Sadly, Rangers Die Casting Company is closed. Another California die casting parts manufacturing company is closed. Rangers has been around for a long time. I am personally saddened that Rangers is closed. The owners and managers contributed a lot of …
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Fun Facts About Aluminum
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Aluminum (Al) is the most abundant mineral on Earth after oxygen and silicon and is the most abundant metal found naturally on Earth. It is present in 270 minerals. Aluminum is a silver, soft metal with an atomic number of thirteen and thirteen protons in the nucleus. It constitutes about eight percent of the Earth’s land mass.
Aluminum (aka Aluminium) fun facts:
- Caution – Iodine and Aluminum powder plus a few drops of water create: Clouds of toxic purple iodine vapor and a flame.
- Recycling aluminum takes only 5 percent of the energy needed to extract new aluminum from ore.
- Aluminum is globally the most used metal that does not contain iron.
- Aluminum is almost always used as an alloy, even if the aluminum content is as high as 99%.
- The most commonly used elements to combine with aluminum to create an alloy are zinc, copper, silicon, magnesium, and manganese.
- This element is the second-most abundant metallic element in Earth’s crust after silicon.
- Aluminum is lightweight (a third the weight of steel or copper).
- That Coke can: According to the Aluminum Association, an aluminum can takes 60 days to return as a new can after recycling.
- Aluminum and its alloys are significantly used in the aerospace industry auto manufacturing and transportation, construction, packaging etc.
- Aluminum is also used as a compound to manufacturing paints, antacids, deodorants and are also used as a catalyst in explosives (such as ammonium nitrate) to boost explosive capabilities.
- Aluminum is a very reflective metal, which is very useful in home decor items such as aluminum blinds, aluminum fence, aluminum doors, aluminum windows etc.
- Keep vinegar and bleach away from your aluminum products.
- Aluminum parts when damp creates a white oxide that protects the aluminum surface but keeps paint from sticking.
- Aluminum is incredibly flexible enough that it can be easily formed into the tiniest of items such as paper clips, dial gauges etc.
I hope you enjoyed these fun facts about aluminum. More than 90% of our die casting production is in aluminum alloy parts.
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- Sources:
- http://www.kineticdiecasting.com/
- http://www.livescience.com/28865-aluminum.html
- http://www.softschools.com/facts/periodic_table/aluminium_facts/188/
Mothers Day 2017
In six days – Sunday, May 14th is Mothers Day 2017.

Happy Mothers Day
Why do we celebrate Mothers Day? For “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world” – Anna Jarvis. The US holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at Saint Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Saint Andrew’s Methodist Church has an International Mother’s Day Shrine now to remember. Her campaign to make “Mother’s Day” a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. The mother, Ann Jarvis, had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. Ann created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all mothers.
Traditional gifts to Mothers include: flowers, candy, a dinner at a nice restaurant or a spa treatment. Whatever you decide to do for your mother, remember to do something.

(homemade almond roca candy)
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Thank you for purchasing aluminum and zinc parts from KDC:
Kinetic Die Casting Company 6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, California 91605 USA
E-mail sales@kineticdc.com Toll Free: (800) 524-8083 Local: (818) 982-9200 Fax: (818) 982-0877
Contacting KDC 2017
How to contact Kinetic Die Casting Company (KDC). We want always be on time with our deliveries to our customers. We received a purchase order (PO) late because our customer sent the PO to an old contact email address. Our main email address is sales@kineticdc.com
The following is the contact information to get in touch with Kinetic Die Casting Company:

SALES
To request a new item price quote from us, send us an email to SALES@KINETICDC.COM
To send us a PO, use this email address: sales@kineticdc.com
To follow up on a delivery or purchase order use: sales@kineticdc.com
EMPLOYMENT / JOBS
A listing of jobs we have is on this page: Kinetic Die Casting Company Jobs
http://www.kineticdiecasting.com/employment.html
If you want a job. Download our job application: Die Casting Job Application

Kinetic Die Casting Company
6918 Beck Avenue North Hollywood, California, 91605, USA
800-524-8083 or 818-982-9200 or fax 818-982-0877
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Sand Castings in 2017
What is Sand Casting? Sand casting is a metal part manufacturing process that uses sand as the form or mold that shapes the metal castings. In sand casting, the sand is moistened and the pattern is pressed into the sand. The preparation and bonding process of the sand is the most critical step in the process. This technique is usually used for low volume production.
The sand casting pattern is made of wood or metal, such as aluminum. The patterns are generally not destroyed but are made permanent to be reused up to a few thousand times. Sand casting is used when lower quantities are needed and lower quality is acceptable. Manufacturing companies use sand casting to make aluminum parts if the project only needs a few hundred parts.
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Kinetic Die Casting Company sales@kineticdc.com
6918 Beck Avenue North Hollywood, California, 91605, USA
800-524-8083 or 818-982-9200 or fax 818-982-0877
Die Casting Tool Transfer
Kinetic Die Casting Company will make die casting parts for our customers that send us their die casting tools from other die casting companies.
We are still offering a Tooling Transfer special.
Manufacturing companies transfer their die casting tooling and we make their parts in just a few weeks.

Kinetic Die Casting Company, a better die casting part supplier.
Kinetic Die Casting Company makes that decision easier.
1. Send us your die casting tooling and die casting molds
2. A purchase order made to us with your old suppliers prices.
3. We will honor the die casting part price paid to the old die casting part supplier.
4. You will get better die casting parts than you received before.
5. We will ship the die casting parts to you in less than 4 weeks.
Kinetic Die Casting Company 6918 Beck Avenue North Hollywood California 91605 USA
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM (Pacific Time)
818-982-9200 – sales@kineticdc.com – www.kineticdiecasting.com
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“The Parts We Make Today, We Ship Today”
Kineticdc makes:
Automotive Die Casting Parts
Airplane Die Casting Parts
Light Fixture Die Casting Parts
Consumer Products Aluminum Parts
Aerospace Die Casting Parts
Military Die Casting Parts

