Goal:
Produce sheet from traditionally difficult-to-process alloys using high density infrared
(HDI) heating.

Accomplishments:
Developed HDI processing techniques for powder precursors of Ni, Ti-6Al-4V,
gamma TiAl, rhenium.
Developed rapid annealing techniques for sheet materials.
Radiant heat transfer model for prediction of appropriate processing parameters.

Economics
Processing cost using plasma arc lamp (HDI)
Ni 44, cents/kg.
Ti-6Al-4V, 60 cents/kg.
Rhenium, 24 cents/kg.
Gamma TiAl, 859 cents/kg.