For many injection molded components the ideal design would minimize wall thickness and maximize part stiffness and strength. Unfortunately, thin wall moldable plastics are not very stiff and “high-strength” plastics are often difficult to mold in thin wall sections.

MAGNESIUM TXM SHIELDING SOLUTIONS PROVIDE:

If you need it to be stiff, consider Magnesium TXM!

Magnesium TXM components demonstrate tight-tolerances and follow “plastic design rules” for features such as ribs, bosses and gussets while requiring less draft and being readily moldable at thicknesses down to 0.020"(0.50 mm).

EQUIVALENT STIFFNESS TABLE

Example using this table:

To get a 30% Glass-Filled PC part with equivalent stiffness to a TXM part, the PC part would have to be :

• 93% THICKER than the AZ91D Magnesium

• 53% HEAVIER than the AZ91D Magnesium

	Elastic Modulus (KSI)	Part Thickness/ Volume	Part Weight
AZ91D Magnesium	6500	1.00	1.00
ABS (FR)	320	2.73	1.79
PC (FR)	325	2.71	1.82
PEI (FR)	415	2.50	1.76
PC + 30%GL	900	1.93	1.53
Nylon 6/6 + 30%GL	1150	1.78	1.34
PEEK + 30%GL	1406	1.67	1.40
PC + 30% C	1950	1.49	1.09

RIGIDITY BALANCE
The Rigidity Balance illustrates the dramatic effect that thin wall, high elastic modulus Magnesium TXM can have on part design.

TYPICAL PROPERTIES OF TXM ALLOY AZ91D