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AIMS
Airbus Material Specification

Additive Manufactured
Electron beam Powder Bed Fusion
Titanium Ti-6Al-4V
Wall thickness ≤12 mm
Material Specification

Material Specification

Published and distributed by:

AIRBUS S.A.S.
ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE
31707 BLAGNAC Cedex
FRANCE

Copyright reserved
Ref. no. AIMS03-22-002
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Contents

1 Scope

2 Application

3 Normative References

4 Technical Requirements

5 Designation

6 Technical Specification
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1 Scope
This Material Specification defines the requirements of Ti-6Al-4V additive manufactured (AM) parts, Electron Beam
Powder Bed Fusion, hot isostically pessed (H.I.P.) for aerospace application.
In the scope of this specification, method for production for AM parts shall be a combination of both Powder Bed
process with electron or laser beam melting.
Unless otherwise specified by the drawing, the order or the inspection schedule, the present specification shall be
used in conjunction with the referenced documents.

2 Application
This powder is to be used with electron beam powder bed fusion additive manufactured parts.

3 Normative References
This Airbus specification incorporates by dated or undated reference provisions from other publications. All
normative references cited at the appropriate places in the text are listed hereafter. For dated references,
subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this Airbus specification only when
incorporated in it by amendment of revision. For undated references, the latest issue of the publication referred to
shall be applied.

EN2032-2 Aerospace series – metallic materials – Part 2: Coding of metallurgical condition in

delivery condition 1
EN3976 Aerospace series – Titanium and titanium alloys – Tests method – Chemical
analysis for the determination of hydrogen content 1
EN4500-4 Aerospace series - Metallic materials - Rules for drafting and presentation of
material standards - Part 004: Specific rules for titanium and titanium alloys 1
EN6072 Aerospace series – Metallic materials - Test methods - Constant amplitude fatigue
testing 1
AIMS03-22-000 Technical specification – Titanium alloy – Additive Manufactured by powder bed
technology
ASTM-E 1409 Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygen and Nitrogen in Titanium and
Titanium Alloys by the Inert Gas Fusion Technique
ASTM-E 1941 Standard Test Method for Determination of Carbon in Refractory and Reactive
Metals and Their Alloys
ASTM-E 2371 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Titanium and Titanium Alloys by Atomic
Emission Plasma Spectrometry

4 Technical Requirements
4.1 General
Specification values are individual minimums except where stated

4.2 Specific
The data requirements given in the tables below are according to the relevant material part of EN4500-004.

5 Designation
Not applicable

6 Technical Specification
The general technical requirements and responsibilities corresponding to this Material Specification are described
in the Technical Specification AIMS03-22-000.

1
Published as ASD Prestandard at the date of publication of this standard
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1 Material designation AM Titanium Ti-6Al-4V

2 Chemical Element Al V Fe C O2 H2 Others Ti
Composition Each Total
% (1) min. 5,50 3,75 - - - - - -
Rem
max. 6,75 4,50 0,30 0,10 0,20 (150) 0,10 0,30
3 Method of melting Electron beam powder bed fusion
4 Form Bulk material processed via AM
Method of production Plasma rotating, electrode process, inert gas atomization, hydride
Limit dimension (mm) dehydride.
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5 Technical specification AIMS 03-22-000
6 6.1 Delivery condition Bulk material
Additive manufacturing + mandatory stress relieving
and
(ᶿ=720°C±20°C and t ≥ 2 hours under inert gas atmosphere) if
manufacturing temperature is below 650°C
heat treatment + Hot Isotopic Pressing (H.I.P)
900oc ≤ ᶿ ≤ 950oc and, 2≤ t ≤ 4 hours
Not less than 1000 bars (under inert gas atmosphere)
6.2 Delivery condition code U
7 Use condition and heat treatment As Delivered
8 Sample Test piece Separately AM or attached
Heat treatment As condition of use
9 Dimension concerned a mm ≤12 mm
10 Thickness of cladding on % -
each face
11 Direction of test piece X, Y and Z
12 Temperature  °C Room temperature
13 Proof stress Rp0,2 MPa 760
14 TENSILE Strength Rm MPa 880
15 Elongation A % 10
16 Reduction of Z % -
area
17 Hardness HB - -
18 Shear strength Rc MPa 600
19 Bending k - -
20 Impact strength k -
21 Temperature  °C -
22 Time h -
23 Stress a MPa -
24 CREEP Elongation a % -
25 Rupture stress R MPa -
26 Elongation at A % -
rupture
27 Notes (see Line 98) (1)

30 Microstructure
34 Grain Size
40 Fracture toughness (KIC)
44 External defects
46 Fatigue
61 Internal defects
64 Surface condition
roughness
69 Elastic Modulus
70 Compression proof stress
71 Crack Propagation
74 Surface contamination
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3 See AIMS 03-22-000
7 The microstructure shall be uniform thought thickness.
It shall consist of equiaxed prior- grains, with a variety of acicular,
lamellar alpha phase within prior- transformed structure.
7 See AIMS 03-22-000
The prior- grain size shall be below 5 mm.
- See AIMS 03-22-000
3 CTW40B20
7 All thicknesses 75MPa√m2)
- See AIMS 03-22-000
3 Flat T Specimen (Notched hole samples)
7 The curve of the results, calculated in accordance with prEN6072
shall not lie below the reference curve defined by the following data :
σ max in MPa Number of cycles R Kt
410 1 E04
270 1 E05 0,1 2,3
185 1 E06
- See AIMS 03-22-000
-
3.2 µm
- See AIMS 03-22-000
7 E = 114 000 MPa 3)
EC = 116 000 MPa 3)
- See AIMS 03-22-000
7 820 MPa
- See AIMS 03-22-000
3 CTW50
7 Crack propagation rates shall not be greater than the following data
(maximum experimental curve)
Da/dN
∆k MPa√m R
(mm/cycles)
15 1,5 E-04
20 3,5 E-04
0,1
30 1,2 E-03
40 2,7 E-03
7 The AM components shall be free of any oxygen rich layer, such as α-
case or other contamination, determined by microscopic examination at
100x magnification or by any other method as agreed between
manufacturer and purchaser. In any case, no type of contamination is
acceptable.
α-case or any other contamination shall be removed by any accepted
method such as chemical etching, chemical milling, grit blasting or
machining.
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85 Bearing Stress - See AIMS 03-22-000

7 e/D = 1,5 1480
Fbru MPa
e/D = 2,0 1850
e/D = 1,5 1170
Fbry MPa
e/D = 2,0 1430
98 Notes - 1) the method of analysis shall be selected by the manufacturer, but in
case of dispute the following methods shall be used:
-ASTM E2371 for chemical analysis
-ASTM E1941 for carbon content determination
-ASTM E1409 for Oxygen and Nitrogen content determination
-EN 3976 for Hydrogen content determination
2) KQ results are acceptable if the invalidity is solely on either
Pmax/PQ ≤ 1,1 or W-a ≥ 2,5*(KQ/Rp0,2)2.
KQ values invalid on the basis of criteria other than those listed above
shall not be used to satisfy the minimum K1C requirement of line 40.
3) Moduli are typical values, with direct average calculations, unless
another basis is specifically indicated.

100 Qualification - Frequency of qualification testing is included in AIMS 03-22-000

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RECORD OF REVISIONS

Clause
Issue Description of modification
modified

1 New standard
05/15