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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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    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

    To get prices for Die Casting Tooling Molds or Parts:

    RFQ Die Casting Tooling Part Prices

    Kinetic Die Casting Company makes:

  • NADCA-Product-Standards-for-Die-Casting-pdf
  • Die Casting Porosity
  • Die Casting Draft Angle
  • NADCA North American Die Casting Association

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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
    Project Manager
    North American Die Casting Association
    847-808-3164

    February 2023 North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) Meeting

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    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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    6918 Beck Avenue North Hollywood, California
    91605 United States of America
    818-982-9200
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    The Different Alloys used in Die Casting Manufacturing 2021

    Die Casting Alloys – The Different Alloys Used in Die Casting Manufacturing. Kinetic Die Casting Company uses different types of metal die casting alloys depending on the needs of our customers.

      The Die Casting Alloys we use are:

    • A360 aluminum die casting alloy
    • A380 aluminum die casting alloy
    • A383 aluminum die casting alloy
    • A413 aluminum die casting alloy
    • ZA27 die casting alloy
    • #3 zinc die casting alloy
    • #5 zinc die casting alloy

    A380 is the die casting alloy we use the most. About 80% of our parts are produced in A380. A380 is the least expensive aluminum alloy. It is very versatile for a very nice finish on a die casting part.

    A360 aluminum die casting alloy is used when corrosion resistance is required. It is used by many manufacturers whose parts are exposed to salt spray or other corrosive environments.

    A413 die casting alloy is another alloy we use to produce a lot of parts. This alloy is used in a lot of thermal conductance applications (heat sinks). It has a very nice surface finish and can be used to cast thinner walls. It has better corrosion resistance than A380.
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    A383 alloy is less expensive than A413 and also is used when the die casting part wall thicknesses are thinner than normal.

    ZA27 die casting alloy is used when greater die casting part strength is needed. This die casting alloy is a marriage between aluminum and zinc.

    #3 and #5 zinc die casting alloys are the most common alloys used for zinc die casting. Many of the products that were produced in zinc are now made in aluminum or plastic. Zinc makes up less than 10% of the die casting parts made in America today.

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