Shear Spinning of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy at Hot Working Temperature

Abstract

A method for estimating the shear spinnability is suggested, and it was applied to sheets of Ti-6Al-4V alloy for estimation of shear spinnability at hot working temperature. The effective working temperature was 850 or above. The ℃ hot spinning operation was carried out in two steps of shear spinning. The reduction of thickness at the first step was 50% and 45% at the second, and the overall reduction of thickness was 72.4%. The cone spinning process could produce a uniform wall thickness with only a few percent tolerance , proving itself appropriate for making cones of Ti-6Al-4V alloy with uniform wall thickness.