Titanium Cored Wire Filling Blend With Low-Energy Composition Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for producing small-fraction ferrotitanium for cored wires are energy-intensive, environmentally harmful, and pose health and safety risks due to the use of metallurgical furnaces and high temperatures, while also limiting the range of titanium content and failing to regulate harmful impurities.

Innovation Solution

A method involving the mixing of titanium-containing and iron-containing components, including production waste and scrap, to create a homogeneous blend with a targeted chemical composition similar to ferrotitanium, avoiding metallurgical processing and high temperatures, and utilizing waste materials to reduce energy consumption and impurities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If metallurgical furnace and high temperature processing are used to produce small-fraction ferrotitanium, then the chemical composition can be controlled, but energy consumption increases and environmental harm increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechemical composition controlVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the metallurgical furnace (thermal processing system) with a mechanical mixing system. Instead of heating and melting materials to achieve desired chemical composition, the invention uses mechanical mixing of pre-prepared titanium-containing and iron-containing components in specific proportions to achieve the same compositional control without thermal energy input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the processing parameters from high temperature (metallurgical furnace) to ambient temperature mixing. By altering the thermal parameter from high temperature processing to room temperature mixing, the invention maintains chemical composition control while dramatically reducing energy consumption and eliminating environmental harm associated with high temperature processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If metallurgical furnace and high temperature processing are used to produce small-fraction ferrotitanium, then the chemical composition can be controlled, but environmental harm increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechemical composition controlVSAvoidenvironmental harm
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the metallurgical furnace (thermal processing system) with a mechanical mixing system. Instead of heating and melting materials to achieve desired chemical composition, the invention uses mechanical mixing of pre-prepared titanium-containing and iron-containing components in specific proportions to achieve the same compositional control without thermal energy input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the processing parameters from high temperature (metallurgical furnace) to ambient temperature mixing. By altering the thermal parameter from high temperature processing to room temperature mixing, the invention maintains chemical composition control while dramatically reducing energy consumption and eliminating environmental harm associated with high temperature processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If metallurgical furnace and high temperature processing are used to produce small-fraction ferrotitanium, then the chemical composition can be controlled, but health and safety risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechemical composition controlVSAvoidhealth and safety risks
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the metallurgical furnace (thermal processing system) with a mechanical mixing system. Instead of heating and melting materials to achieve desired chemical composition, the invention uses mechanical mixing of pre-prepared titanium-containing and iron-containing components in specific proportions to achieve the same compositional control without thermal energy input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the processing parameters from high temperature (metallurgical furnace) to ambient temperature mixing. By altering the thermal parameter from high temperature processing to room temperature mixing, the invention maintains chemical composition control while dramatically reducing energy consumption and eliminating environmental harm associated with high temperature processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Productivity

If conventional ferrotitanium production methods are used, then the product can be produced, but the range of titanium content is limited and impurities are not regulated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduction capabilityVSAvoidtitanium content range and impurity control
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the ferrotitanium production into two separate components: titanium-containing material and iron-containing material. By preparing these components separately with controlled compositions and then mixing them in specific proportions, the invention achieves precise control over the final titanium content range and impurity levels, overcoming the limitations of conventional single-step production methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the compositional parameters by using separate controlled components instead of conventional single-material processing. This allows independent control of titanium content (68-72%) and impurity levels in the final product, expanding the adaptability and versatility of the production method.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12571072B2Method for the production of a small-fraction titanium-containing filling for a cored wire
Publication Date: 2026.03.10 KOVALENKO PYLYP

AI summary

The present invention relates to metallurgy and, more particularly, to a method for the production of a blend for a small-fraction titanium-containing filling for a cored wire. The method uses at least one titanium-containing component, and at least one iron-containing component, wherein an iron-containing diluting component or an iron-containing diluting component together with a titanium-containing enriching component is added to a basic titanium-containing component, said components are mixed to achieve a homogeneous blend.