ecologically from non-recycled titanium.

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The qualification for the additive manufacture of titanium components has made further progress. Premium Aerotec was the first aviation supplier to receive the overall process qualification for additively manufactured titanium components on multilasy systems. This enables cheaper additives and reduces the effort for process accompanying samples and special tests. The lengthy process qualification, which included intensive tests over several years, has contributed to reducing the hurdles for the implementation of new technologies in civil aviation. Luftfahrmagazin.de reports ...

The aviation industry thus shows a growing willingness to integrate innovative manufacturing methods, which not only contributes to increasing efficiency, but also brings environmental advantages. Titan, as an important material in aircraft construction, has the potential to contribute significantly to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions through new recycling strategies.