kineticdiecasting.com

Kinetic Die Casting owns several Die Casting Tooling Mold Bases that we use to produce aluminum die casting parts. These die cast mold bases are convenient for use for customers who own die casting tooling inserts but not a die cast mold base to use in a die casting machine. Some of the moldbases we own are as small as 12″ by 12″ and are as large as 36″ by 36″. Kinetic Die Casting also owns DME unit dies and MUD bases. DME unit dies are available in many sizes. Kinetic Die Casting primarily uses two DME Unit Die sizes:

Kinetic Die Casting will mount “customer owned” die cast tooling inserts into our mold bases so we can produce aluminum die casting parts. We can mount inserts ranging in sizes from 3″ to 20″ and all sizes in between. If a customer contacts us and they own die casting tooling inserts only, we can make parts for them. We have also made die cast tooling inserts for customers that will fit our mold bases. The tooling inserts are many types, like:

Die Casting Tooling is the greatest cost barrier to producing aluminum die cast Custom Metal Parts. The die cast die mold base is a very large percentage of the die cast tool cost. Kinetic Die Casting uses our die casting mold bases to save money for our customers, so they can get the die casting parts they need.

Kinetic Die Casting has Die Casting Tooling Mold Bases

Because aluminum is lightweight and strong, aluminum die casting parts are used for automotive, car or automobile applications. Aluminum Auto Parts are necessary to reduce the weight of the automobile so cars can get better fuel economy. The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) or Major auto manufactures love aluminum die casting for their auto parts because several thousand parts can be produced a year at a very low cost. Some OEM auto makers have their own die casting plants to produce their auto parts. Others contract with Jobshop die casters to produce their aluminum auto parts. Aftermarket auto parts manufacturing companies are companies that produce auto parts to be sold in stores. Aftermarket auto parts manufacturers use die cast aluminum auto parts because they are inexpensive to produce and are typically better quality than other aluminum part manufacturing processes. Prototype parts or Custom Parts or OEM parts and Aftermarket Auto parts come in various locations, such as:

Aluminum Die Casting Handles
Car door handles have been die cast as well as the aluminum handle hardware that opens the console and the trunk of the car.

Aluminum Valve Covers
Valve covers are very commonly die cast in aluminum because they hold a chrome look without using chrome plating. Valve covers need to diffuse heat and aluminum is a great conduit for thermal transfer.

Aluminum Wheels
Many wheels are thought to be made from magnesium but are in fact made from aluminum. Aluminum is very strong and can be polished to a high luster.

Aluminum Brackets
Many of the engine components are held into place using die cast aluminum brackets. The brackets hold the alternator and air conditioner into place.

Kinetic Die Casting Company focuses on:

1. low quantity aluminum parts production and
2. fast aluminum parts delivery

Our customers need competitively priced aluminum die cast parts. Our customers expect us to ship those parts on time; free of defects. Most of our customers require die castings that we produce to a “net shape” and shipped. We can in many cases Add value to our customer’s products. Added value would be secondary operations such as machining, powder coating, painting, plating or assembly and packaging.

Our customers, these OEM manufacturers may need over 100,000 of these aluminum parts a year or as few as 100 aluminum parts a year. Kinetic Die Casting focuses on low quantity production, most production runs are quantities of fewer than 5,000 aluminum parts.

Some of our aluminum parts have a production rate of 100 aluminum parts a day and others can be produced at the rate of 1,000’s of aluminum parts a day. Kinetic Die Casting will typically ship orders of 5,000 parts..

Kinetic Die Casting, Inc. (KDC) was established in 1994 at the current location. Kinetic Die Casting is an American Jobshop Aluminum Die Casting Company. A jobshop aluminum die casting company produces aluminum parts for OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for their products. A Die Casting Company uses a process in which molten aluminum is injected with a die casting machine under force using considerable pressure into a steel die cast mold or die cast die to produce aluminum die cast parts.

Kinetic Die Casting, Inc.
6918 Beck Avenue
North Hollywood, California USA 91605
800-524-8083

Another California Die Casting Company closed their doors in 2007, Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific (aka CDC).

