Application of titanium alloy in automotive industry
Last week we talked about the application of titanium in marine industry. In fact, titanium alloy has many other applications in other fields. Today we will talk about the application of titanium alloy in automotive industry.
The automotive industry is a market with huge potential for titanium products. However, it has been developed slowly over the years mainly because the price of titanium alloy products is too high. In recent years, with the improvement and development of titanium alloy technology, the production cost of many titanium products has been decreasing year by year. At the same time, the demand for luxury cars, sports cars and racing cars is increasing in the current automotive market. Thus, it is expected that the demand of titanium will start to boost.
Titanium is a material with excellent properties such as light weight, high strength, good corrosion resistance, wide temperature adaptation range and high elasticity. It can be used in automobiles to reduce weight, save energy, absorb shock, reduce noise, reduce pollution, extend life, and improve the safety and comfort of a car, and is an ideal material for achieving lightweight vehicles. As early as more than 20 years ago, the racing engine used titanium valves and connecting rods to reduce weight, thereby reducing torque and power output, and improving the performance of component deflection. At the same time, the addition of Silicon to titanium improves the oxidation resistance and creep resistance, and the strength is higher than that of the conventional alloy at about 500 °C.
Titanium and its alloys can be used as engine valves, housings, valve springs, connecting rods and half shafts, bolts, fasteners, suspension springs and exhaust system components. The use of titanium in cars can save fuel, reduce engine noise and vibration, and improve life.
At present, the combination of new low-cost raw materials, alloy system development and design and advanced powder metallurgy forming technology is expected to enable titanium to enter the automobile manufacturing industry as soon as possible.
Stanford Advanced Materials (SAM) Corporation is a global supplier of various sputtering targets such as metals, alloys, oxides and ceramic materials, which are widely used in automotive industry. Please visit https://www.sputtertargets.net/ for more information.
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