How to buy/inquiry titanium alloys products

I believe, there are so many people worked in aerospace manufacturing, chemical industry, power generation, oil & gas industry, Nuclear plant, often have dealing with titanium, tantalum, niobium, nickel, zirconium and its alloys. maybe it has made you headache.

Now let me simple introduce the notes when you planed to purchase(buy) titanium materials.

1. first, you need to clear the Common shape of nonferrous metal (titanium, tantalum, niobium, nickel, zirconium), there are  several common shapes:

Bars / wires / rods
plates / sheets / foils
tubes / pipes
pipe fittings: elbow, tee, reducer, flange
forges
fasteners: nuts / bolts / screws / washers
custom design parts

2. second, you need know the mateirals,

Pure titanium and titanium alloys

Common Pure titanium materials is GR1 GR2 GR3
Common titanium alloy materials is GR5 GR7 GR9

3. the standard specification for titanium alloys

 ASTM B265    Standard specification for titanium and titanium alloy sheets, plates, strips and foils

ASTM B348     Standard specification for titanium and titanium alloy Bars, Rods and Wires

ASTM B337      Standard specification for titanium and titanium alloy tubes, pipes

ASTM B338      Standard specification for titanium and titanium alloy tubes for heat exchangers and condensers

4. characteristic of titanium materials, you can decide which materials will be suitable for you once you know about the characteristic of titanium materials.

a. corrosion resistance, so, this materials is widely used in chemical industry and water desalination and shipbuilding industry (except oxalate)

b. low density with high strength. density of titanium is 4.51, and density of stainless steel is 7.8. this feature make titanium materials widely used in aerospace manufacturing.

c. non-toxic and non-magnetic. strong affability with body, so it is widely used in medical industry, such as medical device and implant materials.

5. how to express. you can clearly express the specification for your supplier. (unit: mm)

bars: OD X Length eg: Φ10x1000mm
plates: thickness x width x length  eg： δ5x1000x2000mm
tube: OD X ID X Length   eg： Φ50x Φ40x1000mm

6. how to calculate weight

bars: π x r x r x ρ x L/1000000 kg

eg：Φ10x1000mm    0.354kg

plate: width x length x thickness x ρ/1000000 kg

eg： δ5x1000x2000mm    45.1kg
tube: (OD-TK)XTKX ρXπxL/1000000 kg

eg： Φ50x Φ40x1000mm （thickness is 5mm） 3.186kg

So, if you want buy or import titanium materials from other company, you need show the detailed to supplier, such as materials, specifications, quantities, for example, I need a gr2 bars, its diameter is 10mm and length is 1000mm, and I need 100kg. so this is very clear to supplier, and you will get your price very quickly.

of course, you also can contact sally bytitaniummanufacturer@yahoo.com if you have any question about titanium materials. I think it's my pleasure to communicate with you all over the world!