The technique, known as friction stir welding, has been around for about two decades and has primarily been used on aluminum. But UNO received a three-year, $4.8 million grant from the Office of Naval ...

Titanium and its alloys have been intensively investigated in biomedical applications including artificial joints, because of their excellent resistance to corrosion, elastic modulus characteristics, ...

Participants at a workshop exploring the use of titanium structure for ships found that it is not only possible to construct a ship hull from titanium—or Ti, it could be cost effective. The workshop ...

GKN Aerospace has been awarded a multi-year contract to make lightweight titanium thrust links for the Boeing 747-8 and for both engine variants of the Boeing 787. Welding techniques GKN has developed ...