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Aluminum Parts Machining Differs from Steel Parts Machining. Aluminum can be used in many ways. However there are different ways on how you can work with it. Aluminum parts machining requires less power compared to steel parts or cast iron parts because they are light weight.

Aluminum parts machining can be different in cast iron machining. It’s the type of tools and tooling technologies that you will use will make a difference.

Kinetic Die Casting Company makes aluminum die cast parts. If you are working with aluminum parts, the spindle of the machine should be strong and forceful. Spindles require higher speeds along with a lesser low-end torque compared to machining other metals like steel. Also, the spindle should be stiff because it will work in very fast conditions. Other experts on this field recommend the use of HSK tapers to ensure accuracy and rigidity. Moreover, if you are using very fast tools, rotating inertia can be reduced with the use of closed-loop spindles powered by a motor.

Furthermore, it requires little cutting forces if you are working out with aluminum parts. The machine has to be well-damped and stiff.

Since you are working with high speeds, there’s a chance of thermal growth. It can create a major problem if you are working out with light metals. It can lead to a major problem if you are working with light metal parts like aluminum.

Find yourself a machine with thermal control system. A cooling system is recommended in order to reduce the frictional heat in the bearings when the higher spindle speeds up. Also, you must protect the spindle against coolant penetration by sealing it because the entire machining operation of a light metal is not dry.

Aluminum die casting alloy is lightweight and possesses the stability to come up with thin walls and different shapes. This metal can resist corrosion and other mechanical properties. Moreover, it has excellent electrical and high thermal conductivity. Above all, aluminum die castings can withstand high pressure and temperature. That’s why aluminum is the most common metal used in die casting.

Die casting started in 1800. A patent was granted for the first machine for die casting printing in the year 1849. The die casting process was only limited to printer’s type but development of other shapes have been developed many years after. Aluminum die casting was introduced in 1914 and it gained popularity. Furthermore, die casting this kind of metal is still used today.

The Aluminum Die Casting Process of exerting high pressure to molten aluminum into molten cavities. These molds are called dies. They can be designed to come up with accurate and complex shapes. Parts can be defined to produce textured or smooth surfaces. Die cast products range from aircraft and automobile parts, toys, and even household utensils.

Die casting is an economical and efficient process that offers a wide range of components and shapes. Parts that have been made through die casting have long service life. Moreover, it provides high-speed production and requires less or no machining at all. Furthermore, you can make thousands of similar castings before you use additional tools.

Aluminum die casting company generates parts that are dimensionally stable and strong, while maintaining close tolerances. Also, parts that have been die casted are stronger compared to plastic injection moldings.

AIRCRAFT PARTS ALUMINUM DIE CASTING

If you happen to look above and you see a fast fighter plane equipped with modern design and armed with missiles, you’ll surely say that it’s from the United States. The United States is the leader in aircraft manufacturing. The country is supported by an array of fighter planes for national security and defense. But how did they build aircrafts? Well, those aluminum airplane parts are made because of die casting.

What is a die casting company anyway? Die casting is the process of forcing molten metal under high pressure into mold cavities. Most are made from copper, zinc, aluminum, lead, magnesium, tin and lead based alloys it is used for applications where small parts need to be given a good detail or a perfect surface quality. Furthermore, in aircraft die casting magnesium and aluminum are the commonly used metals because they are lightweight and can operate in different conditions.

Magnesium alloy castings showed corrosion resistant performance. Other than that, magnesium alloys are light weight, low density and it can operate at high temperature. There are several magnesium alloys that can be found in an aircraft such as the RZ5 alloy in helicopter transmission casings and WE43 alloy for the castings of the main rotor gearbox.

Aluminum on the other hand remained to be the most popular alloy used on aircrafts. The parts of aircraft that uses aluminum alloy are door handle ducts, boxes, brackets, quadrants, clips, doublers, wave guides, wing and the body.

Aircraft parts die casting have gone along way. Although aluminum and magnesium are the popular metals used in aircrafts, others are still looking for other options like titanium.

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.