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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Ati Properties Llc, Albany, OR (US);
Richard L. Kennedy, Monroe, NC (US);
Robert M. Davis, Marshville, NC (US);
Rex W. Bradley, Monroe, NC (US);
Robin M. Forbes Jones, Saint Helena Island, SC (US);
ATI PROPERTIES LLC, Albany, OR (US);
Abstract
A method of producing an article selected from a titanium article and a titanium alloy article comprises melting feed materials with a source of hydrogen to form a molten heat of titanium or a titanium alloy, and casting at least a portion of the molten heat to form a hydrogenated titanium or titanium alloy ingot. The hydrogenated ingot is deformed at an elevated temperature to form a worked article comprising a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the hydrogenated ingot. The worked article is dehydrogenated to reduce a hydrogen content of the worked article. In certain non-limiting embodiments of the method, the dehydrogenated article comprises an average α-phase particle size of less than 10 microns in the longest dimension.