Surface Treatment of Titanium for Improved Bonding

Triton Systems Inc proposes to develop an environmentally friendly surface preparation method for titanium (Ti6Al4V) to address the US Air Forces need for a robust consistent treatment process to replace current methods such as Chromic Acid Anodization, Pasa-Jell treatment and alkaline or acid oxidation. Based on the results obtained in the Phase I, Triton proposes to further develop our primer treatment process to rapidly and consistently prepare the surface of titanium components used in military aircraft structures for achieving durable adhesively bonded structural joints. The process that will be developed will address the US Air Forces need for a simple, environmentally safe effective process that could be applied to metallic adherends in both OEM manufacturing environments as well as during field/depot level repairs. Triton sees significant benefit from this technology in the overall aerospace industry as well as automotiveand medical/biomedical industries.