The InnMag Project – Processing Mg for Civil Aircraft Application
✍ Scribed by M. Kettner; U. Noster; H. Kilian; R. Gradinger; W. Kühlein; A. Drevenstedt; F. Stadler; E. Ladstaetter; A. Lutz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1438-1656
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✦ Synopsis
Over the last ten years applications involving Mg have increased noticeably. This is especially true for cast Mg alloys, which were already well established and face growing demand in the automotive industry. For wrought Mg alloys the market is, for various reasons, more limited. The military branch of the aircraft industry uses cast Mg products, but attempts to deploy Mg in civil aircraft have so far failed.
In the context of the "InnMag" project, partners from industry and science are co-operating to investigate the issues involved in adapting established production processes to the material Mg. The project's aim is to further the deployment of Mg interior parts in civil aircraft.
The project covers every production step, from alloy selection, Mg ingot melting, alloying, direct chill casting, extruding, machining, surface treatment and component assembly. This paper discusses the project's targets and the results arrived at so far, particularly in the areas of direct chill casting and extrusion.