machining
Historically, titanium has been perceived as a material that is difficult to machine. Due to titanium’s growing acceptance in many industries, along with the experience gained by progressive fabricators, a broad base of titanium machining knowledge now exists.
Many of titanium’s material and component design characteristics make it expensive to machine.
With higher alloy content and hardness, the machinability of titanium alloys by traditional chip-making methods generally decreases.
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