National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: 2018-07-13
Total Pages: 94
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A pilot plant scale furnace was designed and constructed for casting titanium alloy strips. The furnace combines plasma arc skull melting techniques with melt overflow rapid solidification technology. A mathematical model of the melting and casting process was developed. The furnace cast strip of a suitable length and width for use with honeycomb structures. Titanium alloys Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-14Al-21 Nb were successfully cast into strips. The strips were evaluated by optical metallography, microhardness measurements, chemical analysis, and cold rolling. Gaspar, Thomas A. and Bruce, Thomas J., Jr. and Hackman, Lloyd E. and Brasmer, Susan E. and Dantzig, Jonathan A. and Baeslack, William A., III Unspecified Center...