Die Casting Tooling There are many factors singular to the die casting process that are needed to be considered such as product strengths, draft angles, gate areas, material types, material flow, slide features, undercuts, wall thicknesses and material weights. There …
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Aluminum Die Casting Needs a Lot of Tools
Aluminum Part Types – All You Need to Know. Aluminum die casting need a lot of tools and parts to make the perfect dies. The process has been well known to provide an easy method for many constructors to create the most ideal components to different automobiles and the likes. Aluminum parts types are not that easy to characterize especially for a person who is quite new in the die casting process. Since the system also involves a series of molten metals from copper, lead and zinc, a lot of aluminum part types are needed to come up with the best die that possesses the exact instructions by the client. Cold chambered and hot chambered are just two of the aluminum parts types specifically used for the actual machine in die casting.
In most cases, die casters choose to apply all aluminum part types while die casting. This makes the process more experimental, and can sometimes produce the best outputs at the end of the sessions. However, there is a startling difference between a cold chambered die casting machine from a hot chambered one. For instance, a die caster cannot simply use hot chambered types when dealing with aluminum material. This type of material is more compatible to a die casting machine that is cold chambered. Molds for aluminum die casting may also have parts that do not need cavities. This type of mold greatly differs in price compared to those with cavities.
A lot of the parts sold for aluminum die casting often come with substantial product descriptions to let you determine which of the aluminum part types you are about to purchase like Aluminum Handle Hardware and Aluminum Bracket Hardware.
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Chinese Solar Panel Manufacturer to Open Plant in Arizona
Chinese Solar Panel Manufacturer to Open Plant in Arizona. Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., a China-based maker of solar modules, recently announced plans to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant, near Phoenix.
The plant will have an initial production capacity of 30 megawatts and is expected to begin production in the third quarter of 2010.
The Suntech plant will employ more than 75 full-time workers at launch and may double its staff within the year if the North American market grows as expected, according to the company.
Suntech said it selected the Phoenix area “because of Arizona’s leadership in research through Arizona State University, and statewide renewable energy policies, particularly its Renewable Energy Standard and distributed generation set-aside, as well as a supportive local business climate represented by the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.”
‘Long-Term, Strategic Investment in the North American Market’
Locating the plant close to Suntech’s U.S. customers will reduce the time, costs and emissions associated with long-distance shipping of Suntech panels, the company said.
“This is the first step in what I see as a long-term, strategic investment in the North American market,” said Suntech Chairman and CEO Zhengrong Shi. “Over the last two years we have grown our U.S. team to more than 60 employees. As a result of that effort, we have developed a network of more than 200 solar dealers and integrators installing Suntech products and are actively involved with a number of large-scale solar project developers serving the utility market.
“We also have developed strong partnerships with U.S. companies such as MEMC of Pasadena, Texas, our largest supplier of silicon wafers used in our modules. The leadership shown by the U.S. government in advancing renewable energy will only improve the environment for further investments in the coming years.”
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Tooling to Die Cast Magnesium
Tooling to Die Cast Magnesium. Die casting magnesium is a difficult but rewarding process for a manufacturing company. Its advantages greatly outweigh its disadvantages, so more manufacturing companies are turning to die casting for their processes to go smoother and more efficiently. Now, even more companies are asking how to die cast magnesium.
There four major steps in die casting magnesium. First, the mold to be used for the die casting process is sprayed with lubricant to control its temperature, and then sealed. Second, molten magnesium is shot into the die cast mold under high pressure, and this pressure is maintained until the cast has become solid. Third, the die is opened and the shot is removed from the mold by ejector pins. Lastly, the scrap is separated from the castings.
Die casting magnesium needs special equipment, of course. For magnesium, cold-chamber machines are used. The magnesium is melted in a separate chamber before being fed into the cast. This takes a longer time than using its counterpart, the hot-chamber machine, where pools of molten metal are utilized. However, since magnesium has a very high melting point, it would be much more difficult to use this machine.
When manufacturing companies ask how to die cast magnesium, they do so because they know the benefits of die casting for their companies. It is very complicated, but every company will benefit from having magnesium die casts as part of their processes.
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Three Types of Aluminum Castings
Three Types of Aluminum Castings. Aluminum die castings are used to by a lot of metalworking companies to form the perfect aluminum material, without having to spend a lot of money and wasting a lot of time. Due to the versatility of these processes, a lot of companies have turned to this unique way in forming one of the most dependable alloys that is used for several components in the same industry. There are a lot of items that were produced out of aluminum castings from the Washington Monument’s cap to the ancient tea kettles used by people who lived hundreds and hundreds of years ago. Although there have been a lot of improvements in the process of aluminum castings, most of the companies still resort to the traditional means of using molten metal to form some of the most intricate dies in history.
Aluminum castings can come in three diverse methods. Out of the three (permanent mold casting, sand casting and die casting), die casting is considered as the most popular among all companies in the metalworking industry. Although sand casting is known to be more versatile due to its delicate patterns, die castings prove to produce the most durable components used by a lot of automobile franchises and even the smallest of modern electronic gadgets. Other would say, however, that permanent mold castings also produce durable materials, but may need more expensive equipments and methodologies compared to the two other methods. Although these three processes may have a lot of differences, it can be agreed that aluminum castings are highly effective in whichever method they are performed under.
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Quad City Die Casting Company Employees seeking $22,000
Former employees of Quad-City Die Casting have filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in hopes of recovering $200,000 they say is owed them in medical bill reimbursements and vacation pay they never received.
The petition was filed last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Peoria, Ill.
About 100 Quad-City Die workers — including 70 members of Local 1174, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, or UE, — lost their jobs when the Moline plant closed in September.
Carl Rosen, regional president for UE, said instead of filing bankruptcy, Quad-City Die chose in the spring to turn over assets to a liquidation company, High Ridge Partners of Chicago. By going that route, there is no court oversight of transactions.
He said using an assignee like High Ridge “works in some cases.”
“And in some cases, if one of the creditors — or more than one — feels it (the liquidation) is not working effectively, they can ask that a bankruptcy judge intervene. The workers are requesting it become a regular bankruptcy to make sure everybody is being treated fairly.”
This week, an auction of some Quad-City Die equipment took place — but only after a bankruptcy judge granted High Ridge’s request for emergency joint motion to allow it to continue as planned.
Wells Fargo is the lead creditor for Quad-City Die. When contacted Thursday, Wells Fargo declined comment on the involuntary bankruptcy petition. Representatives of High Ridge and attorneys for Quad-City Die did not return phone calls Thursday seeking comment.
According to the emergency joint motion, High Ridge reported that this spring it had “successfully completed collection of Quad-City Die’s accounts receivable, which totaled $830,000 … and production of inventory banks for 10 major customers, resulting in additional sales of $3.1 million” over the summer. From those proceeds, $1.8 million was applied to debt owed to Wells Fargo.
The motion also reported that by continuing production and sales for about 16 weeks, High Ridge was able to rehire 23 former employees. The liquidator paid $299,000 in medical benefits stipends from employees in lieu of the self-insured medical coverage previously provided by Quad-City Die.
But Rosen said employees had to take on the additional work and were not allowed to take vacations.
“We don’t think it’s fair that the fruits of our employees’ labors, which allowed the bank to be paid down $1.8 million … (that the employees) should not be paid the full amount they are owed,” said Chicago attorney Scott Clar, who is representing the former workers in the case.
Rosen said the judge ultimately will make two decisions: Whether the court accepts full jurisdiction for the case and whether the money will be distributed immediately.
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