by xotmetals | May 7, 2022 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
(1) Shape memory coil spring A typical application of the shape memory effect is a coil spring as a temperature sensor and actuator. The spring made of Ni-Ti has a sensor function when it reaches or exceeds the shape recovery temperature, or transformation...
by xotmetals | Feb 18, 2022 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
What is nitinol wire and where is it used? Nitinol is a metal alloy of nickel and titanium with unique properties, including superelasticity or pseudoelasticity and “shape memory” properties. That means nitinol can remember its original shape and return to it when...
by xotmetals | Jan 20, 2022 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Introduction Since the late 1980’s, the superelastic behavior of shape memory material and in particular, Ni-Ti alloys has been extensively exploited by the medical device industry. Superelastic NiTi has become a material of strategic importance as it allows to...
by xotmetals | Jan 2, 2022 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Description Among the commercially available Shape Memory Alloys, nitinol (nickel-titanium, Ni-Ti, and Ni-Ti based) is outstanding due to its excellent performance and reliability, in addition to strain recovery, Ni-Ti is attractive for several medical applications...
by xotmetals | Nov 22, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol Sheet Description Nitinol, well known as shape memory alloy, demonstrates a unique ability to recover its initial shape after deformation through a reversible thermo-elastic phase transformation, it allows Shape Memory Alloys to recover large strains, either...
by xotmetals | Oct 13, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol alloys (nickel~titanium alloys) exhibit a combination of properties which make them particularly suitable for the manufacture of self-expanding stents. Nitinol alloys are rapidly becoming the materials of choice for use in self-expanding stents, graft support...
