I just did the control systems. You want X Torr of vaccum, fine. Then want an inert gas backfill, fine. Then you want me to melt a 3 tonne welding rod into a crucible using a 50 volt power supply with a 20,000 amp capacity? Also fine.
We used microscopes to detect imperfections and there were always problems. I also did the uniformity surveys of ovens which had to be within +/- 3° throughout furnace area you could fit a dump truck in.
Ya, the plate rolling mill I worked in had strict limits too. Time from furnace to rolling was critical. Mostly because of the metalurgy but also because of the extrordinary ability of titanium to lose heat. 40 seconds was fine, 41 was questionable, send it for analysis, 45 would break the mill.
In the Swansea rolling mill we had to open the door (not always easy as you will know, given the forced door design) discharge the load, rotate it 90 degrees, traverse from one of the 6 furnaces and stuff it into the rollers. 40 seconds. 3 tonnes. 2200 degrees.
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When that door opened it was looking directly into the sun.
Are you in PA. ? Dynamet is up there in Washington PA.
Also in Alabama & Florida.
Especially if it was a military contract.
I've got a place in Greece.