Provided is a titanium cast product for hot rolling made of commercial pure titanium or a titanium alloy, the titanium cast product including, in a surface serving as a rolling surface, a fine structure layer that is formed of an acicular structure formed in the outermost surface by melting and re-solidification treatment and that has a thickness of more than or equal to 5 mm and less than 9 mm in depth. In the titanium cast product for hot rolling according to the present invention, the surface is flat, the number of minute voids in the interior immediately below the surface is small, and the outermost surface has a significantly fine structure. When the titanium cast product is subjected to hot rolling, the occurrence of concavities on the surface in the early stage of hot rolling and the occurrence of surface defects on the hot rolled sheet can be stably prevented at a practical level.

Provided is a titanium cast product for hot rolling made of commercial pure titanium or a titanium alloy, the titanium cast product including, in a surface serving as a rolling surface, a fine structure layer that is formed of an acicular structure formed in the outermost surface by melting and re-solidification treatment and that has a thickness of more than or equal to 5 mm and less than 9 mm in depth. In the titanium cast product for hot rolling according to the present invention, the surface is flat, the number of minute voids in the interior immediately below the surface is small, and the outermost surface has a significantly fine structure. When the titanium cast product is subjected to hot rolling, the occurrence of concavities on the surface in the early stage of hot rolling and the occurrence of surface defects on the hot rolled sheet can be stably prevented at a practical level.

Provided is a titanium cast product made of commercially pure titanium, the titanium cast product being produced by electron-beam remelting or plasma arc melting, comprising: a melted and resolidified layer in a range of 1 mm or more in depth at a surface serving as a surface to be rolled, the melted and resolidified layer being obtained by adding one or more kinds of β stabilizer elements to the surface and melting and resolidifying the surface. An average value of β stabilizer element(s) concentration in a range of within 1 mm in depth is higher than β stabilizer element(s) concentration in a base material by, in mass %, equal to or more than 0.08 mass % and equal to or less than 1.50 mass %. As the material containing the β stabilizer element, powder, a chip, wire, or foil is used. As means for melting a surface layer, electron-beam heating and plasma arc heating are used.

A die casting system includes a die having a plurality of die elements that define a die cavity. A charge of material is received in the die cavity. The charge of material comprises a refractory metal intermetallic composite based material system. A die casting method includes casting a component from the refractory metal intermetallic composite based material system.

A die casting system includes a die having a plurality of die elements that define a die cavity. A charge of material is received in the die cavity. The charge of material comprises a refractory metal intermetallic composite based material system. A die casting method includes casting a component from the refractory metal intermetallic composite based material system.

A method of making a combined sinter-ready silver film and carrier (1) comprises the steps of: a) creating a carrier (2) comprising designed openings (5); b) casting a silver film layer (7) into the designed openings (5), for example casting a silver paste; and c) drying the carrier (2) and silver film layer (7) to form the combined sinter-ready silver film and carrier (1). The carrier (2) may comprise a plastic carrier, which may be created by permanently bonding two plastic films, using a plasma bonding process or using a temperature stable glue. The carrier (2) may comprise a stencil layer (3) and a backing layer (4). The stencil layer (3) may define the designed openings (5). The backing layer (4) may be configured for sealing a bottom of the designed openings (5), wherein at the start of step b), a top of the designed openings (5) may be open for receiving the cast silver film layer (7).

A method of making a combined sinter-ready silver film and carrier (1) comprises the steps of: a) creating a carrier (2) comprising designed openings (5); b) casting a silver film layer (7) into the designed openings (5), for example casting a silver paste; and c) drying the carrier (2) and silver film layer (7) to form the combined sinter-ready silver film and carrier (1). The carrier (2) may comprise a plastic carrier, which may be created by permanently bonding two plastic films, using a plasma bonding process or using a temperature stable glue. The carrier (2) may comprise a stencil layer (3) and a backing layer (4). The stencil layer (3) may define the designed openings (5). The backing layer (4) may be configured for sealing a bottom of the designed openings (5), wherein at the start of step b), a top of the designed openings (5) may be open for receiving the cast silver film layer (7).

A Ni—Ti-based alloy material includes a matrix phase consisting essentially of a Ni—Ti-based alloy and having a B2 type crystal structure. A nonmetallic inclusion is present in the matrix phase, in which 99% by mass or more of the nonmetallic inclusion is a TiC-based inclusion having a NaCl type crystal structure, the TiC-based inclusion has a lattice misfit (δ) in a range of 0.4238 or more and 0.4259 or less. The lattice misfit (δ) is represented by Expression δ=(a1−a2)/a2, where a1 is a lattice constant (Å) of the TiC-based inclusion and a2 is a lattice constant (Å) of the matrix phase.

The objective of the present invention is to improve non-defective product yield by reducing shrinkage cavities inside small-diameter ingots, in a method for casting active metals. In this Ti—Al based alloy casting method for casting an ingot of Ti—Al based alloy by tapping molten metal from a tapping hole (5) provided in a bottom portion of a water-cooled copper crucible (2), in an induction melting furnace (3) employing said crucible (2), into a casting mold (4), the degree of vacuum inside the induction melting furnace (3) when the Ti—Al based alloy is being melted or cast is in a range of 80 to 700 Torr, and the Al concentration in the cast ingot is within ±1.0 mass % of a target value.

The objective of the present invention is to improve non-defective product yield by reducing shrinkage cavities inside small-diameter ingots, in a method for casting active metals. In this Ti—Al based alloy casting method for casting an ingot of Ti—Al based alloy by tapping molten metal from a tapping hole (5) provided in a bottom portion of a water-cooled copper crucible (2), in an induction melting furnace (3) employing said crucible (2), into a casting mold (4), the degree of vacuum inside the induction melting furnace (3) when the Ti—Al based alloy is being melted or cast is in a range of 80 to 700 Torr, and the Al concentration in the cast ingot is within ±1.0 mass % of a target value.