Powder metallurgy (PM) Ti6Al4V alloy was prepared from HDH alloy powder by vacuum pressureless sintering. To study its high-temperature deformation behaviour, isothermal compression testing was carried out with temperature range of 900–1050°C, strain rate range of 0.01–10 s−1, and compression ratio of 60%. Based on the hot deformation data, the corresponding constitutive equation and hot processing map were clarified. The deformation activation energy for PM Ti6Al4V alloy was 606.5 kJ mol−1. Its deformation instability zone was very small, locating in the range of 960∼990°C with strain rate >1 s−1. PM Ti6Al4V alloy had large hot working window and good hot workability. The ideal hot processing domain was at 970–990°C and 0.05–0.01 s−1. Besides, the domain at 1000–1040°C and 1–10 s−1 was also suitable for hot processing. This study proposed an effective guidance for the hot deformation (e.g. forging, extrusion, rolling) of PM Ti6Al4V alloy.
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