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Titanium Finishing Company 248 Main Street, PO Box 22, East Greenville, PA 18041 • Tel (215) 679-4181 • Fax (215) 679-2399 Email Titaniumfinishing@Comcast.Net TITANIUM Fully-Integrated Supplier Off-the-Shelf Availability • Sales and distribution division of VSMPO-AVISMA, the world’s largest producer of titanium holding more than 300 Stocking Programs international quality certifications. • Dedicated Inventories • Custom Products and Orders • One of the largest suppliers of titanium mill products to the • JIT Delivery aerospace, medical and consumer products industries. Individual Inquiries • Offering small diameter bar and coil for aero fasteners and • Off-the-Shelf Availability medical applications • Quantities from Small to Large •48-Hour Shipping Turnaround • Eastern and Western US and European Service Centers Complete Processing reliably meet your specs for products, sizes, quantities and Services delivery timeframe. • Cutting and Shearing • Heat Treating • Machining VSMPO Tirus US Eastern Service Center VSMPO Tirus Ltd. Pittsburgh PA • 724 251 9400 Birmingham England • +44 (0) 1527 514 111 VSMPO Tirus US Western Service Center VSMPO Tirus GmbH Ontario CA • 909 230 9020 Frankfurt Germany • +49 69-905 47722 [email protected] VSMPO Tirus China Ltd. vsmpo-tirus.com Beijing China • 86-10-84554688 FULLY INTEGRATED FROM SPONGE TO MILL PRODUCTS THE ONLY NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCER OF SPONGE www.TIMET.com CONTENTS Editorial Published by: Meet the ITA . .7 International Titanium Association www.titanium.org 1-303-404-2221 Telephone Editorial 1-303-404-9111 Facsimile Luthier Michael DeTemple Rocks on With Titanium Innovations for Guitars. 10 [email protected] Email Notes from the Inventor: Titanium Tremolo Assembly. .12 Rosenberg ‘Hungry, Curious’ and Impatient On Evolution of 3D for Editor & Executive Director: Consumer Products. .14 Jennifer Simpson Update on Binder-Jetting Additive Manufacturing Technology. .18 Horie Embarks on a ‘Fragrant’ Approach For New Titanium EDITORIAL OFFICES Consumer Product Line. 20 International Titanium Association TITANIUM USA 2017 and International anTi Corrosion PO Box 1300 Conference Executive Summary. 24 Eastlake, Colorado 80614 USA From the Wire ADVERTISING ITA Issues Call For Papers Titanium Asia 2018. 60 Karina Graziani, Member Services New Nadcap accreditation for Fluid Distribution Systems Administrator 1-303-404-9400 is the fifth for Fine Tubes. .61 [email protected] Above Material Technology Press Release. 62 Announcing our Partnership with GNR SrI OES & X-Ray Diffractometers. .62 DISTRIBUTION LIST Arconic, Airbus to Advance 3D Printing for Aerospace under Join this free distribution Multi-Year Cooperative Research Agreement. .63 by emailing us at [email protected] Kocks Rolling Mill. 64 Keywell Metals Expands Credit Facilities for Continued Growth. .64 Laboratory Testing Inc. Hires a Senior Fracture Mechanics Manager. 65 The New Generation: ELEMENTRAC® ONH. .65 Perryman Announces Advanced Manufacturing Campus. .66 Solar Atmospheres Thermally Treats First FAA Certified Ti-6A1-4V Structural AM Aviation Components. 67 Hunan Xiangtou Goldsky Titanium Metal Co.,Ltd.. 67 UTRS and Achemetal Announce Groundbreaking Joint Venture in Titanium Industry. .68 Paul Nagy newly hired as Tricor Metals Market Manager position. 68 Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. Leads Innovation in Titanium Foil. 69 Thank You To Our Photo Contributors . 6 Announcements . 72 In Memoriam: Stanley Abkowitz. 73 Welcome New Members . 74 Titanium Buyers Guide . .82 Advertising Index . 115 5 TITANIUMTODAY Thank You To Our Photo Contributors B A C A: California luthier and musician Michael DeTemple designs titanium electric guitar saddles and tremolo blocks, which reduce weight and enhance the instruments sonic properties. www.detempleguitars.com/temp/intro_1.php B: Horie Corp. is unveiling its new line of titanium aroma diffusers, which features decorative graphical elements created by the company’s artistic anodizing techniques. www.horie.co.jp C: Spectore Corp., well known for its jewelry designs, is now exploring 3D/additive manufacturing as a viable technology for producing other consumer products. http://spectore.com TITANIUMTODAY 6 MEET THE ITA Board of Directors ITA Staff Henry Seiner Donald E. Larsen Wade Leach Dawne S. Hickton Jennifer Simpson ITA Past President Vice President – Business Vice President Technology Senior Vice President, Executive Director Strategy and R&D, General Manager Commercial, ATI President & Founding TIMET, Titanium Metals of Advanced Manufacturing Specialty Materials Partner of Cumberland Corporation Arconic Manufacturing ITA Secretary Treasurer Highstreet Partners. ITA President company Former CEO RTI ITA Vice President International Metals, Inc., Karina Graziani Member Services Administrator Prof. Markus Holz Brian J. Malloy Michael G. Metz