The United States leads the world in manufacturing aircraft and associated systems. Military aircraft form the backbone for both national defense and projection of power. These air vehicles are essential to air superiority, strike, airlift, early warning, reconnaissance, command and control, ground attack and sea control. Fully one-third of the DOD annual budget($85 billion per year) supports aircraft expenses. Improvements in air vehicle cost and capability therefore offer significant leveraging potential for reducing defense expenditures.
Sweeping global changes in recent years have presented considerable challenges to the US aeronautics industry. Perhaps most significant is the end of the cold war, bringing dramatic cuts in defense spending including development of new aircraft and engines.

Kinetic Die Casting produces Aluminum Aircraft parts for military parts companies.

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Aluminum Lighting Fixtures and Parts have been produced for many years. Aluminum Die Casting Lighting fixtures are less expensive than other manufacturing processes. Aluminum light fixtures have good thermal properties and are used in applications where high temperature power supplies and bulbs are used. In former years, lighting housings were welded together, which was labor intensive, costly, and had limitations on the shapes available. Aluminum Lighting Fixture Parts can be many shapes and sizes, used in many lighting applications, and can be manufactured net shape. Aluminum weighs 1/3 of a comparable steel part. The aluminum part would cost less to ship due to the weight. Aluminum lighting fixtures can be produced in quantities of a few hundred to thousands of aluminum lighting fixtures each day. Aluminum fixtures are electrically conductive and can be grounded.
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Die Castings Used for Buses and Multiple Applications of Die-Casts. Try to look around when you are inside a bus. Examine the door frames, rods, fixtures and fittings between rods. You will notice that they are all products of a metal-working process known as die casting. Die castings used for buses are important because they do not only form the frames of the vehicle; they also form the engine and mechanical parts.

Die casting is advantageous for bus parts because its products are smooth, tough and durable. The process involves shaping with high pressure, while the metal is still in molten form. Dies with mold cavities are used to impose detailed shapes on the molten metal. As the metal quickly solidifies, 10 to 175 mPa is exerted on it. In a way, this is a strength-treatment method, which produces parts with high yield (breaking) points.

Die castings used for buses come in simple forms of billets, circular and rectangular rods or plates. The versatility of casting is seen on intricate parts like 4-way fittings, which are used to connect poles and bars in the bus. Aluminum is commonly used for these parts, because it is more resistant to corrosion than other metals. It is also light and sturdy. The same method is used to manufacture faucets and water pipe fittings.

Die castings used for buses are not limited to non-moving or non-heated parts. Aluminum and magnesium castings are usually shaped into heat engine blocks. Small, non-heavy-duty gears can also be die-casted. The method can also be used on sprockets and elements that get in contact with chains.

To get a price for aluminum die casting parts or die casting tooling, call toll free 800-524-8083 and ask for sales. Or email us at sales@kineticdc.com for a fast response on a price quote.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Monday said it was seeking a $16.38 million fine against Japanese auto manufacturing giant Toyota for its failure to quickly notify authorities about vehicle safety problems.

After poring over 70,000 pages of evidence, the NHTSA said it was seeking “the maximum civil penalty against Toyota” after it failed to report safety defects in a timely manner.

According to the NHTSA, Toyota failed to report “the dangerous ‘sticky pedal’ defect for at least four months, despite knowing of the potential risk to consumers.”

It is the largest civil fine against an automaker ever sought by the NHTSA.

Toyota has recalled around 2.3 million cars in the United States for the pedal defect and more than eight million cars worldwide over several problems, including the sticking accelerator pedal which caused cars to speed out of control.

“Auto manufacturers are legally obligated to notify NHTSA within five business days if they determine that a safety defect exists,” the department said in a statement.

“We now have proof that Toyota failed to live up to its legal obligations,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in the statement. “Worse yet, they knowingly hid a dangerous defect for months from US officials and did not take action to protect millions of drivers and their families. For those reasons, we are seeking the maximum penalty possible under current laws.”

The recalls have caused an outcry in the United States, with Toyota executives hauled over the coals by Congress and the company’s previously stellar reputation for safety left in tatters.

Toyota insists the problems were caused by mechanical defects including a sticking accelerator pedal, but is facing allegations it is due to an electronic failure.

The NHTSA said Monday’s announcement related only to the sticky-pedal issue and said it “is still investigating Toyota to determine if there are additional violations that warrant further penalties.”

Toyota has two weeks to agree to pay the fine, or contest it. If the two parties cannot agree to a settlement they could go to court.

In a statement Toyota said it had not yet received a letter from the NHTSA, and said it was taking steps to rectify the manufacturing company failings.

“We have already taken a number of important steps to improve our communications with regulators and customers on safety-related matters as part of our strengthened overall commitment to quality assurance.

“These include the appointment of a new chief quality officer for North America and a greater role for the region in making safety-related decisions,” the automaker said.