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Quad-City Die Casting to close in July
After more than a half century in business, Quad-City Die Casting has notified its work force that it will close its doors this summer.
Company spokeswoman Linda Norberg confirmed Monday that operators of the manufacturing plant at 3800 River Drive, Moline, sent out Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification, or WARN, letters Friday to notify employees of the July 12 closing. The action will affect about 100 employees, including members of Local 1174, United Electrical.
Norberg would not discuss the reasons for the closing and said the company had no other comment.
But Tim Curtin, a spokesman for the United Electrical’s national organization, said union leaders were surprised by the letter’s arrival.
“We’re all taken aback by this,” he said, adding that there had been no indication of a decline in business. “Ironically, a few people had been recalled.”
Curtin said Local 1174 represents 40 to 50 hourly current workers as well as 35 to 40 who are on layoff.
Norberg estimated that the company employs about 100 in all. The plant makes aluminum castings for manufacturing clients.
“We had lost work last fall, and there were big layoffs in the winter, but we thought things were starting to pick up,” Curtin said.
“Our first goal … is, if they want to get out of the business, to find another buyer in Moline,” said Curtin, who is based in Chicago. He added that union leaders were working to set up a meeting with management.
Quad-City Die Casting is owned by Drew Debrey, the company president. His father, Andrew Debrey, founded the company in 1949.
The pending shutdown comes about two years after the union workers were locked out for about two months during a contract dispute. The employees returned to work in September 2007 after approving a new contract, which runs through June 2010.
During the contract dispute, union leaders cited the company’s use of temporary workers in skilled positions as a sticking point. The eventual contract limited use of temporary employees and included a 3 percent raise.
Greg Rivara, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Employment Security, said he could not comment specifically on Quad-City Die Casting’s situation; however, he said, it is the state’s practice to put together a “rapid response unit” when employees are displaced by a work force reduction or a plant closing. He said the Illinois Department of Commerce and Opportunity and his agency work with the employer and bargaining units to bring services to affected workers.
The agencies can offer assistance with filing unemployment claims, resume review, career counseling and retraining.
“We would try to find the most convenient way to deliver the services,” he said, explaining that information can be presented to workers at the plant, a union hall or another location.
Separate programs are available to help business “stay in business or to help someone come into the company’s footprint,” Rivara added.
Rick Baker, president and chief executive officer of the Illinois Quad-City Chamber of Commerce, said he was not aware of the company’s decision. “You hate to lose good companies like that and for those people to lose their jobs.”
However, he said, the business climate in the Quad-Cities still is good. “I’ve had some very positive conversations with businesses — some planning to expand and other that are healthy. Obviously, their volume is down, but they’re still healthy and working through a slower time.”
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Facts about Aluminum Hardware Handles
Facts about Aluminum Hardware Handles. Everybody knows that handles are very important in order to move and open hardware such as cabinets and doors. The two main types of handles are the twist handles and pull handles. Twist handles are commonly used for doors, while pull handles are attached on cabinets or drawers.
Now, the industry of Die Casting is also involved in making hardware handles, and the material that they always use is Aluminum. In fact, most of the handles that you see on your car doors and house doors, as well as on your drawers, are all made of aluminum. Many Die Casting companies are now starting to make many Aluminum Handles because it has been proven that they are tougher and much more dependable than any other kinds of hardware handles.
The old way of making handles, which is by welding many parts all together is very time consuming, expensive and tiring. On the other hand, Aluminum Hardware Handles can be done in a very short period of time since they may be created in net forms. This means that there’s no drilling or welding involved, and because of that more money, energy and time were saved. Everyday, different Aluminum Hardware Handles are manufactured that comes from many various parts.
Aluminum Hardware Handles may be anodized or powder-coated without any difficulty. They are actually lighter and much cheaper than the steel hardware handles. You can decorate Aluminum Hardware Handles quickly and easily because enhancing characteristics may be included to the cavities of the mold during the die casting process.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures a lot of aluminum rooftile plates , trim tile molds, and military die casting. If you would like a quote, please visit our website: Kinetic Die Casting Company
What is an Aluminum Heatsink?
