Additive Manufacturing of Nanotwinned Titanium Alloys for Critical Use

该项目旨在利用3D打印技术制造新的钛合金部件，这些部件比现有版本更轻，更坚固，因此与飞机制造等前沿行业的高温和应力应用高度相关。该项目预计将创造新的手段来加强和改善商业合金微观结构的弹性，并具有前所未有的使用性能，从而大大扩大3D打印产品的工业应用。这也将带来显著的成本和环境效益，并提高澳大利亚在先进制造和材料尖端研究方面的国际地位。

The project aims to use 3D printing technology to create new titanium alloy components that are substantially lighter and stronger than current versions and therefore highly relevant for high temperature and stress uses in leading-edge industries such as aeroplane manufacture. The project expects to create new means to strengthen and improve the resilience of the commercial alloys’ microstructure with unprecedented in-service performance and thereby substantially broaden the industrial adoptions of 3D-printed products. This should also provide significant cost and environmental benefits and enhance Australia’s international standing in cutting-edge research on advanced manufacturing and materials.