Magnesium Die Castings

[doug tenney]

Magnesium amazes me... only 68% the weight of aluminum, burns like hell, even under water, corrodes like crazy and so on.  Used for some Go Power wheels, certain Mac engine parts, etc.

Anyhow, this story has been all over the news, especially around Detroit, but just in case anyone missed it:

1. Massive fire at magnesium die casting plant shuts down ALL F-150 production, putting 7600 workers out.
   
2. Can you imagine the all-nighters, mandatory 100 hr weeks, etc. to get that tooling back on line??
   
3. "The teams removed 19 dies from Meridian’s badly damaged facility, and in one case, moved an 87,000-pound die from Eaton Rapids, Mich., to Nottingham, U.K., via an Antonov cargo plane – one of the largest in the world – in just 30 hours door-to-door."
   

I guess they couldn't just use Amazon Prime to get the free shipping?

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/f...616382002/