Titanium Grade 5 (Ti-6Al-4V) for CNC machining
Aerospace, medical implants, high-performance lightweight parts.
- Family
- Titanium
- Density
- 4.43 g/cm³
- Machinability
- very difficult (1/5)
- Relative cutting speed
- about 8% of aluminium 6082
- Indicative price
- €45 per kg
What to know
Slow to machine, hard on tools and expensive. Typically 5–10× the machining time of aluminium.
Design tips
Titanium needs low cutting speeds and lots of coolant. Keep features simple and avoid deep small pockets.
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