So what is Aluminum Die Casting?
In concept, high pressure die casting is a relatively simple method of manufacturing.? The process involves melting aluminum bars into a crucible, inject the liquid into a shaped mold and from there, Bingo!? You have a die cast part!?
Of course, this is an oversimplistic description of the process, but the idea was to create an image as you read.? The question is: Why should you want to use the process?
Once your part’s design as been tested for form and function and is ready for mass production, to keep on machining these parts at 100% is very expensive.? Die casting allows to reduce significantly parts pricing because the process brings the part from liquid to solid within seconds and the equipment goes through many cycles per hour.?
High pressure die casting also permits some of the features that were machined to be planned into the mold’s design as an integral composition of the casting.? These transferred production features can significantly reduce the number of operations that might have been necessary which will impact on delivery lead time.? If any, time is likely among the most stressed metrics in the manufacturing world.
When die casting is involved, most people will think of the automotive industry and the very high-volume productions runs.? In fact, many die casting providers have dedicated presses and set them up so that it will produce that one specific part until the program is shut down.
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Rest assured; You don’t need stratospheric production runs to make the process work for your application and take advantage the engineering and pricing advantages.
You might ask: -How many parts do I need for it to make sense?
Short answer is: ?There is no exact number. ?Sorry!
Every project needs to be evaluated on its own and many metrics can have an impact on either the project is viable for the process, or not.
Question about the process or have a project you have in mind, feel free to contact me!
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