titanium
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A U.S company has introduced its first 3D-printed titanium hip implant, the new Redapt revision acetabular fully porous cup with Conceloc technology. To support bone growth, the 3D manufacturing process…
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Aviation design and material selection had been relatively stagnant since the 1930s. With the advent of the Boeing 247 in 1933 – followed shortly after by the Douglas DC-3 –…
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By Tom Butcher In addition to its base metal, oil and other natural resources, Brazil has considerable wealth in a variety of minor metals. Brazil has been having a very…
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The humble bicycle, popular since… well that’s quite a disputed date, but from the early 1800s, the ancestors of the modern-day bicycle were certainly in use. One prominent version was the Draisienne….
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CrucibleThe Crucible: June 2022
Metal Movers: Velta on the future of Titanium and Ukraine
by Polina Sparks June 13, 2022Argus exclusive interview: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent shockwaves through the global supply of titanium. What are the long-term geopolitical implications for future trade with the region? In an…
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The world’s population is growing quickly; people are moving to urban centres, and raw material demand is expected to increase three-fold by 2050. Government and business need to face these…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: September/October 2023
MPS starts ferro-titanium production in Poland
by Polina Sparks October 5, 2023In October, Ukrainian-owned company MPS Technology, is launching new ferro-titanium production in Poland. The factory in Częstochowa began operating in 2020 with two production lines dedicated to processing titanium turnings…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: February - March 2018
NASA Armstrong tests nickel-titanium shape-memory alloy for folding aircraft wings padlock
by MMTA March 15, 2018NASA Armstrong tests nickel-titanium shape-memory alloy for folding aircraft wings January 2018 Source: ASM International NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, Calif., announces a recent series of flight tests in…
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The Crucible: April 2015
New Alloy: As Light as Aluminium and Stronger than Titanium
by MMTA April 30, 2015Researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) and Qatar University have developed a new metal alloy that has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than any other existing metallic material. This…
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The Crucible: September 2016
New Metal ‘four times tougher than titanium’
by MMTA September 23, 2016By James Walsh, MMTA The search for new hard materials is often challenging, but the vast application potential is a strong incentive to continue this pursuit. One recent success lies with… -
DRC court puts administrator in charge of Tenke Fungurume mine At the end of February, the Tribunal of Commerce in the south-eastern city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, announced…
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Kymera buys AmeriTi Manufacturing In early April, speciality materials company Kymera announced it had closed its transaction to acquire AmeriTi Manufacturing. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, AmeriTi is a leading manufacturer…
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Forging ahead with titanium As US seeks to cut its dependence in titanium, critical for aviation and military industries, on imports, particularly from Russia, long overdue investments in domestic…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: May 2016
Potential aerospace applications for new niobium-base master alloy in magnesium-aluminium and aluminium-silicon alloys.
by MMTA May 16, 2016Scientists at Brunel University, London have discovered that a patented niobium-base master alloy improves grain refinement in aluminium-containing magnesium alloys. That isn’t all — it also offers ‘significant advantages’ over titanium in aluminium-silicon alloys.
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This year’s conference has a line-up of exceptional speakers; below Professor Sybrand van der Zwaag from the Novel Aerospace Materials Group (www.novam.lr.tudelft.nl), at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft,…
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In the world of smart phones, smart watches and even smart central heating, why not take a look at smart alloys? In particular shape memory alloys (SMAs). SMAs ‘remember’ their…
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The Crucible: September 2016
Space Mining: The Challenge of Governing Future Mining Frontiers
by MMTA September 23, 2016By Jack Swindon, RJH Trading Ltd
The potential resources from space mining are limitless. Scientists have already confirmed that water is present on the moon. NASA says that frozen water in the dark recesses of polar craters can be extracted and split into hydrogen, which can be used for rocket fuel as well as conversion into oxygen for breathing…
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Platinum, titanium and brass can now be made to repel water so strongly that water actually bounces away from their surfaces. US Physicists reported in the Journal of Applied Physics…
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For many people, engineering conjures up images of bridges, tunnels and buildings. But the annual University of Cambridge engineering photo competition shows that not only is engineering an incredibly diverse…
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In recent years, titanium has caught the eye of golf club manufacturers and amazingly, fire investigators. Yes, titanium clubs have the potential to spark upon striking rocks, creating one of…
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Visual Capitalist produces some fantastic infographics, and they kindly gave the Crucible permission to reproduce them. After the popularity of ‘What’s in an iPhone 6’, we’re getting inside another consumer of minor metals….