Posted Date: 01/12/2011
With news headlines like Aircraft Demand Hikes Titanium Fastener Use; Metals’ Capacity Races to Meet Aircraft Demand; ATI introduces new titanium alloy; Carpenter Technology Announces Expansion of Titanium Facility to Support Growing Aerospace Fastener Wire Demand; New Titanium Screws for Large Commercial Aircraft Produced by Trimas’ Monogram Aerospace Fasteners and the work that SPS Technologies has done with their TITAN ® Titanium Fasteners…titanium aerospace fasteners are in demand.
The use of titanium aerospace fasteners in airframes has continued to grow ever since their introduction to military aircraft in the 1960s and has now moved over into commercial aircraft. With the large orders on the books for commercial aircraft manufacturers Boeing, Bombardier, Airbus and the new F-35 fighter jet manufactured by Lockheed Martin some are projecting a shortage of titanium aerospace fasteners in the future as the demand will outpace fastener manufacturer’s capacity and capabilities.
