The invention provides a manufacturing process of spherical
titanium alloy powder, which comprises the following steps: mixing
titanium hydride powder and an
adhesive, internally mixing, granulating, primarily shaping, screening,
drying, mixing with an active
metal simple substance, performing vacuum
degreasing and
sintering to obtain a sintered block, and performing
chemical corrosion, crushing, fine
grinding and secondary shaping to finally obtain high-
sphericity titanium alloy powder. According to the process, the
sphericity degree of the powder reaches 50% or above in the primary shaping process and is further improved to 70% or above in the secondary shaping process, and the flowability, the filling density and the
sintering uniformity of the powder are effectively improved. Meanwhile, active
metal elementary substances are introduced in the vacuum
degreasing and
sintering process to serve as sacrificial agents, the
dehydrogenation and deoxidation efficiency is improved,
oxygen impurity residues are reduced, and the compactness and purity of
titanium alloy products are improved. Besides, by accurately controlling the
drying temperature,
humidity and time and optimizing the temperature, the heating rate and the vacuum degree of each stage of vacuum
degreasing sintering, the uniformity and the material performance of the sintered block are remarkably enhanced. The process is efficient, low in
energy consumption and suitable for
titanium alloy near-net forming, and has good industrial application prospects.