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Chocolate Fountain Business
Business Development Assistance from Kinetic Die Casting –
A few years ago, Kinetic Die Casting helped develop a Chocolate Fountain for a professional caterer. The caterer had talked about this idea for a couple years to many people before contacting Kinetic Die Casting. This catering company owned and rented commercial chocolate fountains to ordinary people. These chocolate fountains they rented out for $200 to $400, depending who was renting them. It was a great new business concept, make an inexpensive chocolate fountain that anyone could purchase and sell them for the price that most companies were renting them for. Their plan was to sell them for less than $400, an amount that most people renting them would gladly pay.
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Kinetic Die Casting saved the catering company a lot of money by making aluminum die casting tooling inserts for $6,000 and making 500 inexpensive aluminum parts for them in less than 8 weeks from our first meeting. Six weeks for the tool and two weeks for tooling approval with production and machining of aluminum die casting parts. Their plan was to sell 50,000 units, then develop a larger version for commercial uses.
This was the first “consumer chocolate fountain” in the marketplace. A great idea that apparently, many other companies thought of as well. We do not know how many people this customer told about the idea or how many quotes they asked for prices from, before they found Kinetic Die Casting.
They waited too long. – A few months after this chocolate fountain hit the market, there were several “cheaper” models sold by larger distributors. They lost this market niche rapidly. The marketplace got flooded with too many chocolate fountains selling for less than $100. They were able to sell less than 1,000 units. Too Many Chocolate Fountains
This example, is an example of how a good idea can either make a “New Business” millions of dollars or how an new business investment fell short of expectations. This was a great idea that still made money, but not as much as it could have made. A great idea, but too slow to the marketplace.
Posted in Chocolate Fountain, newsletter
Tagged Business, Chocolate, chocolate fountain, Fountain
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Die Cast Tooling Mold Bases
Kinetic Die Casting owns several Die Casting Tooling Mold Bases that we use to produce aluminum die casting parts. These die cast mold bases are convenient for use for customers who own die casting tooling inserts but not a die cast mold base to use in a die casting machine. Some of the moldbases we own are as small as 12″ by 12″ and are as large as 36″ by 36″. Kinetic Die Casting also owns DME unit dies and MUD bases. DME unit dies are available in many sizes. Kinetic Die Casting primarily uses two DME Unit Die sizes:
Kinetic Die Casting will mount “customer owned” die cast tooling inserts into our mold bases so we can produce aluminum die casting parts. We can mount inserts ranging in sizes from 3″ to 20″ and all sizes in between. If a customer contacts us and they own die casting tooling inserts only, we can make parts for them. We have also made die cast tooling inserts for customers that will fit our mold bases. The tooling inserts are many types, like:
Die Casting Tooling is the greatest cost barrier to producing aluminum die cast Custom Metal Parts. The die cast die mold base is a very large percentage of the die cast tool cost. Kinetic Die Casting uses our die casting mold bases to save money for our customers, so they can get the die casting parts they need.
Kinetic Die Casting has Die Casting Tooling Mold Bases
Posted in Tooling Die Casting
Tagged Die Cast Mold, Die Casting Die, die casting tooling, Mold Base, Moldbase, Tooling Inserts, Unit Die
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Aluminum Auto Parts
Because aluminum is lightweight and strong, aluminum die casting parts are used for automotive, car or automobile applications. Aluminum Auto Parts are necessary to reduce the weight of the automobile so cars can get better fuel economy. The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) or Major auto manufactures love aluminum die casting for their auto parts because several thousand parts can be produced a year at a very low cost. Some OEM auto makers have their own die casting plants to produce their auto parts. Others contract with Jobshop die casters to produce their aluminum auto parts. Aftermarket auto parts manufacturing companies are companies that produce auto parts to be sold in stores. Aftermarket auto parts manufacturers use die cast aluminum auto parts because they are inexpensive to produce and are typically better quality than other aluminum part manufacturing processes. Prototype parts or Custom Parts or OEM parts and Aftermarket Auto parts come in various locations, such as:
Aluminum Die Casting Handles
Car door handles have been die cast as well as the aluminum handle hardware that opens the console and the trunk of the car.