What is an Aluminum Heatsink? A Heat sink is an object that ingests and disperses heat which comes from another object by direct or radiant thermal contact. Heat sinks are often used in various functions wherein effective heat dispersion is needed. Few examples are lasers, cooling electronic apparatus, heat engines and refrigeration. You can often see an Aluminum Heat sink attached to a computer’s circuit board.
A common Heat Sink have a collection of fin-like or comb projections and a single or more than two surfaces. These properties of a heat sink increases its outer face area which touches the air, and as a result, the heat dispersion percentage increases. Since aluminum heat sinks are known to be static objects, a fan is used to help heat sinks by giving better airflow.
Aluminum is usually used in making heat sinks because this is the perfect material that conducts heat, and it is also lighter and cheaper than other materials. The main advantage of Aluminum Heatsinks is that they may be shaped through the process of extrusion effortlessly, which is why they make the difficult cross sections achievable. The base area of the Aluminum Heatsinks should be smooth and even to guarantee the most advantageous thermal connection together with the other object which needs cooling.
If you match up the process used to make the Aluminum Heatsinks to other Die Casting Heat sink processes, you’ll notice that it only involves less machining, and cooling fins may actually be done while setting up the holes. Additionally, the Aluminum Heatsinks possess a great dimensional constancy.
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
Die Casting Job Interviews
Die Casting Job Interviews: The Importance of Rapport and Connection in Getting the Job. If you’re a die casting job interviewer, what kind of applicant would you rather choose? A skilled individual who fits perfectly in the job yet lacks in the rapport department or someone who has an average knack, is willing to learn and improve and has a team spirit attitude?
Base on studies, most employers look for someone who has the ability to engage an instant rapport and connection once interviewed. Job interviewers are looking for a die casting person who can be a team player, someone who can bond easily with the other members of the team. While it is important that skills and expertise are intact, it is not enough to have talented individuals who are only winners on the technical side. The importance of being a good member of a group and a candidate who can easily deal with others are the mostly being looked at.
Job interviews necessitate a certain kind of connection. As a die casting jobs applicant, you should very well establish correlation with your interviewer. An interviewer needs to see in an applicant the willingness of one to go for the position through the translation of right inflections, words and actions.
To be able to initiate the most looked for attitude in an applicant which is rapport, you as an applicant should treat your die casting job interviews as normal conversations. By thinking of your interviews this way, you‘ll be more comfortable and spontaneous in answering questions. Although there is a line between social conversation and a formal job interview, it still pays that you make the formal ambiance a relaxing and comfortable one to your interviewer’s delight and to you the fulfillment of your career goal.
Keep in mind, doing well in die casting job interviews serve as a winning streak in finally getting that super job. Linkedin Profile
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Consumer parts die castings serve your life well
Consumer parts die castings serve your life well. Historians have described ancient civilizations by the types of materials humans have found most useful in their day-to-day existence. Hence, there’s the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. Pursuing this historian’s logic, the modern 21st century era might as well have been termed as an age for the aluminum with this alloy’s great importance in a wide array of applications including consumer parts die castings.
The usefulness of aluminum springs from its various unique characteristics. This alloy superbly resists corrosion, maintains mechanical strength even at high temperatures, sustains high thermal and electrical conductivity, retains high dimensional stability, and best of all it is light in weight. Recent advances in the metallurgical art of consumer parts die castings have fully harnessed these properties of aluminum with potent possibilities for applications to make every day living much more fun and comfortable.
Through consumer parts die castings, products such as golf ball heaters have been developed. These heaters have become an all-important ally to the avid golfers who wish to improve performance in the tees and fairways. Students of this gentleman’s game attest that heated golf balls can extend a golfer’s drive by more than 10 percent and even 16 percent farther on particularly cold playing days when temperatures fall below 40°F.
Guitar amplifier housing is another interesting product churned out via consumer parts die castings of the highly malleable aluminum alloy. Aluminum ability to sustain high thermal and electrical conductivity has made it an ideal material for this housing which shelters heat-producing vintage vacuum tubes and/or the state-of-the art microchips to amplify the wide range of tones played in guitars. The same consumer parts die casting technique is employed for the aluminum heat sinks used in computers. These heat sinks are installed on top of computers’ central processing units’ circuit boards to guard against damage and overheating of the highly sensitive circuits.
Kinetic Die Casting is a die casting company specializing in aluminum and zinc parts. If you would like to request a quote, please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
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