This is the information Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific published as their capabilities and mission:

Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific
950 Turnbull Canyon Road
City of Industry, California 91745

Mission for Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific:
We are a leader in the manufacturing of high quality, high value aluminum and zinc cast products and services for our customers. We will accomplish this mission through:
- employee involvement and commitment
- continuous improvement of our people and processes
- ongoing advancement of design and engineering capabilities
- utilization of our national presence

Materials:
Die Cast Aluminum Alloys: A380, A383, zinc and specialty alloys upon request

Capabilities:
Die Casting
High Pressure Die Casting Machines: 400 to 1200 ton
Fully automated die cast cells, shot and process monitoring

Secondary Finishing
Full service finishing including sanding and vibratory deburring
CNC and dedicated machining, testing and sub-assembly

Facilities
Plant 1: 80,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and office space

Customer Service
Production control & material handling JIT/EDI services
Coating processes with certified sub-suppliers
chem-film, anodize, plating and powder paint

Engineering Services
Product, tooling & process engineering, project management
Solid Works, AutoCAD Mechanical Desk Top
Solid Modeling, flow simulation rapid and die cast prototyping capabilities

Major Products:
safety restraint components
seating frames, components
electronic heat sinks, housings
compressor/pump components
power tool tables, brackets, covers
speaker and telephone housings, frames

Key Markets:
Automotive
Telecommunications
Consumer Electronics
Power Tools
Office Furniture
Other

Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific is another example of how difficult it is for a die casting manufacturing company to stay in business in California. Cascade had a long history of being a great supplier here in California and Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific will be missed by their former employees, their suppliers and their customers who need aluminum die casting parts.

Kinetic Die Casting continues to be strong while other die casting companies are closing down or selling out.

Since 1931, Universal Die Casting Company, also known in the die casting industry as “UDC”, specialized in Brass Die Casting and Bronze Die Casting.

Universal Die Casting Company - closed their doors the last time February 21st, 2008.

Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1931, Universal Die Casting Company produced parts in brass and bronze in sizes ranging from 1/2 ounce to 20 pounds. Universal Die Casting Company produced parts for many industries such as: swimming pool brushes, spas, plumbing hardware, aircraft and irrigation equipment.

Universal Die Casting Company moved from the original location of 5001 Santa Fe Avenue in Los Angeles, California to 2052 East Vernon Avenue Los Angeles, California where the doors finally closed. Universal Die Casting Company was another good manufacturing company that closed their doors in California. Universal Die Casting Company had an auction for their equipment on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 10 AM.

Most of the die casting company competitors including Kinetic Die Casting Company, attended the auction but no one is happy to see another small die casting company that struggled everyday to stay in business - Close Down. Good bye Universal Die Casting Company.

Plymouth-based auto supplier Metaldyne Corp. will sell off its plant in Middleville, southeast of Grand Rapids, and another one in Niles, Ill., the company announced Tuesday.

Earlier this year, the company closed its chassis facilities in Farmington Hills and in Greenville, N.C., as well as an administrative office in Plymouth.

The Middleville operation machines front engine covers, oil pumps and other components. Niles is an aluminum die casting facility.

Proceeds from the sales will be used to pay down debt or for general funding purposes.

Metaldyne is an indirectly, wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Tec Corp., a Shizuoka, Japan-based chassis and powertrain component supplier in the passenger car/light truck and medium/heavy truck segments.

Metaldyne has annual revenues of approximately $1.8 billion. The company employs more than 6,300 employees at 33 facilities in 14 countries, according to a company statement.

An aluminum die-casting firm bought by a publicly traded company in 1996 has returned to private hands under its former name, Pace Industries Inc. Leggett & Platt Inc. said today that it had sold its aluminum die-casting unit to its management and Kenner & Company Inc., a New York-based private equity firm that was the former owner of Pace. Pace will maintain its headquarters at Fayetteville. The company has 19 manufacturing sites in 14 cities in the U.S. and Mexico, and is the largest privately owned custom non-automotive die-casting company in North America. Scott Bull, chief executive officer of Pace, said he and other executives would begin a seven-day tour Friday of the company’s sites to meet with plant managers, employees, media and local community leaders.

Leggett & Platt Inc. acquired Pace from Kenner & Co. in 1996. The locations included in the transaction are at Loyalhanna, Pa.; Auburn, Ala.; St. Paul and Maple Lake, Minn.; Harrison and Jonesboro, Ark.; Chelmsford and North Billerica, Mass.; Dover, N.H.; Grafton and Oconto, Wis.; Monroe City, Mo.; and Saltillo and Chihuahua, Mexico.