FIKO Ltd supplies titanium rolled materials for production of medical instruments and implants. The standard materials for this are titanium bars and titanium wire, which are manufactured by means of forging and rolling of titanium ingots and titanium slabs into titanium bars, titanium sheets, titanium tubes. The following grades are used: ASTM C.P. Grade 1, Grade 2, also Grade 5, Ti6AL-4V, Ti6AL-4V ELI, GOST VT1-0, VT1-00, VT3-1, VT6, VT6S, VT5, VT8, VT9, OT4, OT4-1, OT4-0, BT14, VT15, VT16, VT20, VT22, VT23, PT1M, PT7M, PT3V, alloy 14, alloy 19, alloy 27, alloy 40, alloy TC6, AT3, AT6.

The most applicable grades of titanium for medical instruments are titanium alloys VT6, VT6S or according to ASTM Grade-5 and Ti6Al-4V. Titanium bars, titanium wire, titanium sheets, titanium tubes of such grades are being supplied to the companies which manufacture medical instruments using titanium bars, titanium wire, titanium sheets, and titanium tubes in their production process.

Titanium bars, which are used in medical industry for production of joint-spins are supplied in grades  ASTM C.P. Grade 1, Grade 2, also Grade 5, Ti6AL-4V, Ti6AL-4V ELI, GOST VT1-0, VT1-00, VT3-1, VT6, VT6S, VT5, VT8, VT9, OT4, OT4-1, OT4-0, BT14, VT15, VT16, VT20, VT22, VT23, PT1M, PT7M, PT3V, alloy 14, alloy 19, alloy 27, alloy 40, alloy TC6, AT3, AT6

Alloys Grade1, Grade2, also Grade5, Ti6AL-4V, Ti6AL-4V ELI, GOST VT1-0, VT1-00, VT3-1, VT6, VT6S which are the material for surgical instruments are being distinguished for material strength and long-life service.

We supply titanium bars, titanium wire, titanium sheets in grades VT1-0, VT1-00, VT3-1, VT6, VT6S, VT5, VT8, VT9, OT4, OT4-1, OT4-0, BT14, VT15, VT16, VT20, VT22, VT23, PT1M, PT7M, PT3V, Grade1, Grade2, also Grade5, Ti6AL-4V, Ti6AL-4V ELI for medical instruments manufacture.

Titanium materials for medical application

The first stage is titanium ingots (titanium ingot) production – VT1-0, VT6, VT16, VT6C, Ti6Al-4V, Grade 5.

Titanium ingot (titanium ingots) is melted from titanium sponge grade TG90, TG100, TG 110, TG120, TG130, TG150, TG TV. Sponge TG TV and TG150 is mostly used for FeTi production, while for titanium ingots the sponge of grades TG90, TG100, TG 110, TG120, TG130 is needed.

The only manufacturers of titanium sponge in CIS countries are Zaporozhje Titanium Magnesium Plant, Ust’-Kamenogorsky Titanium Magnesium Plant, Bereznjakovsky Titanium Magnesium Plant.

Titanium sponge is being initially pressed into titanium expendable boxes, and after drying is fed to melting chamber of electron-beam facility.

In melting titanium ingot ASTM Grade 2 and VT1-0 not only titanium sponge, but also titanium cuttings (turnings) are used, that should be mixed with titanium sponge in a certain ratio. Titanium scrap – pieces of titanium plates or titanium sheets VT1-0, Grade 1, Grade 2 is also applicable in this case.

After melting titanium ingots undergo mechanical treatment – the surface of titanium ingot is being turned (machined) – and the turnings and cut off pieces that are left after mechanical treatment of titanium ingots are repeatedly used as a raw material for ingots melting. Then the ultrasonic testing is being carried out.

The melting of Grade 5, Ti6Al-4V, VT6, VT6S, VT16 titanium ingots is more complicated process, since these grades are titanium alloys.

For production of titanium ingots VT6, VT6S, VT16 the following grades of titanium sponge is used: TG90, TG100, TG 110, TG120, TG130 as well as titanium scrap and titanium cuttings VT6, VT6S, VT16.

Moreover, for melting of titanium ingots Grade 5, Ti6Al-4V, VT6, VT6S the ligature may be used (the booster alloys, used for alloying elements supplement into liquid metal).

Electron-beam method, which we apply in melting titanium ingots, allows to get material of good quality in one melting.

After that titanium ingots Grade 5, Ti6Al-4V, VT6, VT6S can be further processed into titanium rolled materials – titanium turned bars, titanium forged bars, titanium sheets, titanium coil Grade 5, Ti6Al-4V, VT6, VT6S.