FASTForge-From rutile sand to novel titanium alloy aerospace component in 3 steps

由Messier-Bugatti-Dowty、Metalysis、谢菲尔德大学和先进成形研究中心牵头的一个财团正在致力于FASTForge项目：从金红石砂到新型钛合金航空航天部件，分3步进行。FASTForge的目标是开发一种英国独有的新型低成本钛锻造生产工艺。以合理的价格生产这种航空航天级钛，将有助于在航空航天部件上引入更多的钛，同时也将钛这种轻质和无腐蚀性的材料引入其他行业，如铁路，汽车，重型建筑，国防......该项目将开发原材料工艺，确定如何在新的英国供应链中体现，开发具有成本效益的制造技术，并证明其在起落架应用中的能力

A consortium lead by Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, Metalysis, University of Sheffield and the Advanced FormingResearch Centre is working on the FASTForge project: From rutile sand to novel titanium alloy aerospacecomponent in 3 steps. The aim of FASTForge is to develop a novel low cost titanium forging production process,unique to the UK. The production of this aerospace grade titanium at affordable price, will be an enabler for theintroduction of more titanium on aerospace components but also introduction of titanium, a light and noncorrosive material, to other industries such as the rail, automotive, heavy duty construction, defence….The project will develop the raw material process, establish how it can be embodied in a new UK supply chain,develop cost effective manufacturing techniques and prove the capability in a landing gear application