Ultra-light housings and transportation structures
Ultra-light wrought and cast magnesium families for transportation, housings, aerospace components and weight-critical structures where corrosion and flammability controls are explicit.
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Magnesium Alloys
Ultra-light wrought and cast magnesium families for transportation, housings, aerospace components and weight-critical structures where corrosion and flammability controls are explicit.
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Cast gearboxes, frames and equipment enclosures
Ultra-light wrought and cast magnesium families for transportation, housings, aerospace components and weight-critical structures where corrosion and flammability controls are explicit.
Aerospace and UAV weight-critical components
Ultra-light wrought and cast magnesium families for transportation, housings, aerospace components and weight-critical structures where corrosion and flammability controls are explicit.
Research-stage resorbable biomedical structures
Ultra-light wrought and cast magnesium families for transportation, housings, aerospace components and weight-critical structures where corrosion and flammability controls are explicit.
Alloy / Process / Qualification Control
| Control area | Engineering content |
|---|---|
| Representative alloys / grades | AZ31-class wrought alloys; AZ91-class casting alloys; ZK-series; rare-earth-containing WE-series such as WE43-class systems; specialized heat-resistant and biomedical-research magnesium families. |
| Processing variables | Die/sand/permanent-mold casting, extrusion, rolling, forging, heat treatment, machining, protective conversion/coating and controlled joining. |
| Failure / degradation modes | Galvanic and general corrosion, stress-corrosion cracking in susceptible systems, creep at temperature, oxidation/ignition risk during processing, fatigue and casting porosity. |
| Verification & qualification | Exact alloy/temper, product/casting route, porosity, tensile/yield/elongation, corrosion protection, fatigue, creep where relevant, coating adhesion and process fire-safety controls. |
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