Why You Should Consider New Aluminum Lighting Fixture Parts. For some time, lighting fixtures for various applications are manufactured with great labor. The parts are carefully welded and shaped in order to make a good fit for the lighting source. …
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Prima Die Casting Company Auction
November 15, 2016 starting at 10AM (Eastern Standard Time) – Prima Die Casting Company at 5300 115th Avenue North, Clearwater, Florida is having an auction. The auction inspection is on November 14th from 8AM to 4PM.
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Items include:
CNC machines, Machine tools, Tooling, and die casting equipment.
Idra 800 ton die casting machine
Idra 600 ton die casting machine
Idra 560 ton die casting machines (two)
HPM 400 ton die casting machine (two)
This is an online only auction (www.proxibid.com) held by Loeb Winternitz in partnership with Die Casting Machinery and Koster Industries
Prima Die Casting Company Auction –
I am sad that another American die casting company is closed. The companies that manufacture parts in America are decreasing every year.
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Aluminum (aka Aluminium) Fun Facts
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/
Hiring Event at Pierce College
Pierce College 6201 Winnetka Avenue, Woodland Hills, California 91371 Phone: 818-710-4100. Today, November 2, from 3 pm to 5 pm Pierce College Industrial Technology Department is having their 2nd Annual Hiring Event. Come meet students that are seeking Full Time / Part Time / Internships / Temporary assignments will be available for interviewing and resume reviews.
Welcome to the Industrial Technology Department!
– http://www.piercecollege.edu/departments/industrial_technology/index.asp
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The department offers courses and programs in the areas of Automotive Service Technology, Electronics, Engineering Design & Technology, Machining, CNC, and Welding.
Machine Shop/CNC Course Information:
– Industrial Technology 130 – Beginning machine shop. Come explore the world of machine tools, the history of machining and get hands on machining your very own parts. This class is designed for the beginner, no experience necessary. This is a foundational building block for any person who wants to be a engineer.
– Industrial Technology 230 – Intermediate machine shop. We take your experience from IT230 and give you more. More turning, more milling and a more complex part to machine. This class is designed to push your comfort zone from basic machining to the next level.
– Industrial Technology 330 & 332 – Advanced machine shop. Many students create their own projects in the advanced classes. Many machine parts for a project they are working on at home. The advanced student usually will be asked to be on the WESTEC or AERO DEF teams to machine a part for a college competition. Many students do both, create their own parts and the help with the competition
Monday is Halloween 2016
Today is October 31st Halloween 2016.
Be Careful of children today. It is getting dark earlier. Be careful driving home from work.
Halloween 2016
Be Careful of children driving home this weekend. Halloween is fun for children to trick or treat. The costumes are sometimes dark so that the children “appear” scary. The dark costumes are difficult to see after sunset. Some smaller kids get excited and run across the street without looking. Please be careful while driving at night.
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