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- Who is California Die Casting Company, Kinetic Die Casting Company?
- Kinetic Die Casting Company in California is a "Job Shop" parts manufacturing company, making aluminum castings and zinc castings for our customers.
- What is a Die Casting Supplier?
- A die casting supplier makes die casting parts for manufacturing companies. Kinetic is a die casting supplier.
- What are zinc diecastings?
- Zinc Diecastings are the parts made by the zinc die casting manufacturing process.
- What are the Kinetic Die Casting Company Capabilities?
- Kinetic makes aluminum castings or zinc castings up to 10 pounds. Most part castings will fit in your hand.
- How do I get a job at Kinetic Die Casting Company?
- Click the link to go to out employment page to see the possible positions available at Kinetic Die Casting Company.
- How do I get a job application for Kinetic Die Casting Company?
- Click the link to open our online job application, complete it to be considered for a position working at Kinetic Die Casting Company.
- What are die casting parts or die castings?
- From airplanes to automobiles to handtools to consumer products, we help many types of manufacturing companies with aluminum castings or zinc castings.
- What are the Kinetic Die Casting Company PO acceptance Terms?
- Click the link to see our offer of credit terms to our manufacturing customers.
- What is the Kinetic Die Casting Web Privacy Policy?
- We will never sell your contact information, ever.
- How do I get a monthly newsletter from Kinetic Die Casting Company?
- Sign up with your name and email address to get updates from our email newsletter offering technical information, specials and discounts.
- What do die casting parts look like?
- Click the link to see a few of the die casting parts we have made since 1994. Also are links to videos from Kinetic Die Casting Company.
- What is the die casting process?
- Simply put, die casting is a high pressure and high quantity metal parts manufacturing process.
- What is a die casting mold?
- In order to make thousands of metal castings, we need to have a die casting tool or a die casting mold or also known as a die casting die.
- What does a die casting tool look like?
- Click the link to see a few different die casting dies.
- Who uses aluminum diecasting parts?
- Kinetic Die Casting assists manufacturers who require aluminum die casting parts. These industries include: Automotive, Appliance, Communications, Small engines, Garden, Housing, Transportation, Military, and Medical. From airplanes to automobiles to handtools to consumer products, we help many types of manufacturing companies.
- What are die casting alloys or metals?
- There are many metal alloys that are used to make die casting parts. Most die castings in the world use a combination of aluminum or zinc in the die casting alloy. Click the link above to get more technical information about the majority of die casting alloys we use.
- What Die Casting Alloys does Kinetic Die Casting Use?
- Click the link to see the die casting alloys in this list for 90% of our die casting production castings. Die casting metal alloys.
- How do I get a price for die casting parts?
- The easiest way to get pricing for aluminum castings or zinc castings is to use this link ( Castings Pricing Form) or simply send us an email to sales@kineticdiecasting.com. Send us all your contact details as well as a blueprint and 3d model of your castings. We thank you for your business.
- What is a die casting draft angle?
- Die casting parts require draft, also known as, a taper or an angle in order for the metal part to be removed from the die casting mold. Click the casting draft angle link for more details.
- What is Porosity in die casting parts?
- Porosity in Die Casting is the air trapped by the metal inside the die casting parts. To know more, click the link above for details. A basic knowledge of the die casting process is necessary to know how and why.
- Why would I want to use die casting parts?
- Aluminum die casting is the least expensive castings production process. Some of our aluminum diecasting parts have a production rate of 100 parts a day and others can be produced at the rate of 1,000's of diecasting parts a day.
- What are some die casting coatings or surface treatments?
Click this link see a list of die casting surface treatments or surface coatings for die casting parts would include E-coat, powder coating, PVD, Hard anodize, Chem-Film or Alodine, Chromate, wet paint, zinc plate coating or galvanizing.
- NADCA Page for Kinetic Die Casting Company
- Kinetic Die Casting, Inc. is a Corporate Member of NADCA (North American Die Casters Association). NADCA helps manufacturers (OEM's and Die Casters) and NADCA publishes specifications for die casting parts.
- NADCA Product Standards for Die Casting
- Click the link to download a PDF copy of the NADCA Product Standards for die casting parts.
- NADCA Standards Alloy Data Sheets
- Click this link to download the Nadca die casting alloy data specifications.
- NADCA Standards for Quality
- Click this link to obtain a PDF of the NADCA quality standards.
- NADCA Standards for Quality - Additional Information
- Additional NADCA Quality information.
- Ricon V2-AC-090 die castings be as strong as steel parts?
- How can an aluminum die cast part be stronger than a steel weldament? Kinetic Die Casting, Inc. makes an aluminum die casting cam lever part for a lift manufacturer that once was a two pound steel welded unit.
- What are some of these die casting technical terms?
- Click this link to see a list of the technical terminology used in our die casting manufacturing industry.
- Why not use an Offshore Die Casting Company?
- Our die casting quality and part delivery of die castings are in many cases far superior than an off shore supplier. We not only save our customers the cost of inventory, in many orders our deliveries can be ahead of schedule.
- Can I convert an aluminum sand casting to an aluminum die casting?
- Yes, you could save $79,000 over the next five (5) years if you buy only 1,000 aluminum high pressure die casting parts each year.
- How do Die Castings Compare to Plastic Parts?
- Die castings, as opposed to plastic injection parts, die castings are recyclable components with engineering advantages not available in other metalforming processes.
- Can I get Custom Metal Parts or Prototype parts?
- Kinetic Die Casting Company can make prototype metal parts for our customers, to use for evaluation, prior to making die casting tooling.
- Does Kinetic Die Casting Company have a Blog?
- We publish a newsletter at least once a month. Click the link above to see our blog which holds the monthly newsletters. If you would like to receive the email newsletter, click this link (newsletter) and complete your information.
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