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The Environment and Aluminum Die Castings
The Environment and Aluminum Die Castings. In our Earth’s crust, aluminum is the most abundant (8.3% by weight) metallic element and the third most abundant of all elements (after oxygen and silicon).
Kinetic Die Casting Company produces parts using aluminum. Aluminum is theoretically 100% recyclable without any loss of its natural qualities. The global per capita stock of aluminum in use in society (i.e. in cars, buildings, electronics etc.) is 80 kg. Much of this is in more-developed countries (350–500 kg per capita) rather than less-developed countries (35 kg per capita). Knowing the per capita stocks and their approximate lifespan is important for planned recycling.
Other manufacturing materials, such as steel and plastic, can not be recycled or have limited recycle ability. These materials fill our landfills and break down very slowly. Many plastic materials appear as if they will last forever in our landfills.
Recovery of aluminum via recycling has become an important facet of the aluminum industry. Recycling involves melting the scrap, a process that requires only 5% of the energy used to produce aluminum from ore, though a significant part (up to 15% of the input material) is lost as dross (ash-like oxide). The dross can undergo a further process to extract aluminum.
Recycled aluminum is known as secondary aluminum, but maintains the same physical properties as primary aluminum. Secondary aluminum is produced in a wide range of formats and is employed in 80% of aluminum alloy castings.
The aluminum die castings manufactured by Kinetic Die Casting Company are made from 100% recycled aluminum that has been alloyed into the proper aluminum alloy that our customers specify. Typically, A380, A360 or A413 aluminum alloys.
Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company today and get a price for your 100% recycled aluminum parts. Buy 100 parts or 5,000 parts.
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Popular Die Cast Alloys In Today’s Die Cast Industry
Popular Die Cast Alloys In Today’s Die Cast Industry. In past history, tin and lead were the preferred metals in the die casting procedure. These die casting alloys were utilized to mold many materials, but their use decreased in the early 1900’s when aluminum and zinc came into the scene. In the years that ensue, die casting alloys in the form of copper and magnesium became extensively utilized as soon as these metals became more available to the die casting industry.
Die casting has arrived far beyond the original procedure of utilizing low pressure injection techniques. Today, die casting alloys are forced into molds, or “dies”, via very high pressures that surpass 4000 lbs making parts like aluminum hardware. for every square inch. These die casting methods run from squeeze casting all the way to semi-solid casting. The contemporary die casting methods used today create quality metal products that exhibit superb integrity, and highly smooth surface finishes.
Currently, aluminum, copper and zinc are the alloys for die casting. Aluminum tops the list, although it is most often alloyed with highly-fluid silicon material to avert reduction and fracturing owing to high temperatures. Manufacturers also favor the use of copper due to the rigidity of the material, its non-corrosiveness, and its condensed ductility. On the other hand, die cast material created of zinc can be manufactured with thinner walls and molded to closer tolerances due to its fluidity and its ability to melt with no trouble in very high temperatures. When alloyed to aluminum, it fabricates greater strength and inflexibility to the completed die cast part.
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Aluminum Aircraft Parts Die Castings
Aircraft or better known as Airplanes are large, very large. They are large because they are designed to carry things, lots of things. Airplanes carry mail, gifts, shipments, food, packages, baggage, and people. Airplanes are the fastest transportation for “things” and people today. Airplanes are fast because they travel through the air. Because airplanes are big and travel through the air, the airplane construction materials need to lightweight and strong. Aluminum is used for most of the airplane components because it is lightweight and strong. The overall airplane part weight is kept down so the airplane will be able to carry more “things”. Therefore, aluminum is used a lot.
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Die casting is the preferred manufacturing process for making Aluminum Aircraft Parts. The reason is because the aluminum die casting process has a lot of advantages over other high volume aircraft part manufacturing processes.
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Aluminum Aircraft Parts Produced as Die Castings:
- Die Casting is less expensive because more than 500 or 1,000 parts can be produced each day.
