Abstract: Described herein are methods for forming titanium alloy tubes having an ?-? grain structure. The methods include the steps of hot-working a titanium alloy workpiece at a temperature below the ?-transus temperature of the workpiece and above the recrystallization temperature of the workpiece to produce an ?-? titanium alloy preform hollow. Subsequently, the ?-? titanium alloy preform hollow is flowformed, thereby forming a ?-? titanium alloy tube.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 3, 2004
Publication date:
April 6, 2006
Applicant:
Dynamic Machine Works, Inc.
Inventors:
Matthew Fonte, John Heymans, George Durfee
Abstract: Described herein are sputtering target tubes and methods of making sputtering target tubes. The methods include a step of forming a metal hollow preform and flowforming the metal hollow preform to form a sputtering target tube. The step of forming a metal hollow preform can include such processes as extrusion, hot isostatic pressing of a metal powder, rotary-piercing, casting, machining a billet, and plasma spray-forming. In some embodiments, the tubular sputter targets have a variable wall-thickness.