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The DB/SPF manufacturing process, for Titanium 6Al/4V material, has been developed within British Aerospace for the manufacture of military aircraft components. Diffusion bonding of Titanium alloys offer the potential for parent metal joint strengths, and when combined with SPF complex aircraft components offering significant cost and wieght savings can be manufactured. This paper describes the manufacturing development and process characterisation/validation work undertaken, since the late 1970’s, in order to establish Titanium DB/SPF as a production process. Particular reference is made to the development and qualification of the DB/SPF process at BAe for the manufacture of primary heat exchanger ducts on the Tornado aircraft.
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Bottomley, I.E., Ginty, B. (1991). The Development of DB/SPF Titanium Technology for Military Aircraft Applications. In: Stephenson, D.J. (eds) Diffusion Bonding 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3674-7_19
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