Induction Sintering Of Low-cost Titanium-Iron Alloys

Authors:

Leandro Bolzoni (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Valentin Roduit (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland)
Efrain Carreno-Morelli (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland)

Abstract:

Induction sintering (IS) uses a high-frequency electromagnetic field to sinter metal powders compacts. Short process time, energy efficiency and ability to reduce temperature gradients in the powder compact make IS a promising technique for obtaining homogeneous structures at reduced cost.Titanium-iron alloys offer good potential for the manufacture of competitive parts thanks to the addition of an inexpensive alloying element, iron, which also improves the titanium sinterability.This work seeks at optimizing the IS process parameters to obtain Ti-5Fe and Ti-3Fe-2Al alloys, with homogeneous microstructures and enhanced density and mechanical properties.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59499/EP256768276