Titanium and Titanium Alloys Cutting Grinding and 08/07/2004· Cutting of Titanium Alloys Titanium alloys can be cut cold by conventional power hacksaws circular saws band saws shears nibblers or water jet Hot cutting using oxy acetylene torch plasma or laser will result in oxidation of the adjacent metal and for many applications this will require to be removed by grinding or machining before further processing is undertaken