Date: Feb 08, 2012 Source: (
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Dynamet Technology, Inc. (Burlington, MA) has r eceived qualification approval from Boeing for the supply of Ti-6Al-4V alloy products for structural components on commercial aircraft.
The Dynamet advanced powder metal (PM) ma nufacturing technology involves the cold consolidation of blended elemen tal titanium and alloy powders and vacuum sintering, with or without subsequent hot isostatic pressing, to produce powder metal products in basic shapes and near-net shape product forms. After years of development and qualification e ffort including establishing design allowables from Dynamet supplied material, a Boeing Mate rial Specification has been released with Dynamet Technology as the only qu alified manufacturer for PM Ti-6Al-4V product for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
This major milestone now permits Boeing Commercial Airplanes and their component supply chain to begin the pr ocess of substituting the PM Ti-6Al-4V alloy product as an alternative to machining from sta ndard grades of Ti-6Al-4V, for example bar, plate, castings, forgings or extruded products. Mr. Stanley Abkowitz, CEO of Dyna met Technology, Inc. indicated th at this near-net shape PM manufacturing technology will result in lower co st titanium products and in reduced product lead-times for titanium aircraft components. Dynamet is explori ng opportunities to facilitate and accelerate its growth to meet future demands.
Dynamet Technology is a supplie r of near-net shape component s produced by its advanced powder metallurgical process. These components are produced from standard titani um alloys as well as Dynamet's proprietary titanium alloys and metal matrix composites in prototype and production quantities for military, industrial, aerospace and biomedical applications.
