Apple's titanium alloy txheej txheem breakthrough

Pib xyoo 2025, Apple tshaj tawm tias tag nrho Apple Watch Ultra 3 thiab titanium Apple Watch Series 11 yuav raug tsim los siv cov txheej txheem luam ntawv 3D thiab siv 100% aerospace- qib siv titanium hmoov. Qhov no txhais tau hais tias 3D luam ntawv thev naus laus zis tau nkag mus rau hauv cov khoom lag luam loj ntawm Apple cov khoom tseem ceeb los ntawm cov qauv pov thawj theem.

Tib lub sijhawm, raws li cov ntaub ntawv pej xeem, USB -C interface qhov chaw ntawm iPhone Cua kuj siv 3D luam ntawv titanium alloy technology. Piv nrog rau cov txheej txheem forging ib txwm, cov khoom siv ntawm qhov no yog txo los ntawm 33%, muab cov txheej txheem kev txhawb nqa rau kev ua tiav ntawm cov qauv sib txawv.

Apple cov ntaub ntawv titanium siv cov txheej txheem laser hmoov txaj melting (LPBF). Hauv cov txheej txheem kev npaj cov khoom, qib 5 titanium pov tseg tau hloov mus rau qib 23 titanium nrog cov ntsiab lus qis dua oxygen, thiab cov khoom tiav thaum kawg nthuav tawm cov yam ntxwv ntawm qib 5 titanium los ntawm kev maj mam nce cov ntsiab lus oxygen thaum lub sij hawm 3D luam ntawv txheej txheem. Cov txheej txheem no paub txog qhov kaw - kev siv lub voj voog ntawm cov khoom siv titanium siab - kawg.

Hais txog kev luam ntawv tshwj xeeb, lub thickness ntawm titanium hmoov yog tswj ntawm 60 microns, thiab cov hmoov melting yog nqa tawm nrog rau 6 lasers, thiab tus naj npawb ntawm stacked khaubncaws sab nraud povtseg ntawm ib rooj plaub tshaj 900. Cov txheej txheem meej no tswj xyuas kom meej tias cov khoom luam tawm yog nyob rau theem piv rau cov txheej txheem tsim khoom ib txwm muaj nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm cov khoom siv thiab qhov tseeb.

3D luam ntawv ua tau zoo txhim kho kev ncaj ncees ntawm cov khoom, paub txog kev sib koom ua ke ntawm cov kav hlau txais xov qhov rais thiab kev ua kom zoo ntawm cov qauv sealing. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, kev sib txuas sib txuas ntawm cov yas thiab hlau yog txhim kho los ntawm kev luam ntawv tshwj xeeb textures. Cov qauv tsim no, uas tau siv los tso siab rau kev tsim cov khoom lag luam ib txwm muaj, feem ntau xav tau cov kauj ruam sib dhos ntxiv lossis kev txi qee qhov kev ncaj ncees, tam sim no tau muab coj los siv rau hauv ib pawg.

Kev siv cov khoom siv tau zoo dua yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm 3D luam ntawv piv rau cov khoom siv hluav taws xob. Raws li Sarah Chandler, Apple tus lwm thawj tswj hwm ntawm ib puag ncig thiab muab cov saw tshiab tshiab, tsuas yog ib nrab ntawm cov khoom siv raw xav tau rau titanium 3D luam ntawv yog thawj. "Txo nws los ntawm 50% yog qhov ua tiav loj, uas txhais tau hais tias tam sim no koj tuaj yeem ua ob lub moos los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv uas yav tas los xav tau rau ib lub moos."

Raws li qhov kev kwv yees no, titanium ib leeg txo qis Apple cov khoom siv txhua xyoo ntau dua 400 tons. Tom qab cov ntaub ntawv no yog kev txuag nyiaj ntawm tag nrho cov saw ntawm raw khoom mining, hmoov npaj, ua thiab molding, uas ncaj qha ua hauj lwm rau Apple lub hom phiaj ntawm cov pa roj carbon tsis zoo ntawm tag nrho cov kev lag luam saw los ntawm 2030.

Thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2026, Bloomberg tus neeg sau xov xwm Mark Gurman tau tshaj tawm tias Apple tab tom tsim aluminium alloy 3D tshuab luam ntawv rau yav tom ntej MacBooks, iPhones thiab lwm yam khoom. Los ntawm titanium alloys mus rau aluminium alloys, Apple's additive manufacturing toj roob hauv pes tseem nthuav.

Rau cov neeg siv khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv kev lag luam, qhov loj - daim ntawv thov ntawm titanium alloy 3D luam ntawv tsis yog tsuas yog hloov rau txoj hauv kev, tab sis kuj yog ib qho kev hloov pauv ntawm thaj tsam ntawm siab - cov ntaub ntawv siv kawg.