AEROSPACE

Aerospace is a broad spectrum which has multi displinary activities comprising of different segments of Industry, India has been importing more than US$ 10 Billion worth of aerospace components every year despite the offset policy. Indian market includes military aircrafts, helicopter , space crafts, winds turbines and automotive industries.

Titan in collaboration with E.O PATTON Institute Ukraine is setting a aerospace laboratory for manufacturing of components for aircrafts, missiles, space ships. Scope of collaboration includes Welding Technologies, Electron & Laser Beam Welding Machines.

Titan will be implementing different machines in a phased manner to cater ISRO & DRO in India. Besides Indian markets Titan is also having supply contract from Europe, Singapore & US markets.

Introduction

The electron beam (eb) welding process is used in a variety of industries. Applications range from fully automated, high productivity and low cost automotive in-line part production to single part batch processes in the high-cost aircraft engine industry at the other end of the industrial spectrum. For those manufacturers and many others not specifically mentioned here, welding processes have to meet the increasingly stringent standards that have become more prevalent over the years. In this regard, the ebwelding process is well-positioned to provide industries with the highest quality welds and machine designs that have proven to be adaptable to specific welding tasks and production environments.

What is an Electron Beam?

In an electron beam welder, electrons are “boiled off” as current passes through a filament which is in a vacuum enclosure. An electrostatic field, generated by a negatively charged filament and bias cup and a positively charged anode, accelerates the electrons to about 50% to 80% of the speed of light and shapes them into a beam. Due to the physical nature of the electrons – charged particles with an extremely low mass – their direction of travel can be easily influenced by electromagnetic fields. Electron beam welders use this characteristic to electromagnetically focus and very precisely deflect the beam at speeds up to 10 kHz. Recent machine developments make it possible even to go up to 200 kHz. With today’s CNC controls, the beam focus as well as the beam deflection are part of the weld schedule and can be variably programmed along with other process parameters.

How does the Process Work

When fast moving electrons hit a metal surface they are decelerated which transforms the kinetic energy of each individual electron in the beam into thermal energy in the component. This transformation is stable in the high 90% range for all metals regardless of whether the electrons hit the surface at a perpendicular or a shallow angle. As a practical matter, this physical behavior makes the process very robust and reliable! When electrons in a focused beam hit a metal surface, the high energy density instantly vaporizes the material, generating a so-called key hole (Figure 1). A characteristic of this Figure 1: Key-Hole Phenomenon is that it allows the unique capability for deep, narrow welds with very small heat affected zones (HAZ) and minimized thermal distortions of welded assemblies (Figure 2). Depth-to-width ratios of up to 40:1 have been achieved in production for many years

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  Antonov Aircraft Manufacturing Company

  Antonov a leading aircraft manufacturer in Ukraine has signed a MOU with Titan Aviation for Assembly of Aircrafts, Maintenance Repair Overhauling (MRO) and Technical Staff Training on the territory of India. 30 Aircrafts to assembled and 200 Aircrafts for MRO.

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  Nation Aviation University

  Titan has signed a protocol intention with National Aviation University of Ukraine to offer various courses related to Aviation & Aerospace

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  Motor Sich & FED

  Titan in collaboration with Motor Sich & FED will be creating a JV in India to manufacturer engines for various aerospace programs.

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  E.O PATTON Institute

  Titan Aviation in technical collaboration E.O. PATTON Institute is setting up an Electron Beam & Laser Beam Welding Machines to set a Aerospace laboratory for manufacturing of MIL grade precision components for aircraft and aerospace industry.

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  Boguslaev Helicopter Plant

  Titan Aviation has signed an MOU with Boguslaev Helicopter Plant for creation of assembly of MSB Mi series of helicopters such as Mi- 8, MI-17 for both passenger & VIP Variant’s.

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  Air Charter Services

  Titan Aviation will be negotiating with Government of Andhra Pradesh and ONGC for air charter services subject to helicopter being deployed with the respective organizations.

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  Yuzhmash Space Plant

  Titan in collaboration with Yuzhmash Space and Missile Plant will be manufacturing Titanium Air Balloons and SLV‘s for space vehicles.

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  Air Cargo

  Titan Aviation has a tie –up with a UAE based company called Dubai Cargo Express LLC for cargo movements. We have agreement to lift 20 container from Dubai to Mumbai and Hyderabad 10 containers to each destination.

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  Avia Services Ltd

  Avia Service Ltd the only manufacturer of Simulator Complex Mil designed Helicopter has signed a contract with Titan Aviation for supply of simulator complex and also outsource their students for training in India. This company promises a minimum of 1000 and a maximum of 1,300 students every year for training of student’ pilots and advanced pilots training courses.

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  Air Strip for MRO Services

  Titan intends to build a private air strip in collaboration with Surbana jurong & SCP Consultants Pvt Ltd a based out of Singapore for rendering MRO services and Assembly of Antonov Aircrafts Boguslaev Helicopters.