What are the heat treatment equipment for titanium alloys?

The heat treatment equipment for titanium alloys mainly includes heating equipment and cooling equipment.

Heating equipment mainly includes various types of heating furnaces, with shapes such as bell shaped, long shaped, rectangular, and well shaped. The operation methods are intermittent and continuous, as well as track furnaces and salt bath furnaces. At present, there is another type of energy-saving heating equipment, namely the contact electric heating furnace. It directly connects the electrode to the titanium material to be processed, passes a large current, and relies on the resistance heat of the workpiece itself to heat the furnace body. Because it is internally heated and has good insulation performance, it can save about 60% energy. However, it is only suitable for products with a constant cross-section and sufficient length, and it is best to have a length to diameter ratio greater than 30. This method is more suitable for heating rods, profiles, pipes, and wires, with the highest productivity and good product quality. In order to facilitate loading and unloading, suitable material baskets and fixtures should be configured in the furnace. Cooling equipment mainly refers to the water cooling tank and oil cooling tank used for quenching, and their positions must be appropriate. They are generally placed next to the quenching furnace, below the furnace horizontal line, to facilitate the rapid transfer of titanium materials after being discharged from the furnace and placed in the cooling tank. For titanium plates, especially thin plates, to prevent deformation, it is necessary to make the plates stand upright in water (oil) during quenching.