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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF AUGUST 07, 2020 SAM #6826
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Manufacturing Process to Transform Low-Grade Titanium Alloys to Suitable High-Grade Value Products

Notice Date

8/5/2020 8:39:21 AM
 

Notice Type

Solicitation
 

NAICS

21 —
 

Contracting Office

BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE�DOE CNTR Idaho Falls ID 83415 USA
 

ZIP Code

83415
 

Solicitation Number

BA-1052_1107
 

Response Due

8/20/2020 12:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

08/20/2020
 

Point of Contact

Andrew Rankin
 

E-Mail Address

andrew.rankin@inl.gov
(andrew.rankin@inl.gov)
 

Description

Though titanium is a high-value engineering metal with widespread applications the problems with titanium are:� Significant oxygen consumption� High buy-to-fly (BTF) ratio (the weight of the raw material purchases compared to the weight of the final product) No suitable substitutes Expensive� Industry Applications:� Automotive Aerospace Chemical Plants Desalination Sports Biomedical Marine Oil & Gas production Power generation (gas turbine) INL's Solution:� Two-pronged approach Conversion of titanium oxide/oxide mixtures containing titanium to commercially pure titanium and its alloys Transform oxidized/waste alloys to usable grade alloys Refined Alloys can directly be put back into the service chain The process is generic in nature: Applicable to a host of waste engineering metal and alloys Investments:� Purchase price of Ti 64 scrap: $1.5-4 / lb Processing cost: ~ $10 / lb Total investment: ~ $15 / lb Return on Investment Market price of the refined Ti 64 bar: $26/lb INL is seeking to license the above intellectual property to a company with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Exclusive rights in defined fields of use may be available.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/642bbb1304514376a1cd378f15bca747/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA

Zip Code: 83415

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05745754-F 20200807/200805230153 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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