February 19, 2015 11:52 am • Journal Times staff UNION GROVE — Grove Die Casting’s assets have been acquired by Dumore Corp. of Mauston, Dumore announced Thursday. Grove Die Casting, 1339 Industrial Park Drive, is now operating as a subsidiary …
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Brackets using Die Casting Tooling
Die Casting Tooling is used to make aluminum handles and aluminum brackets. One of the most adaptable processes for producing metal parts that are engineered to precision, die casting is a technique by which molten metal is inserted into steel molds at very high pressures. These molds, referred to as “dies”, have been shaped to mold material into an assortment of complex shapes and tiny parts that display exact correctness and consistency. These metal parts are a creation of greater die casting tooling, and have textured surfaces or flat surfaces depending on their use. Manufactured die cast parts are utilized for a huge number of practical items from aircraft components to brackets and handles.
Using die casting tooling, a high volume of items can be bulk-produced. This is of enormous significance to the metal manufacturing industry, as it enables them to meet a superior demand for specifically-shaped materials made of diverse kinds of metals. Die casting tooling assembly lines power-driven by machines generate a excellent number of metal components and parts that consumers utilize everyday, from aircraft and automobiles, to aluminum handles and aluminum brackets. These die cast parts can range from uncomplicated faucet sinks to complex connector housings.
In die casting, the designer of the die casting tooling employed will want to generate these parts with a mind to matching both the function of these parts, with the speed, cost and quality implicated in the die casting procedure. This comprises the price and possessions of the material to be cast, the operating costs and abilities of the casting machines, and other post-processing procedures such as machine tooling.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures aluminum and zinc die casting parts. Samples of KDC’s work include die cast speaker parts, aluminum tile plates, and other die cast metal parts. If you would like to have a quote please visit our website: Kinetic Die Casting Company
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Draft Angles in Die Castings
Kinetic Die Casting Company discusses “Draft Angle in Die Castings” – “what is draft angle in an aluminum metal box casting?” or “why do I need a draft angle on my aluminum die casting box part?” The mechanical reply is, all aluminum die castings need a draft angle on the walls of die cast box parts perpendicular to the parting plane or parallel to the slide interfaces. Because I have been selling die cast parts for over 20 years, I find easy answers and give simple calculations for my clients. What does that have to do with the usual engineer (any engineer other than in tooling or mechanical) or professional buyer?
Most people do not have the need to worry about how things are made; only what is made, and will it be what is essential. “Have you ever observed on a cupcake the bottom diameter is smaller than the top diameter?” or “Have you noted that a cake pan has sides that slope in toward the middle of the pan?” That would be an extreme case of a draft angle. Aluminum die castings would stick inside the die casting tool, molds, or die casting die if there was not enough draft angle in the tool and part. The usual draft angle for an aluminum die casting part is two degrees per side. The calculation for that is easy if a anyone is acquainted with die casting production part design.
Imagine an enclosure (or Aluminum Box) lying on a counter with the open side up. The aluminum box is 2″ deep inside with the height and width 4″ each way on outside. The walls of the box are 0.10″ in width. Due to the wall’s thickness, a few things are obvious to a part designer regarding this seemingly simple box:
A 2 degree draft angle will alter the dimensions in the following on the interior and exterior and should be regarded if something needs to fit inside the box or outside the box:
If the box was intended for the interior of 4″ x 4″ at the bottom: box:
See our die casting draft webpage: http://www.kineticdiecasting.com/draft.html
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March 1 A360 Metal Flow Video
Auto Parts Manufactured as Die Castings in A360 Aluminum Die Casting Alloy.
The Metal Flow Video from Kinetic Die Casting Company
Published on Mar 1, 2013 on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2hJylJ8Qrc
Kinetic Die Casting Company, 818-982-9200. A die casting Metal Flow Video into a four cavity die casting mold making four die casting automotive parts. Molten metal, A360 Aluminum alloy is injecting into the die casting mold. This video is a simulation of checking for die casting part surface defects and the metal temperature of the metal flow. Die Casting A360 Aluminum Alloy Metal Flow Video into an a360 aluminum auto part.
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