Thixomolding® is a casting method where magnesium is simultaneously sheared and heated until it becomes dough-like in consistency, and then injected into a mold, creating a laminar flow front like that of plastic injection molding. The doughy consistency is created in a magnesium injection molding machine under a protective gas. The magnesium is heated to 560° to 600° C via a feed screw and external heating, and then pressed into the die. The duration of the injection process including dwell-pressure is about 0.03 seconds; the cycle time, depending on component size, is about 70 to 90 seconds.

The laminar flow front created during the Thixomolding® process ensures the production of components with more uniform material structure and lower porosity and/or cavity-free compared to die casting. Or, more simply Injection Molded Magnesium.