Titanium is a remarkable element known for its strength, lightness, and exceptional corrosion resistance.Despite its strength, titanium is relatively easy to work with and can be alloyed with other metals to enhance its properties, making it a versatile choice for a wide range of applications. With over 25 years, Worthy specializes in providing high-quality precision titaninum stamping solutions tailored to your unique needs.Our stamping maches range from 25 tons to 500 tons, and the thickest material is up to 3mm.As an ISO certified company, we are committed to providing excellent services for your precision titanium stamping project.
What is Titanium Stampings?
Titanium stampings refer to metal parts or components that are formed from titanium sheets or plates using a stamping process. This process involves pressing the titanium into a die or mold with a machine to create parts of a specific shape and size. Due to titanium’s strength and resistance to corrosion, titanium stampings are highly valued in sectors that demand durability and precision, such as aerospace, automotive, and medical devices.
Properties of Titanium
- Strong: Titanium is exceptionally strong, outperforming many metals in strength tests, making it ideal for demanding applications.
- Low-density: It is notably lightweight, which enhances its usability in aerospace and automotive industries where weight reduction is crucial.
- Resists corrosion: Exceptionally resistant to corrosion from water and chemical exposure, titanium is ideal for marine and industrial applications.
- Non-allergenic and non-toxic: Its biocompatibility makes it safe for medical implants and applications involving direct human contact.
- Easily sterilized: Titanium can withstand high temperatures and harsh sterilization processes, essential for medical and food processing equipment.
- Available in different grades: It comes in various grades, each tailored for specific properties and applications, enhancing its versatility.
- Slightly heavier than aluminum: While heavier than aluminum, titanium provides a superior balance of strength and weight.
- Offers reliable strength-to-weight ratio: Provides an excellent balance of durability and lightness, making it preferred in structures requiring both.
Disadvantages of Titanium
- High Cost: Titanium is more expensive than many other metals due to its processing complexity and the cost of raw materials.
- Difficult to Fabricate: Its hardness and strength, while beneficial for durability, make it challenging to machine, weld, and form, requiring specialized equipment and techniques.
- Limited Shock Absorption: Compared to softer metals, titanium has a lower ability to absorb shock, which can be a drawback in applications where flexibility and resilience are needed.
- Galvanic Corrosion: When in contact with certain other metals, titanium can suffer from galvanic corrosion, limiting its use in some mixed-material designs.
- Thermal Expansion: Titanium has a higher rate of thermal expansion compared to other metals, which might affect its stability and integrity in varying temperatures.
Titanium Stamping Operations Involved :
Blanking: Blanking is the process of cutting out flat shapes (blanks) from a large sheet of titanium. These blanks are the starting point for further stamping operations. The shape of the blank is determined by the design of the die used in the press.
Bending: Bending involves deforming the titanium sheet along a straight line to create angles or curves. The process is often used to form complex shapes such as brackets, panels, and housings. Bending is done by applying force to the titanium sheet with a press brake, which pushes the material over a die to achieve the desired angle.
Forming: Forming is a general term for shaping the titanium sheet into more complex, three-dimensional forms. This operation typically involves stretching, compressing, or manipulating the material into shapes like deep-drawn cups, trays, or other structural components.
Piercing: Piercing is the process of creating holes or slots in the titanium sheet. This is typically done with a punch press, where a punch forces the material into a die, creating a clean hole.
Coining: Coining is a high-pressure stamping operation used to create intricate, detailed designs or features on the surface of the titanium sheet. It can be used to produce fine details, such as logos, text, or texture.
Precision Titanium Stamping Grades
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Precision Titanium Stamping Applications
Titanium Military and Defense
Titanium stampings are used for lightweight, durable components in military vehicles, armor, and weaponry due to their high strength and corrosion resistance.
Titanium Medical Parts
Ideal for surgical instruments, implants, and prosthetics due to titanium’s biocompatibility, non-toxicity, and ability to be easily sterilized.
Titanium Aerospace Parts
Employed in aircraft and spacecraft for critical components that require a high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance.
Titanium Petroleum Parts
Used in offshore drilling equipment and pipelines, titanium stampings withstand harsh environments and resist corrosion from saltwater and crude oils.
Precision Titanium Stamping Finishes
Precision titanium stamping finishes are crucial for enhancing the durability and appearance of the components. Various techniques are employed to achieve desired surface qualities, such as anodizing, which provides a corrosion-resistant layer while also allowing for color customization. Passivation is another common finish that enhances the natural oxide layer on titanium, increasing its resistance to environmental threats. Polishing is often used to achieve a smooth, reflective surface, which is especially important in medical applications where cleanliness and minimal friction are critical.
Learn more about the surface finishes we offer.
Why Choose Worthy?
In-house Tooling
Well equipped with EDM, bending machines, laser cutting machines,welding machines, all the tools and die are made by ourself. Meanwhile the tools and dies are saved well.
Rich Experience
25 years in the tool and die design, perfect dies could make pefect stamping parts. Well trained and stable employess can reduce the mistake, and improve the production speed. Save cost for our customers.
Strict Quality
As the ISO 9001:2015, certified quality management system, all the team, material and machines are in regular status of quality assurance, we make it correct at the first time not only to ourselves, but also to our customers.
Customer Testimonials
In the past 25 years, our clients are all over the world, including the world’s top 500 companies such as Jabil, ABB, Medtronic and so on.
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Justin, CEO of a lighting company
With most factories, I have a moment of fear before I open their boxes. Will the components be made correctly? Do they care about quality? It is often a war. And Dennis has to fight the war, treating most factories like small children!
But, not your company. You’re company is world-class. You make beautiful components! Thank you very much for your hard work. We will work together for many lifetimes!
David, General manager for a family owned business