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.

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.

Our customer recently sent us a die casting tool to produce die casting parts. He recently experienced a reject from his customer and he needed our help.

Honeywell Aerospace (aerospace company) uses a quality inspection document, EMS 230, to accept or reject high pressure die casting parts. Our customer supplied die casting parts to Honeywell and these castings were rejected for “Cold Shots”.

Cold Shots are imperfections in the metal flow into die casting parts due to the metal freezing or solidifying prior to the metal filling the die casting cavity. It usually happens when the metal flow is limited or the metal is not the proper temperature or the die casting mold is not the proper temperature. As a great quality die casting company, we solve these issues every week. We control the metal temperature with thermocouples and we control the die temperature in our die casting process.

It can also happen if the die casting tooling or the die casting part is poorly designed. The die casting process needs metal to flow rapidly into the die casting tool to make solid die casting parts. Design of the tool or part can limit that fluid process.

This is what happened in this case:

* The die casting tooling gates into a section of the die casting part of about 0.030″ thick wall thickness. This is thinner than recommended for the metal to flow into the die casting. This restricts the metal flow.
* There are sections of the die casting that are over .200″ thick. Consistent wall thicknesses are critical for sound die castings.
* The prior die casting company added overflows and vents that worked against each other by filling the tool from two or three directions. These gates, vents and overflows created turbulence in the shot process which cause the metal to cool prematurely.

What did Kinetic Die Casting Company do for our new customer?
* We made some fast tooling changes to improve the metal flow in the die casting tool.
* We made great quality die casting parts for our new customer.
* We did this in less than three weeks for our happy customer.

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Tony Capaccio of Bloomberg Business News reported last week that Boeing may end up spending $300 million more than is budgeted under its contract to develop a new Air Force aerial-refueling tanker.

Bad news for taxpayers, right?

Wrong — because the company will have to eat every cent of expenses above the ceiling on the development contract, which means if there actually is an “overrun,” taxpayers will be getting extra value at Boeing’s expense.

The story could be bad news for Boeing shareholders, but something tells me when the contract is completed Boeing will come in right at the ceiling.

Of course, that still could mean a zero rate of return, but the development contract leads to production of 179 planes, where the big aerospace company is likely to do just fine.

Thompson: Obama’s new acquisition practices “reward honesty and realism.”
What some observers don’t seem to get about the Bloomberg story is that the Obama administration really has tightened up on contracting practices, so if companies don’t stay within budgets, they lose money.

That’s a powerful incentive not to run up costs, and helps explain why the administration pushed for an early transition from cost-plus contracts to fixed-price arrangements on the F-35 fighter too.

In both cases, contractors will get the best results if they stay within budgets, which is exactly what policymakers were aiming to achieve.

There’s no advantage in bidding low to win and then trying to raise prices, because contract terms are too tight to allow recovery. So the new acquisition practices reward honesty and realism.

Government Got the Best Deal Possible

If you’re still stuck in the old way of thinking, then the fact that Boeing might have to eat some extra expenses suggests the company didn’t have a good handle on costs when it wrote its proposal.

Not so: It bid the price it needed to bid to beat rival Airbus. Both companies knew they would have to price their proposals aggressively to have any chance of winning, and as one senior Boeing executive put it to me, “We left a lot of shekels on the table.”

In other words, Boeing was willing to break even or maybe even lose money in the development phase in order to preserve its 50-year tanker franchise and keep Airbus out of its home market.

Thus, Tony Capaccio’s story doesn’t signal that anything has gone wrong with the tanker program. Quite the opposite — it shows government negotiators got the best deal possible from the winner.

Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D., is chief operating officer of the Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit Lexington Institute and chief executive officer of Source Associates, a for-profit consultancy. Prior to holding his present positions, he was deputy director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and taught graduate-level courses in strategy, technology and media affairs at Georgetown. He also has taught at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

-Industryweek

Metal Working for Aircrafts: Die Castings Used for Airplane Parts. When it comes to aircraft assembly parts, the most important considerations are safety, strength and reliability. The metal parts will sustain turbulence in the upper atmosphere, and they will experience inertial forces and several stresses. This is why die castings used for airplane parts are in-demand nowadays. Metal parts produced by die casting are characterized by high tensile strength, and resistance to torsional, flexural and tensional stresses.

In die casting, a pre-determined amount of molten metal is injected into a mold cavity. That cavity is formed by the cover die and the ejector die, which contain the shape of the target product. While the metal is cooling and solidifying, intense pressure is applied to compress the dies. Other than just shaping, this is a strength enhancing process. Yield can be expected to reach 69%.

Aluminum and magnesium are popular metals for die castings used for airplane parts. They are very durable, stable and with high melting points. Aluminum in particular is very light, comparable with treated plastics. These metals are used for frames and fixtures for the plane, and for fittings that connect bars and handles. Die casted Mg and Al is also present in the engine and mechanical rods.

Die casting is versatile because it can produce simple and complicated designs alike. Parts-supplying companies can finish hundreds of parts within minutes because the process is efficient for large-scale productions. Die castings used for airplane parts include plain sheets, billets and rods. More detailed castings include engine blocks, turbines and mechanical fixtures.

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.

New Die Casting Military Parts. New Die Casting Military Parts is important as it produces strong and lighter results. Producing high quality military parts using die cast is vital, because ensuring the safety of the military is essential for the safety of the individual as well. You want to make sure that the group of people who keeps you safe is in good hands with right tools and strong equipment.

For the reason that new die casting military parts are produced as a whole and not assembled consisting of detached separated parts, the result is therefore stronger alloy for the equipment.

Right as this moment, New Die Casting Military Parts are produced for the United States Government respectively for the army, navy, air force, missile defense agency, and many others. Examples of these parts are the Fire suppression system housing for armored vehicles. It is important to make its composition well-built as it allows the military tank passengers and drivers to survive in case the fuel tank is hit. Another example is the missile nose piece. It is important to have this die casted because it needs to withstand a lot of pressure and force. Other examples are the Military Fire sensor housing and Military Pump parts.

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.