The invention relates to a
forging method for improving the TC18
titanium alloy structure property, and belongs to the field of material
processing. A microscopic structure of a TC18
titanium alloy is sensitive in temperature influence, during two-phase-zone
forging, the microscopic structure is composed of conversion structures of a primary alpha phase and a
beta phase, along with rising of the
forging temperature, the content of the primary alpha phase is decreased, the size is increased, and the equiaxial degree is increased. During quasi beta forging above a
phase change point, if the heat preservation time and the deformation amount are appropriately controlled, an even basket-weave
microstructure can be obtained, even though the room-temperature
plasticity of the structure is worse than an equiaxial structure, the strength is high, and the high-temperature behavior, the breaking tenacity and the fatigue property are better than those of the equiaxial structure; but above the
phase point, a Widmannstatten structure can be obtained if the heat preservation time is too long; and compared with the equiaxial structure, the
room temperature strength and high temperature strength of the Widmannstatten structure are improved, the stretching
plasticity is reduced, and the
room temperature impact is reduced. By means of the forging method, the structure reliability of a TC18
titanium alloy component is improved while the high strength, the high
plasticity and the high breaking tenacity are obtained.