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Grain Direction for Titanium Bar Horn
13 April, 2010 - 15:35 — scott.poitras
Hi there,
I am looking at buying a block of Ti-6-4 titanium for a 9.5" long x 5" high x 1.7" thick horn radiused down to .945" thick at the face .Now my concern is the block I found (good price) has the grain running perpindicular to the weld face, is this a concern?
Please advise
Thanks
Scott
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"perpendicular to the weld face" = vertical?
Hi Scott,
I may be misunderstanding your description but if the grain is perpendicular to the weld face, wouldn't that be along the 5" (tuned 20kHz) dimension? If so it would be the same as any sonotrode made from bar stock - most of the sonotrodes out there have grain along the length.
For perfect grain alignment you'd probably want to make your sonotrode from a forging anyway, not any kind of block, but of course then cost becomes a major issue... In the end I doubt the grain direction will make that much difference to you - material and design are generally much more important.
HTH
Chris - PowerUltrasonics.com site owner, chief cook and bottle-washer.