Aerospace GR2 Titanium Foil Description
1. Introduction
Aerospace Gr2 titanium foil is made from Grade 2 commercially pure titanium (Ti≥99.2%) and produced using aerospace-grade processes with strict quality control. It is an ultra-thin titanium foil/strip designed for lightweight structures and corrosion-resistant parts in aerospace applications.
This material offers a well-balanced combination of strength, ductility, and corrosion resistance. Compared with Gr1, it provides higher strength while still maintaining excellent formability, making it a reliable and cost-effective choice for non–high-strength alloy applications in aerospace engineering.
It is commonly used in aircraft fuselage skins, interior structural parts, tubing components, and non–high-temperature engine parts. These applications require stable quality, consistent performance, and full traceability, which this material is designed to ensure.
2. Standard Specifications
Thickness: 0.02-1.0 mm
Width: 15-680 mm
Customizable thickness: ≧0.005 mm, suitable for high‑end precision industrial scenarios such as microelectronics and optics.
3. Production Line Process & Equipment Capabilities
Process flow: Melting → Forging → Hot Rolling Breakdown → Multi‑pass 20‑high Precision Cold Rolling → Ultrasonic Cleaning → Continuous Online Annealing → Skin Pass Treatment → Slitting → Inspection and Packaging.
Major equipments: 750 mm 20‑high Precision Rolling Mill, Ultrasonic Cleaning Line, Continuous Annealing Line, High-Precision Leveling Line, Slitting Line, Grinding Line.
4. Key Equipments & Process Capabilities
- 20-high Precision Rolling Mill
- Maximum rolling speed: 400 m/min, maximum rolling force: 3500 KN. Enables stable thickness reduction and precise flatness control for ultra-thin strip.
- Ultrasonic Cleaning Line: Surface dyne value reaches above 40 after cleaning, with a maximum line speed of 30 m/min, ideal for high-standard surface requirements.
- Continuous Annealing Line
1). Adopting 7‑zone electric heating control.
2). Maximum operating temperature: 1100℃.
3). Temperature control accuracy: ±2℃.
4). Non-stop continuous annealing to ensure uniform microstructure and stable material properties.
- High-Precision Leveling Line: Maximum speed: 150 m/min. Effectively improve strip flatness, reduce residual stress, and enhance stability of subsequent processing.
- Slitting Line: Strips thickness from 0.02–1.0 mm, width: tolerance controlled to ±0.1 mm, meeting with high-precision slitting requirements.
- Grinding Line: Used for functional surface treatment. Improve surface consistency and adhesion, enhancing performance for subsequent coating, lamination and general industrial applications.
Technical Specifications
Basic Data
| Items | Contents |
| Material | Gr2 Industrial Titanium Foil |
| Material properties | Industrial pure titanium, non-alloy |
| Ti purity | ≥99.2% |
| Product form | Ultra-thin titanium strip/foil/coil |
| Thickness | ≤1.0 mm |
Dimension Specifications
| Items | Specification ranges |
| Thickness | 0.02-1.0 mm (customizable to 0.005-0.02 mm) |
| Width | 15-680 mm (custom slitting available) |
| Length | Customizable |
Chemical Composition
| Elements | Ti | O | Fe | C | N | H |
| Percentage | Balance (≥99.2%) | ≤0.25% | ≤0.30% | ≤0.10% | ≤0.05% | ≤0.015% |
Physical Properties
| Properties | Value |
| Density | 4.51 g/cm³ |
| Melting point | 1668 ℃ |
| Temperature resistance | ≤350 ℃ (long-term), ≤540 ℃ (short-term) |
| Resistivity | 0.56 μΩ·cm |
Mechanical Properties
| Properties | Value |
| Tensile strength | ≥345 MPa |
| Yield strength | 275-410 MPa |
| Elongation | ≥20% |
Features of Aerospace Gr2 Titanium Foil
- Significant weight reduction: Only about 60% of steel density, helping reduce overall structural weight
- Medium strength: Higher than Gr1, suitable for most aerospace structural applications
- Excellent formability: Suitable for stamping, bending, and complex thin-wall structures
- Strong corrosion resistance: Stable in marine environments, moist chlorine gas, and various chemical media
- Good weldability: Compatible with TIG, laser, and electron beam welding
- High consistency: Aerospace-grade production ensures stable quality from batch to batch
Core Technical Advantages
- Strict control over surface color difference to ensure uniform appearance and color consistency.
- Precise dimension control to meet tolerance specification requirement.
- Self-developed defatting formula can improve surface cleanliness.
- Optimized leveling tension to ensure excellent material flatness.
- Sanding process to enhance surface uniformity and texture.
- Stable annealing process to guarantee the overall material properties.
- High-precision slitting technology can increase product yield and quality.
Applications
Aerospace Structures
- Aircraft fuselage skin
- Door and interior structural components
- Lightweight support parts
Power & Engine Systems
- Engine accessories
- Piping systems
- Thermal insulation and shielding materials
Avionics & Equipment
- Radomes (antenna covers)
- Electromagnetic shielding components
- Instrument brackets
Space Applications
- Rocket structural components
- Fuel tanks
- Spacecraft lightweight structures
Custom Processing Capabilities
1. Production Line Strength
Baoji Titanium Valley Ti-Ni-Zr Material Processing Co., Ltd. has invested a total of $36.2 million in high-end strip and foil production, establishing an advanced production line for titanium, nickel, zirconium and their alloy strips and foils in the world.
The production line specializes in the stable rolling of ultra-thin, wide-width strips, overcoming critical industry challenges such as springback, difficult shape control and inconsistent material properties. We achieved stable mass production of high-end titanium foil.
With an annual capacity of 3,000 tons, the production line is expected to realize an annual output value of $116 million, supporting large-volume supply demands from aerospace, electronics, new energy and chemical industries.
2. Advanced Equipment
750 mm 20-high precision rolling mill
Ultrasonic Cleaning Line
Continuous Annealing Line
High-Precision Leveling Line
Slitting line
Grinding Line
3. One-stop Customization
A. Materials: titanium, nickel, zirconium and their alloys
Specifications: thickness 0.02–1.0 mm, width 15–680 mm, customize according to requirement
B. Surface treatment: cleaning, sanding, annealing; available in bright, matte and other function surface
C. Dimensional & flatness control: precise control of thickness, tolerances and surface flatness
D. Slitting & cutting to length: suitable for ultra-thin wide strips with high yield and stable quality
E. Mass delivery: annual capacity of 3,000 tons to meet large-volume, high-standard custom orders