Idra Group, which pioneered the Gigacasting machines that Tesla uses for their massive underbody castings, is now working on giga scale machines for chip cast magnesium, which is also known as Thixomolded magnesium. The question is, what is that? Today I'll walk you through exactly what it is and how it compares to other casting technologies.

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Timeline
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Video Context
01:47 Aluminum Gigacasting vs Magnesium Thixomolding // What’s the Difference?
05:18 Rheocasting vs Thixomolding
08:21 Why did Idra Pursue Thixomolding instead of Rheocasting?
09:36 Thixomolded Magnesium vs Gigacast Magnesium
11:22 Thixomolding // Quality
12:51 Thixomolding // Speed
13:31 Thixomolding // Size
15:12 The Limiting Factor for Thixomolded Part Size
16:51 Why Not Thixomolded Aluminum?
19:17 Summary


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