Jiangsu Woti has obtained a patent for an environmentally friendly grinding device for titanium alloy pipes. Jiangsu Woti has obtained a patent for an environmentally friendly grinding device for titanium alloy pipes, which effectively blocks the splash of debris and dust. Effectively blocks the splash of debris and dust.
In Huai'an, there is such a company engaged in the non-ferrous metal business. They spent more than a year developing a device specifically for titanium alloy grinding. This device can effectively solve the very difficult problem of dust and debris splashing.
The pain points behind patents
In the entire industry of titanium alloy pipe processing, polishing has always been the hardest hit area with both environmental issues and safety production issues. Those debris and dust are flying everywhere. If workers inhale them into their bodies, it is more likely to cause various respiratory problems. At the same time, the cost of cleaning the workshop floor is still very high.
This company located in Huai'an was established in 2011 with a registered capital of 60 million. What this company mainly does is the smelting and processing of non-ferrous metals, as well as rolling processing. By July 2024, it officially submitted this environmentally friendly polishing patent application. Finally, on August 1, 2025, the company received an authorization announcement from the State Intellectual Property Office.
How is the structure of the device built?
The entire device consists of five parts, including the base frame, grinding assembly, power assembly, traction assembly and cleaning assembly. The grinding assembly is fixedly installed on the side of the base frame, and the power assembly is connected next to the grinding assembly. In addition, the traction assembly is installed on the other side of the base frame, and a cleaning assembly is installed on the side of the power assembly.
This layout puts traction, grinding, power, and cleaning into one line. The pipes are fed in from the traction end, and are directly cleaned after grinding. The process is compact and does not require workers to move back and forth between multiple workstations.
How to lock debris and dust
The core idea of the device is to design the polishing area into a semi-enclosed structure. After the debris and dust are generated, they will gather inside this area, and then use a waterproof baffle to block them from floating outside. Workers standing outside to perform operations will almost not be directly affected by the dust.
Drainage troughs are used in conjunction with waterproof baffles. They divert the wastewater and debris generated during the cleaning process to a unified discharge outlet for centralized treatment. In this way, workers no longer have to clean the floor with brooms over and over again, nor do they need to repeatedly clean equipment, so the time and cost of cleaning are clearly reduced.
Additional effects of cleaning components
After the grinding work is completed, the cleaning component will start to clean the inside of the grinding component and the newly ground area of the pipe. The purpose is to wash away the titanium alloy powder that is stuck there and has not escaped. This will prevent those tiny powder lumps from piling up and ultimately destroying the precision used in other subsequent steps.
Wastewater and debris dust go through the same discharge channel and are treated uniformly. This reduces the frequency of cleaning. This company has participated in a total of 99 bidding projects. This solution can directly reduce the manpower investment in daily maintenance of the workshop.
The significance to the actual production of enterprises
This company in Huai'an has 70 patent information, 2 trademarks, and 14 administrative licenses. The pace of research and development has always been very fast. This patent changes environmentally friendly polishing from experience to equipment, and the degree of standardization is significantly improved.
For downstream customers, the polishing quality of the pipe surface will be more stable, and the residual amount of debris will be less. Therefore, during subsequent welding and assembly, the rate of rework will be reduced. This can also become a technical plus point during the bidding process.
How will the industry change next?
The usage of titanium alloy is increasing year by year in the fields of aerospace, medical and health care, and automobile manufacturing. However, the environmental protection issues in the polishing process have not been fundamentally solved so far. Therefore, inspections by the production safety supervision departments and environmental protection departments in various places have become more and more stringent. Therefore, integrated devices like this will most likely naturally become a standard configuration in the entire industry in the future.
If this device can achieve a modular design and have the function of adjusting the pipe diameter to adapt to titanium alloy pipes of different specifications, its promotion speed will be much faster, and the cost of worker safety training will also be further reduced.
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