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Application areas of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy plates

Application areas of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy plates

2026-01-31 10:54:06

Nickel-titanium shape memory alloy has important applications in multiple fields due to its unique shape memory effect and superelasticity. The following are the main application areas of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy sheets summarized by Wuge Nickel-Titanium Alloy:


1. Aerospace

• Structural components and connectors: Used in deformable wings, satellite antenna deployment structures, etc., to achieve automatic deployment or deformation of the structure through shape memory effect.

• Seals: Self-adaptive sealing in high-temperature environments, enhancing the reliability of spacecraft.


2. Medical devices

• Orthopedics and Dentistry:

    • Spinal orthoses and orthodontic wires utilize superelasticity to provide continuous and gentle corrective forces.

    • The bone fixation plate can trigger shape recovery through body temperature, fitting snugly to the bone.

• Cardiovascular stent: The stent is implanted after being compressed, and it recovers its shape to support the blood vessel at body temperature.

• Minimally invasive surgical tools: flexible catheters, biopsy forceps, etc., enhancing surgical flexibility.


3. Machinery and Automation

• Driving components: temperature control switches, robotic arm joints, which achieve automatic driving through temperature changes.

• Connection and fasteners: Pipe fittings, fastening rings, which expand and recover their shape after heating to achieve a tight connection.


Nickel-titanium alloy plate

Nickel-titanium alloy plate



4. Automotive industry

• Temperature control system: engine radiator switch, air conditioning direction controller.

• Safety device: Collision energy-absorbing component, utilizing super-elasticity to absorb impact energy.


5. Energy and Industry

• Oil pipeline connection: deep-sea pipeline joints, underwater automatic expansion sealing.

• Solar tracking system: Drives the photovoltaic panel to adjust according to the angle of sunlight.


6. Consumer electronics and daily life

• Glasses frame: Super elasticity and resistance to deformation, enhancing durability.

• Smartphone hinge: Folding screen phone hinge, with fatigue resistance to support multiple bends.


7. Architecture and Civil Engineering

• Earthquake-resistant structure: Building connectors that absorb seismic energy through super-elasticity during earthquakes.

• Bridge expansion joints: expansion adjustment to accommodate temperature changes.


Advantages and challenges

• Advantages: Biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, high fatigue life, high energy density.

• Challenges: The processing is difficult, the cost is high, and precise control of the phase transition temperature requires strict craftsmanship.


The application of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy plates continues to expand, especially in high-end manufacturing and biomedical fields, where its unique properties provide crucial material support for technological innovation.


Huizhou Pengchengrui Technology Co., Ltd., with its factory located in Liandong U Valley, Huiyang Ecological Technology Innovation Park, Huizhou, is a modern high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development, smelting, rolling, drawing, sales, and service of nickel-titanium memory alloy materials. The company primarily focuses on nickel-titanium high-temperature alloys (such as nickel-titanium copper high-temperature alloys) and nickel-titanium room-temperature alloys, serving as a supplier of nickel-titanium alloy materials, wires, and tubes.