Paul Lyon

The Industrial Challenges of Manufacturing Bioabsorbable Magnesium

Research in absorbable magnesium has become hugely popular, with groups around the world looking at bespoke biomedical alloy compositions and processing routes. However designing alloy chemistry and thermomechanical processing is only half the development process to producing a successful commercial alloy. A manufacturing route which answers the demands of the alloy’s chemistry and processing design as well as economic models and importantly risk must be created to ensure commercial viability and patient safety.

An Introduction to the Forging of Elektron®43 – A High Performance Wrought Magnesium Alloy

Elektron®43 is an optimised high performance wrought magnesium alloy for use in aerospace and other high performance applications. This alloy can be processed via a range of processing routes including, but not limited to, rolling, extrusion, and forging in order to obtain optimum properties. Elektron®43material has been forged at a range of temperatures and strain rates. The resultant microstructure and mechanical properties were subsequently investigated, allowing forging conditions and mechanical properties to be correlated.