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Article: Magnesium molding gains ground globally; Process admired in Asian electronics; other uses unfolding.(Industry Overview)
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- Plastics News
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- June 24, 2002
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The thixotropic molding of magnesium is a hybrid process that combines lightening-fast shots of die casting with the reciprocating screw of plastic injection molding - but so far, plastic molders have embraced it, while die casters are holding off, industry officials say.
``The majority of our current licensees are injection molding companies,'' said Stephen LeBeau, vice president of sales and marketing at Thixomat Inc.
The company in Ann Arbor, Mich., is the leading proponent of injection molding magnesium alloys - the company's patented technology is called Thixomolding.
Although Dow Chemical Co. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...