Due to their good mechanical properties combined with low density, magnesium alloys are attractive to designers: as result, they are widely used in automotive, aerospace and defense, as well as in other engineering applications, where the weight constitutes an essential factor.

The excellent vibrational absorption capacity and its low inertia represent a good choice for those mechanical parts subject to frequent and sudden changes in direction of motion at high speed. For this reason, magnesium alloys are widely used for example for the construction of automatic systems for packaging, for printing and for the automation in general.

When it comes to dynamics the weight reduction, especially of unsprung mass, is an important factor to increase performances. Particularly, the use of wheels in magnesium alloys grants the reduction of the gyroscopic effect and of the moment of inertia that carries with it enormous benefits in terms of reactivity and handling.