- Die Casting hold tolerance typically to +/- 0.002″ after the die casting tool is approved.
- Aluminum weighs 1/3 by volume of a similar part in steel.
- Aluminum die casting parts are very strong.
- Die Castings are produced near “net shape”, reducing additional manufacturing costs.
- Die Casting Tooling reliably manufacturers parts repeatably over several thousand parts.
- Aluminum die castings do not break down over time as other materials break down.
- Aluminum die castings have an aesthetically pleasing surface finish.
- Die Casting parts look good after paint or polish.
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Kinetic Die Casting Company makes many types of aircraft parts. We make:
- Airplane distributor caps
- Aircraft wheel cove locks
- Cargo Plane bearing housing parts
- Airplane piston heads
- Many others….
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A List of Alloys Used For Die Casting
A List of Alloys Used For Die Casting. The method of preparing metals that are found normally in the earth’s crust for appropriate use by man is through mining, removing, and finally joining these extracted metals into alloys. Most of the ordinary metals in use today are not actually in their pure form. They are as an alternative a combination of this and that metal. This practice of alloying offers us a new and improved version of the metals. Certain of these metals in the earth’s crust are suitable as die casting substance. Nonetheless, mixing them with other choice metals into a compound make them sturdier and more appropriate alloys for die casting.
A listing of die casting alloys would include magnesium, zinc, aluminum, lead and tin and copper alloys. Specialist in the die casting industry would be well versed in the personality characteristics of these alloys. Picking the correct metal alloy for a special purpose will spell the success of a product. Here is an general idea of each die casting alloy’s qualities and characteristics:
Copper alloys are corrosion resistant metals. They have high electrical conductivity and are utilized thus.
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Die Casting Parts Manufactured using Lean Manufacturing.
Lean Manufacturing Die Casting. Die Casting Parts Manufactured using Lean Manufacturing.
Everyone believes the die casting is solely a “Batch & Que” manufacturing process. Most die casting companies operate using a the department layout (example.
- Die Casting Department – 500 Parts produced day one (1) shipped to the trim department on day two (2).
- Trimming Department – 500 Parts get trimmed on day two (2) and get shipped to machining department on day three (3).
- Machining Department – 500 Parts get machined in machining department on day three (3) and sent to quality department on day four (4).
- Quality Department – 500 Parts get inspected on day four (4) and sent to shipping department on day five (5).
- Shipping Department – 500 Parts are packaged on day five (5) and shipped to customer on day six (6).
- 500 Parts are shipped at least six days after initial production in the die casting machine.
500 parts produced on the first day of the week get shipped (6)six days later, typically next week. If there is a one (1) day Que in each department, it will add another four (4) days to the six (6) days making the delivery ten (10) days after production.
6 – 10 additional days is a long time to wait for die casting parts for some customers.
The Kinetic Die Casting Company Difference –
What if a die casting company changed from the department layout and went to lean manufacturing production cell layout?
- Die casting one (1) part in one (1) minute is sent to trimmer. Continues making one (1) part a minute until 500 parts complete in 500 minutes or 8.33 hours.
- Trimmer trims (1) part 1/4 (.25) minutes and sends (1) part to machine area. Continues trimming next 499 parts.
- Machine taps three holes in one (1) part 1/4 (.25) minutes and sends one (1) part for inspection. Continues machining 499 parts.
- Inspector checks one (1) part for 1/4 (.25) minutes and sends one (1) part to shipping. Continues inspecting 499 parts.
- Shipper packs one (1) part in box 1/8 (.12) minutes. Continues packing 499 parts.
- 500 parts complete and shipped to customer in less than ten (10) hours, one shift.
Kinetic Die Casting Company uses a lean die casting manufacturing process to produce die casting parts for our customers. At Kinetic Die Casting Company, in 99% of the 500 part or less production orders, we ship them today.
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