Titanium-based powder, and ingot and sintered article thereof

• US 10,442,000 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TOHO Titanium Company Limited (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: TOHO Titanium Company Limited (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fukada, Nobuo, Kanou, Osamu, Takenaka, Shigehisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Dumbris, Seth
• Assistant Examiner(s): Horger, Kim S.
• Application Number:
  US15/552,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20180021854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,336 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 1/00 Metallic powder; Treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 1/065 Spherical particles
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 10/20 Direct sintering or melting
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 9/04 starting from solid material, e.g. by crushing, grinding or milling C22C1/1084 takes precedence; crushing, grinding or milling, in general, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B02C
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 9/08 by casting, e.g. through sieves or in water, by atomising or spraying using electric discharge B22F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 9/082 atomising using a fluid using centrifugal force B22F9/10
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 9/10 using centrifugal force
• CPC Class Codes: C22C 1/0458 Alloys based on titanium, zirconium or hafnium
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 10/25 Process efficiency

Abstract

Provided are a titanium-based powder excellent in fluidity and shape retention property, and an ingot and a sintered article obtained using the titanium-based powder as a material. The titanium-based powder has an average circularity of 0.815 or more and less than 0.870, a CV value of particle sizes of 22 or more and 30 or less, and an angle of repose of 29 degrees or more and 36 degrees or less.

Claims

1. A titanium-based powder, which has an average circularity of 0.815 or more and less than 0.870, a coefficient of variation of particle sizes of 22 or more and 30 or less, and an angle of repose of 29 degrees or more and 36 degrees or less,

wherein the titanium-based powder contains a spherical titanium-based powder and a non-spherical titanium-based powder,

wherein the average circularity of primary particles of the spherical titanium-based powder is 0.85 or more and 1.0 or less, and

wherein the average circularity of primary particles of the non-spherical titanium-based powder is 0.50 or more and less than 0.85.

2. The titanium-based powder according to claim 1,

wherein the average circularity of primary particles of the non-spherical titanium-based powder is 0.50 or more and 0.81 or less.

3. The titanium-based powder according to claim 1, which contains spherical titanium-based particles in a number ratio of 35% to 80%, and contains non-spherical titanium-based particles in a number ratio of 20% to 65%.

4. The titanium-based powder according to claim 1, which is the titanium-based powder obtained by mixing the spherical titanium-based powder and the non-spherical titanium-based powder.

5. The titanium-based powder according to claim 4, wherein the spherical titanium-based powder is a titanium-based powder produced by an atomization method, a titanium-based powder produced by a plasma rotating electrode method, a titanium-based powder obtained by subjecting a titanium-based powder produced by a hydrodehydrogenation method to a plasma processing, a titanium-based powder obtained by subjecting a titanium-based powder produced by a pulverization method to a plasma processing, or a titanium-based powder obtained by mixing two or more thereof.

6. The titanium-based powder according to claim 4, wherein the non-spherical titanium-based powder is a titanium-based powder produced by a hydrodehydrogenation method, a titanium-based powder produced by a pulverization method, or a titanium-based powder obtained by mixing the foregoing powders.

7. A method of manufacturing an ingot comprising:

preparing a powder containing the titanium-based powder according to claim 1, and

melting the prepared powder.

8. A method of manufacturing a sintered article comprising:

preparing a powder containing the titanium-based powder according to claim 1, and

sintering the prepared powder.