The MagShapes Casting process uses industrially proven metal casting technology - to date, a limited number of Magnesium casting trials have been successfully conducted.
The MagShapes Extrusion technology also employs commercially proven equipment adapted to the requirements needed to extrude magnesium at high speed. The extrusion technology has been extensively tested on magnesium on both a pilot & on a full scale machine. Testing has successfully demonstrated capability to extrude several different extruded magnesium profiles with high yield, surface finish & internal quality. Magnesium extrusion speeds are at least 4 times faster than with conventional extrusion methods. In a commercial product evaluation, a pallet load of a particularly difficult magnesium extruded part was made with the MagShapes process at a 93% yield. By comparison, conventional magnesium Press extrusion yield for this part is only 70% because of the need to cut out internal extrusion defects associated with the press process. The MagShapes & conventional extruded sections were used in a blind test by the customer without any problems or complaints.
Tech Magnesium is now seeking strategic partner(s) to support the setup & operation of a MagShapes pilot casting & extrusion line for commercial demonstration.