Objective Titanium has been known as a common element for nearly 200 years and is the fourth most commonly occurring mineral. Nowadays, the major limitation of Titanium use in industry is strongly linked with: - the price of the raw material (between 7 ECU and 8 ECU per kg for a 99,8% sponge of Titanium), - the cost of transformation which requires more than twice as much energy as aluminium or some of the steels. Another drawback of titanium for industrial application is that it usually needs some treatments to enhance its quality and especially its wear resistance and friction properties. These treatments are usually expensive (they double the price of production) which limit their use to high added value parts. The project aims to develop a an innovative thermo chemical treatment of titanium parts (on classical alloy like T40, TA6V, etc. but also on new low cost titanium alloy) by nitrogen diffusion in order to harden the surface. This treatment by nitrogen diffusion will harden the surface and create a thin layer for an increase of wear resistance. The final result should be: - to reduce the cost of the surface treatment (5 to 10 times less expensive) - to increase the wear resistance and thus the lifetime 2 to 3 times - to obtain an homogeneous and penetrating treatment - treatment under low pressure (low environmental impact, low gas consumption), - to treat simultaneously several different and complex shapes - to obtain 100% big compatibility The result of the treatment will be thin layer of TiN and Ti2N + a nitrogen diffusion layer (0,1 mm) with an increase of the wear resistance two to three times more than with usual surface treatment of titanium surface. It will certainly interest a large panel of industrials in various fields coming from medical application to nuts and screws manufacturing or sports and leisure. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metals Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0201 - Materials engineering Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CRS - Cooperative research contracts Coordinator Euros Address 13600 La ciotat France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ELTRO (GB) LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Unit b4 armstrong mall, southwood business park GU14 0NR Farnborough See on map Franpac France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de kerveoc 32 29177 Douarnenez See on map INNOVATIQUE SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue de frères lumière 25 69686 Chassieu See on map Perfect Bore Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mayfield industrial part 20 SP11 8H21 Andover See on map Rainbow Engineering Services United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Icknield way SG6 1RR Letchworth herts See on map Stiftung Institut für Werkstofftechnik Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Badgasteinerstraße 3 28359 Bremen See on map Titania SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale benedetto brin 218 05100 Terni See on map
