Superplasticity is an ability of a material to deform plastically by many hundreds or thousands of percent. Contrast this with the ductility normally found in metals and alloys, which is less than 100 ...

A new hybrid manufacturing method could boost capability in the UK and increase manufacturing efficiency for key aerospace components, which could in future be used by global manufacturers for the ...

Shropshire-based SDE Technology is leading a project to develop a new hybrid superplastic forming process that would enable it to expand into the aerospace market. Manufacturing with this new approach ...

Partnering with a metal forming professional provides aerospace manufacturers with the specialized equipment and expertise required to customize the process. Within Canadian aerospace manufacturing, a ...

Titanium is a material that offers excellent properties, however, it is costly and time-consuming to form. Fraunhofer researchers are now giving this multi-purpose metal another chance. They are ...

Group Rhodes, one of the UK’s largest original equipment manufacturers, has been granted patents in Europe and China for its Superplastic Forming (SPF) and Diffusion Bonding (DB) technology. This ...

The development of the gas oscillation forming process will allow manufacturers to Superplastic form metallic sheets (Aluminum, Titanium, and other aerospace alloys) into more geometrically complex ...

It used to be that, when designing a new military jet fighter, performance and capability took priority over cost. However, with the end of the cold war, defence contractors are finding that cost and ...

Titanium is a tremendously useful metal and very abundant, yet only 186,000 tonnes (205,030 tons) of it are produced a year and it’s not used very much outside of the aerospace field because it’s so ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RTI International Metals, Inc., (NYSE: RTI), is pleased to announce the signing of a Stock Purchase Agreement with Aeromet International PLC, pursuant to which RTI will ...