President, AMG’s Engineering Vice President and Chief President Systems Commercial officer VSMPO Tirus US Division CEO, ALD Vacuum Carpenter Technology ITA Director Technologies GmbH Corporation ITA Director ITA Director Education Committee Co-Chair Titanium Europe Jennifer King Conference Chair Operations Manager Edward J. Newman Brett Paddock Frank L. Perryman Senior Vice President President & CEO President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Gabriele United Alloys & Metals, T.I. (Titanium Industries, Inc.) Perryman Company Ti Today Contributor Inc. ITA Director ITA Director ITA Director Nominating Committee Chair TITANIUM USA Conference Chair Educational Instructors Edward Sobota, Jr. Michael Stitzlein Graham P. Walker Dietmar Fischer Frauke Hogue President President Vice President, Sales and TSI Titanium Tricor Metals Marketing ITA Director ITA Director AMETEK – Reading Alloys Grant and Achievement ITA Director Award Committee Chair Education Committee Co-Chair 7 TITANIUMTODAY Tricor Consumer Edition Ad Art.qxp_Layout 1 8/18/17 8:15 AM Page 1 Editorial Luthier Michael DeTemple Rocks on With Titanium Innovations for Guitars ichael DeTemple is an American of cold rolled steel. With an emphasis created by string vibration is transferred original, having cascaded through- placed on lighter weight guitars, the to the guitar body without being absorbed M out the 1960s and 1970s rock and change from steel to titanium reduced by the metal material. This happens be- blues music scene, working as a road and the weight of the guitar by over a quarter cause of a unique hexagonal close-packed session musician with the likes of Bob pound. crystallization structure of titanium, Dylan, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Neil which also stabilizes strings vibration. A Young, Pete Townsend, and Rick Danko DeTemple provides a detailed account of light metal that is hard to bend has natu- and The Band. DeTemple, age 70, proud- his selection of titanium on his web- rally better tonal properties. ly states that he has been a professional site (http://www.detempleguitars.com/ musician for 60 years—he was paid $10 temp/intro_1.php). He explains that the “What makes titanium sound so great? as a 10-year-old banjo player. metal parts of an electric guitar should Titanium has the absolute best of these have a “reserved presence,” with the sonic-friendly properties. And after care- The mustachioed DeTemple grew ful and extensive experimentation, up in the Los Angeles area and we chose titanium for our bridge today has a workshop in Sher- saddles.” man Oaks, in California’s San Fernando Valley. While his list While the titanium bridge is stan- of legendary musical associates dard on DeTemple’s hand-made is impressive, DeTemple, for guitars, he often receives requests to the last 25 years, has been best retrofit other guitars with the part. known as a builder of hand- According to DeTemple, his titani- made, highly sought after electric um saddles “bring out the beauti- guitars, which feature parts (the fully rich wave motion inherent to saddle, tremolo block, back your guitar. Thanks to the distinc- plates) made from titanium. tive sound quality of titanium and our unique processing technologies, His guitar designs, Stellacasta we’ve created new bridge saddles and Spirit Series models, are that we believe blow-away the inspired by Fender Stratocaster tone of conventional versions.” He and Telecaster solid body guitars. declined to provide details on the DeTemple designed his titanium titanium design work or the specific guitar parts, which are manufac- metal alloy used for the saddle, and tured by a metalworking contract didn’t identify the contract shop that shop. He is especially proud of produces the guitar parts. his “Titanium Trem Assembly” design consisting of titanium The master luthier introduced his saddles and titanium tremolo titanium guitar parts to the music block. He said a guitar saddle industry 16 years ago. Among its is an adjustable piece of the music-friendly characteristics, De- bridge that the string rides on and Temple said that because titanium allows the length and height to be has a lower internal damping factor changed to properly intonate the than steel, brass or aluminum, it guitar. The Tremolo Block is the allows the string’s natural vibrations actual anchoring piece for the strings on a most desirable tone coming from bridge to last longer and improves the definition tremolo bridge. saddles made of metal with a low internal from string to string. damping factor. This quality transmits The introduction of Titanium Trem Block sound with higher efficiency than metals “I tried brass, aluminum, various steels was a major sonic and weight break- without it. Titanium’s low internal damp- and also the products that other compa- through for the famous Fender Strato- ing factor is one of the most outstanding
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