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Abstract
Recent developments are presented on powder injection moulding of titanium from metal hydride powders and binders composed of polyethylene, paraffin wax and stearic acid. The feasibility of using this route to process fit for purpose, complex parts is assessed. Titanium hydride offers a low cost solution compared with pure titanium powders. Feedstocks for powder injection moulding were prepared in a sigma mixer. Tensile test specimens and demonstration parts were injection moulded. Solvent debinding in heptane was followed by thermal debinding and dehydrogenation under argon. Titanium parts were sintered at 1200°C under argon. Sintered parts exhibit a linear shrinkage of about 20%, good shape preservation and reproducibility. The yield strength (519 MPa), ultimate tensile strength (666 MPa), elongation to fracture (15%) and interstitial content measured by quantitative analysis meet the requirements for titanium grade 4.
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Dr S. Krug for fruitful discussions. Based on a presentation at Euro PM 2011, organised by EPMA in Barcelona, Spain on 9–12 October 2011.