The development of the titanium industry in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province has taken more than 50 years, and now there are more than 500 titanium-related companies in the region, forming a veritable titanium and titanium alloy industrial cluster. The titanium industry chain in the cluster starts from sponge titanium to various titanium products. The main components are: sponge titanium → titanium molten ingot → forging and blooming → rolling (rolling plate, tube, wire drawing, etc.) → various material products → titanium equipment Manufacturing → Various titanium deep processed products.

Sponge Titanium: There are no local sponge titanium manufacturers in Shaanxi Titanium Industry Cluster, only Baotai Group. Lixing Titanium has a joint venture in other provinces to produce sponge titanium manufacturers. The annual amount of sponge titanium in Baoji is about 30,000 tons, and the amount of sponge titanium in Shaanxi Province is about 40,000 tons. The sponge titanium plant owned by Baoti Group owns about 9,000 tons / year of sponge titanium for Baoti. The entire industrial chain still has about 20,000 to 30,000 tons of sponge titanium to be purchased from foreign manufacturers. The production and processing of sponge titanium belongs to chemical smelting. A large amount of liquid chlorine or titanium tetrachloride is used. The production of environmental protection is a big problem. A large amount of exhaust gas and waste acid are emitted. Shaanxi and Baoji have not launched sponge titanium production projects for many years. The extraction and production of high-quality sponge titanium still needs vigorous research or introduction projects.

Titanium smelting processing: The purchased sponge titanium is smelted by vacuum arc to prepare titanium ingots for processing titanium materials. This process is the strength of Baoji City. In this respect, Baotai Group has nearly 50 years of titanium smelting technology, more than 20 smelting furnaces with a size of 1 to 20 tons, and an annual melting capacity of 26,000 tons. In Baoji and Shaanxi Province, there are more than 50 titanium smelting furnaces with a capacity of 0.3 to 10 tons, and the melting capacity is about 20,000 tons. Smelting capacity of titanium and titanium alloys. From the current demand of the industrial chain, supply exceeds demand, but the application research in the melting process and automatic control of the melting process needs to be improved. The cooperation of the titanium smelting industry in the region is relatively successful, and the supply and demand in the cluster are truly regulated by the market.

Titanium ingot exercise and blooming: Titanium ingot forging and blooming is the beginning of material pressure processing. This process requires large tonnage forging machines. Baoji has more than 20 free forging machines with various forging capacities of 10,000 tons, 4500 tons, 3150 tons, 2500 tons, 1600 tons and 1 to 5 tons, with a production capacity of more than 100,000 tons. . It can be used for the preparation and production of titanium billets, rod billets, tube billets and other material processing billets. There are also 3,000-ton, 2,000-ton slant-rolled perforators and extruders for pipe blanking, which can well meet the production and processing of titanium and titanium alloy tube supporting associations in the cluster.

Titanium sheet rolling: The production and operation of titanium sheet is the most active variety in the industrial chain. Each year, Baoji provides various types and specifications of titanium and titanium alloy plates to the market from 20,000 to 30,000 tons. The large-scale hot and cold rolling mills with relatively mature production equipment and production processes in the cluster are only the 1.2-meter rolling mill of Baotai Group. It has a production capacity of about 10,000 tons, and Baotai's 3.3-meter wide and thick plate rolling mill can complete some special requirements for thick and large plate rolling. In recent years, several private enterprises have purchased several rolling mills with a width of 1.2 to 1.5 meters. By installing and putting into operation, the rolling capacity of titanium standard plates has been further improved. In the cooperation of plate rolling, there are cooperation with large-scale iron and steel enterprises in the field to produce and process titanium plates using rolling mills in steel mills. The slab raw materials forged in the cluster are transported to the steel mill for rolling, and then transported back to Baoji for spot supply of titanium plates to market users. In recent years, Baotai and Taigang Stainless Steel have been able to produce and process large circle titanium belts. Some private companies have purchased large circle titanium belts from domestic steel mills and shipped them back to Baoji for equal processing and processing in open circles to meet the market's requirements for various titanium plates. With demand.

Titanium Pipe Production Association: There are more than 10 titanium pipe production and processing enterprises in the cluster. Except Baotai Group's annual production capacity is about 2,000 tons, the remaining few are within 100 ~ 500 tons. In recent years, the titanium tube production in the cluster has been 4,000 Tons or so. Most of the tube billet production and preparation can be completed in the cluster, and there are some special requirements for tube billet production. Some companies bring materials to other provinces for processing or outsourcing. At present, only Baotai and Northwest Academy have the ability to produce welded pipes in the region. Other enterprises do not have large-scale welding production equipment.

Titanium rod wire production collaboration: There are several titanium rod wire production and processing enterprises in the cluster. The billets for titanium rod wire production are all completed in the cluster through forging and wire rolling. The production capacity of bar and wire is about 3,000 tons, which can produce titanium and titanium alloy bar and wire for medical, aerospace, electronics, and general industrial use. Intensive and large-scale production of bar and wire manufacturers may be the future development direction.

Titanium standard, pipe fittings and deep-processed parts: This product has a certain production volume in the cluster, and provides a good service for titanium parts manufacturers of various types of titanium materials. This is also an aspect of the application of titanium materials in the cluster. The supporting cooperation is relatively successful. The production materials of titanium standard parts, pipe fittings and titanium technology products are all solved in the cluster. Enterprises can give full play to the advantages of their products and processing equipment, and cooperate with each other to produce and process various high-quality titanium products. To meet the needs of the market to the greatest extent.

Titanium equipment manufacturing: There are more than ten titanium equipment manufacturing enterprises in the cluster. Baotai has annual sales income of nearly 1 billion yuan in titanium equipment manufacturing. Several companies in the region have annual sales of titanium equipment manufacturing of about 100 million yuan. They make full use of the convenience of local materials. Enterprises need to design various types of non-standard equipment according to the market's needs for titanium equipment, and then complete mechanical processing to provide the market with complete sets of equipment, which are widely used in many fields. The manufacture of titanium equipment uses a large amount of materials such as titanium plates, titanium tubes, and rod wires, which is a good development direction for the deep processing of titanium and titanium alloy materials, increasing the scale of industrial marketing and product added value. The titanium equipment in the cluster has strong processing and manufacturing capabilities. It has superb skills and tooling equipment in the forming, welding, and machining of titanium and titanium alloy materials, providing a large number of products for national aerospace and marine engineering. For example, the 4,500-meter deep submersible titanium alloy spherical shell completed by Baotai Group in recent years has provided many critical products for large-scale aircraft, spacecraft and other engineering projects.

Titanium civilian products: In recent years, the development of titanium civilian products has also made great progress. In the future, the large-scale development, promotion and application of titanium and titanium alloys in the field of people's livelihood are a good development direction.