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Specific Weight of Materials Reference

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Josh2013

Mechanical
Mar 24, 2013
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Anyone know a good reference for this info?

Using NX (CAD program) I can get the volume of my tooling but I need the specific weight of the material to calculate the weight.
I haven't found a good site to get this info. I'm using English units also.
Materials such as Alum. 7075, 8620 steel, 4140, Magnesium, etc.

Thanks
 
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Its easy enough to google info like that.

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
 
MMPDS-01 is the best source for this data. This data is widely accepted in industry.

However, I would ask if each of your CAD part models has the correct material density applied? Just knowing the total volume of your tool assembly times a single density will not give a correct weight if there are different materials used.
 
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