Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company 818-982-9200 if you would like us to die cast your new product.

Cinema Products Corporation
3211 South La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90016

Produced the waist mounted camera harness for the movie industry. We were contacted by Cinema Products to look at a revolutionary new aluminum locking mechanism for their product. There were 10 items that created the locking mechanism consisting of Pivots, Pawls and Locks for the left and right side of the harness. We made aluminum die casting tooling for them the cost was about $50,000.

The weight of the 10 parts was very light because of their material choice, but they ran into some issues that made 380 aluminum a poor choice for the alloy. Units were failing in the field. We discovered it was because of the limited impact strength of 380 aluminum of 3 foot pounds. We suggested another die casting material, #3 zinc alloy, which has an impact strength greater than 40 foot pounds.

Cinema Products believed they were stuck at an impasse to pay another $50,000 for zinc die casting tooling. Kinetic Die Casting was able to produce zinc parts using the aluminum die casting tooling, saving them several thousands of dollars.

If you had a die casting part failure in the past, contact Kinetic Die Casting Company for assistance 818-982-9200.

Kinetic Die Casting Company makes die casting parts from die casting molds that other die casting companies will not use. If you have a tool that “needs” replacement, call us and we can make your old die casting tool work in our die casting machines.

In 1995, a medical device manufacturing engineer brought over a die casting mold that he made overseas. He had saved over $20,000 making this tool overseas instead of a local die casting company. He had taken this mold to several other die casting companies to get a price for production parts. The tool was made of a material that was not tool steel. The material was soft. The size of the mold was half the size it should have been to produce the parts. The mold had slides that were “pinned” together with soft wire pins. And the mold base was damaged.

I took the die casting mold to a local die casting competitor, who I knew had experience running these types of jobs. He told me he would not touch the job because it would more likely be problems than rewards. He suggested I send the tool back to the customer and say “thanks but, no thanks”.

I decided to try to run this job because I did not really know what to expect. I was surprised at how many problems could occur. Every time a part stuck in the die, the cavity could be damaged by our die casting machine operator from using hardened removal tools. The mold base being under sized caused thermal transfer problems. The slides pulled apart because they stuck in the casting. The gate and runner system washed out because the steel was too soft to maintain the gates. The thermal problems and the gate washout caused porosity in the castings.

Over the years I have re-welded the parting line with H13 tool steel to harden the surfaces. I have replaced the wire pins that were used to hold the slides in the mold with hard steel pins. I have replaced or rather installed pins and bushings in the mold base. I have re-gated the tool three or four times. While making over 30,000 parts on this die casting mold, I have learned several valuable lessons.

Over the past 15 years, Kinetic Die Casting Company has taken on several more of these “problem die casting tool jobs”. I am happy to say that these jobs are only a challenge to my people. All I can say is if you have a difficult die casting mold or die casting tool, bring it to us for great quality parts.

Kinetic Die Casting Company uses H13 tool steel to make die casting molds. H13 tool steel, if used properly, will make a die casting mold that produces well over 100,000 parts before the die casting cavities fail.

Not all steels are the same. Steels are usually developed for a specific purpose. Different steels are stronger or more brittle than others. Steels have a greater or lesser amount of carbon and other materials. Some steels can be heat treated to a very great hardness. Some steels are pre-heat treated.

The most common steel used of die casting molds is called H13. This steel was developed to withstand the incredible temperature fluctuations required in the die casting process. H13 is usually heat treated to a Rockwell hardness that improves the quality of the cavities. Other types of steel age too rapidly or are too soft to make die casting tooling from them.

Some inexpensive mold makers try to save money on the steel used to make die casting tooling. When that happens, they save only a few hundred dollars but the mold will last only for a few thousand parts before the die begins to fail.

If you are ordering a die casting mold, be sure to specify H13 tool steel for the cavities or you will not get enough life from you die casting tools. Kinetic Die Casting Company only makes tools using H13 tool steel. We have made die casting molds that produced well over 500,000 parts before replacement.

Kinetic Die Casting Company wishes to express our hope that your Christmas 2009 is a merry one. We are pleased that we were able to serve you and your company with splendid die casting parts and tooling. Many of our customers are pleased with us for the following reasons:

• Kinetic Die Casting Company produces parts quickly. Many times our delivery is shorter than a week for completed parts.
• Kinetic Die Casting Company produces great quality parts. Our quality is the highest available from any die casting company.
• Kinetic Die Casting Company has diecasting tooling holders and mold bases for other die casting tooling. We frequently mount insert tools in one of our mold bases at no charge to produce parts for our customers.

Merry Christmas from Kinetic Die Casting Company

Die cast tooling is complex to price. KDC tries to match the Die Casting tool to the needs of our customers. Many times, an inexpensive insert is all that is necessary or sometimes a Class A Die Casting Mold is necessary. Our customer only needs to send us a final part design. This part design needs to indicate the most critical areas for the design. We will also need to know how many parts our customer suspects will be required from the die casting tooling. If the quantities are very great, the tool will not last and you will need to pay again for the die casting tools.

Die cast tooling comes in various forms:
1. Die Cast Tooling Inserts
2. Prototype Die Cast Tooling Inserts
3. Unit Die Tooling
4. Complete Class “A” Die Cast Die or Mold Tooling
5. Die Cast Family Mold Tooling
6. Trim Dies for Die Cast Parts

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Tooling Holders: Mold Bases for Die Casting Inserts:
Kinetic Die Casting Company has several available die casting moldbases or Mold Bases for insert tools. If your company has die casting inserts only, we will mount your die casting inserts into one our available die casting tooling holders and make your parts.
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