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Project Name
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Method of coating magnesium parts with another metal that completely encapsulates the magnesium thus preventing any galvanic corrosion of the magnesium.
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Project Information
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1.* Technology Field
Major New Materials Engineering
Aviation, Spacecraft and Equipment Manufacturing
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2.* Technology brief
This is a process by which high alkaline 13 pH electroless plating bath is created to plate [copper, nickel, zinc, nickel phosphorus, and other metals] onto and finished magnesium part thereby encapsulating the magnesium and preventing the magnesium from being able to react under Galvanic corrosion.
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3.* Description of the technical advantages
The advantages of this system is that it can be placed at the end of magnesium parts manufacturing process and can be designed to provide the same throughput as the manufacturing process. The process itself very simple and has a very short learning curve thus could be placed into virtually any manufacturing environment.
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4.* The sustainability of the technical advantages
Magnesium is currently a very underutilized metal in the world market due to the issues galvanic corrosion. With this issue resulted the use of magnesium in the market and is sustained growth in replacing other alloys should be sustained for a number of years and will become a major growth sector within the economy.
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5.* Risk of the technology
The greatest risk would be if an alloy of magnesium were developed that was not susceptible to tell galvanic corrosion yet maintain the other properties of magnesium.
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6.* The current development situation and progress of the project
This technology has been proven and prototyped and is now ready for scaling to production levels.
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7.* Prospective market value/business value
Magnesium in the automotive sector is very competitive with steel in production runs of 200,000 or greater parts. At the same time magnesium ways two thirds that of aluminum with nearly the strength of steel. The result would be substantially lighter corrosion resistant parts with little or no compromise in structural strength at very competitive pricing.
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8.* Intellectual Property
Patent
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9. Description of the technical requirements
The process knowledge related to this technology can be acquired in as little as eight hours. As a result there is not a prerequisite for this technology since it is intended to fit into any magnesium parts manufacturing process without disruption or major alterations.
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10. Ideal way of cooperation
Technical Transformation; Technology License; Manufacturing Technology; Equipment Transfer
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11.* Planned Investment Amount
would vary with the size of production line to which the technology would be integrated. For small parts and system can be put in place for as little as ,000 and then price would increase with the size and volume of parts being produced.
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