| Abstract Scope |
Titanium and its alloys are important engineering materials, which have advantages of high specific strength, corrosion resistance and good bio-compatibility. However, the difficulty of processing titanium makes the titanium products extremely expensive and limits their applications to high-end market. Therefore, metal injection molding is becoming popular in manufacturing of titanium because it is a net shape fabrication method which can mass produce precision titanium parts with complex shape. In this speech, we review the recent development of metal injection molding of titanium alloys in scientific research and industrial applications. The researches on metal injection molding of conventional titanium alloys, bio-medical titanium alloys, porous titanium alloys and the utilization of cost-efficient titanium powders in the fabrication are introduced. Study cases of titanium parts in the electronic and bio-medical industries made by metal injection molding are also demonstrated. |