The Advantages of Aluminum Speaker Parts over Steel. You appreciate the speaker that you utilize at school or at your workplace. This makes it easier for people to broadcast important announcements. This can also come in handy whenever people seem …
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C-D Die Casting Chatsworth California
Sometime around the year 2003 or 2004 C-D Die Casting Company in Chatsworth California, closed their doors for the final time. C and D Die Casting Company had been around for many years prior to that time. C and D Die Casting Company had locations in Arizona and Mexico. The plant location in Mexico closed down for production a few years prior to Arizona closing and Arizona closed a few years before the California location.
C and D Die Casting Company specialized in small parts with their self made die casting machines. They had a few larger machines but the larger part of their business was on the small 400 ton die casting machines. Their self made 400 ton die casting machine had the appearance of a 100 ton die casting machine by most machine manufacturer standards.
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Steel Parts verses Aluminum Parts
Aluminum Die Casting Parts
Aluminum parts that are die cast are less expensive than steel. Steel parts weigh three times (3x) more than aluminum parts. So, the cost of materials by weight of the part is less. The cost to ship aluminum die casting parts is less than steel parts because of the weight differences. Fabricating a steel part is more labor intensive and time consuming than a die casting aluminum part. The die casting aluminum part can be used as is but a welded steel part will need a paint process to make them acceptable.
Aluminum Die Casting Part Design
Aluminum die casting parts can be designed to be very strong. Some aluminum die casting parts have strengthening ribs and gusset radii to increase the strength of the aluminum part. Aluminum die casting parts can be designed to be as strong, or stronger than a steel part.
Aluminum Die Casting Part Production
Aluminum die casting parts can be produced at the rate of over 1,000 parts in a day of die casting manufacturing production. The steel fabrication of parts can take as much as 10 days to make 1,000 parts. The cost per part as an aluminum die casting part is less than $3.00. A comparable steel part will cost about $5.00 each steel part and the wait time is ten times (10x) longer than an aluminum part.
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Tooling for Die Casting
Tooling for Die Casting is also known as die casting tooling and die casting molds. The tooling for die casting is constructed from steel and is hardened to 40 plus Rockwell. The steel is cut using mill cutters and using an EDM (Electronic Discharge Machining) process. The die casting mold usually takes more than six weeks to create, many times it may take ten or more for larger or more complex die casting molds or tools.
The area of the die cast tooling that creates the form of the part casting (part) is called the die cavity. The die cavity has the inverse shape of the part casting, like a muffin pan. The cavity is usually inside the “cavity insert” a square block of steel that will fit inside a mold base. There are two inserts for each tool, one for the “hot side” and one for the “ejector side”. These inserts are typically the same size in height and width and can vary in depth, depending on the part cavity depth.
The inserts are mounted in a “Die Mold Base” that is much larger than the set of inserts. The hot side of the moldbase has a hole where the molten metal is injected into the die through a cylinder (shot cylinder) pushed with a shot piston. The ejector side of the moldbase has an ejector plate with pins, known as ejector pins, these ejector pins push the completed part casting out of the cavity.
The cost of the die casting tooling is the responsibility of the customer. Sometimes tooling inserts are sold to a customer to save the cost of making die casting tooling. The cost of the moldbase is born by the die casting company.
Business Measurements
American Businesses who have introduced performance management cultures into their organizations have been found to have higher profits and stronger market performance. Performance management is the terminology being used in industry today to measure performance against business goals and employee competencies. If what these ”facilitators of change” are “selling” is not clearly defined in terms of measurable performance markers or proven sustainable outcomes, then their deliverables are of little use to an organization that is looking for that which can be clearly measured.
Businesses are measuring everything from employees skill levels, how many complaints they receive in a given week to how many sick days does an employee take in a given month if they are engaged in regular exercise and if they are not. Think about this for a moment. If the person you hired to speak cannot report measurable business performance outcomes for their business performance or business training program then this may be where the crux of the problem lies. How can you notice that which you did not plan for? Do you know what success means to you, what it looks like? When it comes to measuring your performance outcomes it is very important that both the business and the facilitator know exactly what deliverables they are looking for and how BOTH of you are going to know if they have been met.
Aluminum Lighting Fixture Die Castings
Aluminum Die Casting Lighting Fixture Parts from aluminum sand castings. A customer who is a lighting parts manufacturer purchases an aluminum sand casting fixture for his lighting products. This sand casting is an “Aluminum Trolley Mount” used to hold his lighting fixtures from the ceiling in a room. This aluminum trolley fixture has to be strong and look good to be part of his lighting products. He has been using this aluminum sand casting for quite a long time. The initial sand casting cost less to get started with a new product line and die casting cost a little more. The sand casting tooling costs less than $5000 to get started and the part price in this case is about $70 each part. My customer buys about 50 parts a month. His total cost to purchase these castings in a year after the tooling is paid for would be $70 per part times 12 times per year times 50 parts per month ($42,000 per year). Can this part be cost effectively produced as an aluminum die casting lighting fixture?
Aluminum Lighting Fixture Die Castings
The die casting part will require die cast tooling. This tooling will take about 10 weeks to be made and will cost about $28,000 to be made. This seems too expensive for some but if the annual total cost is calculated it will show that the tooling cost is justified. The part price in this case is $8 each part. A simple calculation will show the cost of the die castings with the die casting tooling will be better than the cheaper sand casting price.
Aluminum Die Castings
Part Price — $ 8.00
Annual Quantity — 600
Total parts cost — $4,800
Tooling cost — $28,000
Total product cost — $32,800
Aluminum Sand Castings
Part Price — $ 70.00
Annual Quantity — 600
Total parts cost — $42,000
Tooling cost — Paid for already
Total product cost — $42,000
The aluminum die casting option will cost about $9,000 less the first year and over $30,000 less each year afterwards. Die casting aluminum is a better option.
