The entrepreneurial team of Xi'an University students has developed a black technology product to put on a “flexible armor” for titanium alloy.
As aircraft soar in the sky, "Lightweight Hercules" titanium alloy has contributed immensely. Because of its low density and strong corrosion resistance, it has become an important material for key components such as aircraft engines and propeller hubs. Titanium alloy has excellent performance, but it is easy to stick to the mold during processing, which reduces the surface quality and machining accuracy of the workpiece, thereby limiting its application in related fields. Recently, the entrepreneurial team of "Tirun Technology" college students of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology has developed a black technology product to put on a "flexible armor" for titanium alloy.
The team goes out of the campus and delves into the production front-line to find problems
Black phosphene, a layered two-dimensional material obtained by exfoliating black phosphorus, can be used as a lubricating material due to its low shear resistance and high pressure bearing capacity. The "Titanium Moisture Technology" team, with the support of platforms such as the National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Material Processing and the Academician Heo Jianbin's Laboratory at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, and the research project "Surface Functionalization Control of Black Phosphene Nanosheets and Their Friction-Induced Lubrication Mechanism," has further modified black phosphene and other two-dimensional materials, optimizing their antioxidant and lubricating properties, achieving performance control of lubricating medium products, and helping to achieve new breakthroughs in the lubrication of titanium alloy processing.
Reviewing the process of research and development, we need to start from the establishment of the team in 2021. The "Titanium Refined Technology" team was founded in October 2021 by Zhang Ruoyun, a senior undergraduate student majoring in Metal Material Processing Engineering at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, with the support of Professor Wang Wei from the School of Metallurgy. The team is committed to the research and development of titanium alloy processing lubricants to improve the efficiency of titanium alloy processing.
In the early stage, team members conducted in-depth research at enterprises such as Baotai Group and Changyu Aviation. Through the survey, they found that the lubricating medium products used in domestic titanium alloy processing mostly rely on imports, and enterprises face difficulties such as low yield and high costs. How to help enterprises break through the bottleneck and successfully develop efficient lubricating medium products? Members began to search for the key to solving the problem. Under the guidance of Wang Wei, the team decided to start with market research and risk analysis, providing solid data support for the project, and also comprehensively considered technical, economic, and social factors to fully assess the feasibility of the project.