Aluminum Valve Covers
Valve covers are very commonly die cast in aluminum because they hold a chrome look without using chrome plating. Valve covers need to diffuse heat and aluminum is a great conduit for thermal transfer.
Aluminum Wheels
Many wheels are thought to be made from magnesium but are in fact made from aluminum. Aluminum is very strong and can be polished to a high luster.
Aluminum Brackets
Many of the engine components are held into place using die cast aluminum brackets. The brackets hold the alternator and air conditioner into place.
Posted in Auto Parts
Tagged Aluminum Auto Parts, automotive, car parts, Custom Parts, Hardware, OEM
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Kinetic Die Casting Company
Kinetic Die Casting Company focuses on:
- low quantity aluminum parts production and
- fast aluminum parts delivery
Our customers need competitively priced aluminum die cast parts. Our customers expect us to ship those parts on time; free of defects. Most of our customers require die castings that we produce to a “net shape” and shipped. We can in many cases Add value to our customer’s products. Added value would be secondary operations such as machining, powder coating, painting, plating or assembly and packaging.
Our customers, these OEM manufacturers may need over 100,000 of these aluminum parts a year or as few as 100 aluminum parts a year. Kinetic Die Casting focuses on low quantity production, most production runs are quantities of fewer than 5,000 aluminum parts.
Some of our aluminum parts have a production rate of 100 aluminum parts a day and others can be produced at the rate of 1,000’s of aluminum parts a day. Kinetic Die Casting will typically ship orders of 5,000 parts..
Kinetic Die Casting, Inc. (KDC) was established in 1994 at the current location. Kinetic Die Casting is an American Jobshop Aluminum Die Casting Company. A jobshop aluminum die casting company produces aluminum parts for OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for their products. A Die Casting Company uses a process in which molten aluminum is injected with a die casting machine under force using considerable pressure into a steel die cast mold or die cast die to produce aluminum die cast parts.
Kinetic Die Casting, Inc.
6918 Beck Avenue
North Hollywood, California USA 91605
800-524-8083
Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific
Another California Die Casting Company closed their doors in 2007, Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific (aka CDC).
This is the information Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific published as their capabilities and mission:
Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific
950 Turnbull Canyon Road
City of Industry, California 91745
Mission for Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific:
We are a leader in the manufacturing of high quality, high value aluminum and zinc cast products and services for our customers. We will accomplish this mission through:
– employee involvement and commitment
– continuous improvement of our people and processes
– ongoing advancement of design and engineering capabilities
– utilization of our national presence
Materials:
Die Cast Aluminum Alloys: A380, A383, zinc and specialty alloys upon request
Capabilities:
Die Casting
High Pressure Die Casting Machines: 400 to 1200 ton
Fully automated die cast cells, shot and process monitoring
Secondary Finishing
Full service finishing including sanding and vibratory deburring
CNC and dedicated machining, testing and sub-assembly
Facilities
Plant 1: 80,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and office space
Customer Service
Production control & material handling JIT/EDI services
Coating processes with certified sub-suppliers
chem-film, anodize, plating and powder paint
Engineering Services
Product, tooling & process engineering, project management
Solid Works, AutoCAD Mechanical Desk Top
Solid Modeling, flow simulation rapid and die cast prototyping capabilities
Major Products:
safety restraint components
seating frames, components
electronic heat sinks, housings
compressor/pump components
power tool tables, brackets, covers
speaker and telephone housings, frames
Key Markets:
Automotive
Telecommunications
Consumer Electronics
Power Tools
Office Furniture
Other
Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific is another example of how difficult it is for a die casting manufacturing company to stay in business in California. Cascade had a long history of being a great supplier here in California and Cascade Die Casting/ Pacific will be missed by their former employees, their suppliers and their customers who need aluminum die casting parts.
Kinetic Die Casting continues to be strong while other die casting companies are closing down or selling out.
