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Sand Casting Compared to Die Casting in 2023
Sand Casting Compared to Die Casting. If you are wondering which is better- sand casting or die casting – then this is the right article for you. Whether you need to know about sand casting or die casting advantages or a assessment of both, this article will certainly help you.
In order to have a stronger view of what is better, you must first know what these two methods are all about. Sand casting, as its name proposes, forms its mold with the help of a pattern or model which is pressed into a kind of sand mixture. Die casting on the other hand utilizes toughened tool steel as a mold in making its cast parts.
Both processes are decent choices of metal casting method. It just determined by what kind of metal parts you plan to cast or produce. For big hollow metal parts like cast aluminum automobile parts, sand casting is characteristically used. For minor and more detailed metal parts, die casting is the more perfect process. The casting weight range for sand casting is essentially unlimited while die casting has a range from 1oz up to 20 pounds.
When it comes to mass producing parts, which involves intricate details and flat surface, die casting is the more ideal method. It is because die casting process has a dimensional tolerance of as low as .001 inch, while sand casting has a minimum of .010 inches.
Money-wise, initial expenses for die casting are pricier than the first costs used for of sand casting. Nevertheless, in the long run, die casting has a lot inexpensive labor cost associated to the labor cost experienced by sand casting.
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A Comparison: Die Cast Parts or Plastic Parts in 2023
A Comparison: Die Cast Parts or Plastic Parts. Within the past decade, plastic molded products have become plentiful in the market. More and more plastic products are being shaped as extra to metal products such as faucet, door knobs, and chair braces. Die casting manufacturing industry is facing an opposing that produces products that do not disintegrate or rust. However, the question is, which is actually better, Die Casting Parts or Plastic Parts?
Durability
Die cast parts are essentially stronger likened to their plastic counterparts. In cases that a material is desired to be built thin and yet tough, die cast parts are desirable. Also, die casting parts can endure a wider range of temperature than their plastic counterparts, permitting them to be more ideal in severe working environments with dangerous temperatures.
Furthermore, since, die casting manufacturers use non ferrous type of metals like aluminum, zinc and magnesium, the quarrel that die cast parts are most probable to corrode easily lacking out of the picture.
Environmental Issue
When it comes to issues with environment, plastic products do not promise very well. If you wonder how long plastic products biodegrade, then the answer is: it takes at least few hundred years. This suggests that old and non-practical plastic products are going to flood the landfills. Likening these plastic products to die cast parts, the latter is really made of recycled material. About ninety five percent of metal utilized in die cast parts production is recycled from recovered parts. With this, metal is established to be a more maintainable material that could be used not only once but countless times over.
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Kinetic Die Casting Company. Inc.
6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood,
California 91605, United States of America
E-mail sales@kineticdc.com
USA Toll Free: (800) 524-8083 Local: (818) 982-9200
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The Difference between Die Casting or Investment Casting in 2023
The Difference between Die Casting or Investment Casting. If you are to select, what will you favor more; die casting or investment casting process? Choosing between the two is quite a quandary since they have some comparable features. To help you select, this article will help you by presenting the rewards of both techniques.
Advantages of Die Casting
1. Die casting delivers difficult shapes with a reasonably high level of accuracy linked to other mass production technique.
2. Die cast parts are being fashioned at a quicker rate than most of the processes. Also, it needs little to no secondary machining.
3. Due to its high accuracy when it comes to details, die cast parts are dimensionally stable. In totaling, it is also long-lasting.
4. The surface of die casting parts is fairly smoother than the metal cast parts shaped by other methods. Also, the surface could be fashioned with a wide variation of uniformities.
5. Die cast parts, compared to the metal castings fashioned by other methods, can be accomplished with thinner walls.
Advantages of Investment Casting
1. Investment casting brings the designer the freedom and malleability of almost myriad alloy choices, and also elasticity in inside and outside configurations.
2. Investment casting parts are industrial in a way that only trivial secondary machining is vital.
3. Investment casting procedure doesn’t have any draft requirements, making it more exact when it comes to dimensional conformance.
4. One thing that Investment casting could assert about is its benefit in aesthetics. Fine details and intricate features, texts and logos are positively attainable.
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February 2023 NADCA Meeting
University of California – Irvine on February 1st and February 2nd. North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) will be hosting the Die Materials Committee meeting and R&D Committee meeting. This is a great opportunity for NADCA Chapter 30 members to listen to the latest updates on NADCA research, network with suppliers and die casters, and tour the lab at the University of California – Irvine. The meetings are free to attend, but we ask that anyone attending please RSVP using the following link, so that we can plan accordingly.
NADCA Die Materials Committee
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
NADCA R&D Committee
Thursday, February 2, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held at University of California – Irvine, CA 92697
Register using this link: https://forms.gle/NKiF3gcBGNzAXWtj9
(if you cannot access Google Forms please send an email to glim@diecasting.org)
Beau Glim
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North American Die Casting Association
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February 2023 North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) Meeting
Aluminum Prices March 2022
Die Casting Alloy Materials Are Crazy. I am getting calls from the customers of my competitors asking that I quote a part price. I always refuse to quote because my competitor is facing the same material cost increases I am facing. Some die casting materials, like za27, are not available today. I will have to wait a few weeks for material. I’ve never seen this before.
In the past, prior to 2020, the die casting metal alloy prices were like gentle waves on the ocean, they go up, they come down. I have always ridden the waves in the past by not increasing or changing the part prices for material increases. But I can’t ride the increased material costs anymore.
Today, the cost of aluminum alloy for die casting increased another $0.05 a pound. Zinc alloys have risen similarly. That is an increase that I have never seen in my 30 years in business. My customers will also unfortunately have to pay a higher part price Or I cannot supply them the parts.
If you have a good supplier, pay the higher part cost. They cannot avoid the cost increases. Die Casting Aluminum Alloy Prices in March 2022 are Crazy.
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