Know about the Benefits of Magnesium Casting

Magnesium Die Castings Advantages

To casting with magnesium, there are many benefits. Not only is magnesium has excellent strength-to-weight ratios and stiffness but they are the lightest of all the structured materials. Additionally, perfect for electrical housings and connectors, it has outstanding RFI and EMI shielding properties. To protect other interfering signals in a hospital room, it is also utilized for laboratory and medical equipment.

Other magnesium die casting benefits include:

• Withstands high temperatures of operating
• High thermal and electrical conductivity
• Complete recyclability
• Exceptional capability of thin wall
• High dimensional stability and accuracy
• Good characteristics of finishing
• Good resistance to environmental corrosion

By a range of casting processes for many years, Magnesium castings have been produced in several foundries around the world. Processes used have included high pressure die casting, low sand casting, of recent times using thixocasting. A large range of consumer and automotive goods including general castings and computer frames, sporting goods and video camera housings have been made with a magnesium die casting process. Major transport, aeronautical and automotive industry castings are a future growth area for magnesium alloy castings and an important current.

Applications of Structural Casting 

At an increasing rate for structural applications, Cast magnesium alloys are being specified particularly in the area of automotive engineering. To minimize component mass and to take the benefit of specific physical or inherent mechanical properties of magnesium alloys, the cause of this dramatic growth is drive-by automotive companies.

Superior product performance can be obtained by the use of cast magnesium alloy has been realized by several original equipment suppliers and manufacturers in this industry. By this group, a total engineering approach including appropriate material grade selection, assembly, casting manufacture, component design, and machining has been adopted by magnesium die casting manufacturers.

A magnesium strategy has been adopted by some first-tier suppliers and manufacturers have adopted as part of their business operations, where substitution of metal components with magnesium casting is a key part of their future platform planning, involving advanced engineering groups and purchasing. In the replacement of multicomponent fabricated assemblies, Magnesium casting substitution offers the maximum benefit by a fully integrated die casting. For several magnesium seats designs, this has been achieved around the world.