Castings for Cast-Parts

Die casting tooling construction and design. In die casting procedures, the die casting tooling takes an important role. The tooling is the equipment that forms the product, and in the case of die casting in auto industry the tooling will help shape the auto part or accessory. This is also known as the die and the product is often made from the alloy tool steels and will have two general sections. In other tooling, it will have more than two sections.

The first section in the diecasting tooling is the fixed die half or the cover half and the second major component of the tooling is the ejector die half and this tooling component will allow for the removal of the castings. The casting may be crafted from a variety of materials. Some popular materials used include the non-ferrous metals like zinc, copper, aluminum, magnesium, lead and the tin-based alloys.

Aside from the two distinct components in most tooling, some dies will also feature that moveable slides and sections so as to produce other characteristics on the finished products. There will be holes in the fixed die half and these holes will allow for the entrance of the molten metal into the cavity. The cover half on the other hand will have passageways that can route the molten metal into the cavity. To ensure that no amount of molten metal will get out of the cavity, the die cast tooling will also feature locking pins. Ejector pins can be observed too and these pins will help remove the cast part.

Coast Die Casting Company closed their doors for a final time July 3, 2009. Coast Die Casting Company, was also known as CDC.

CDC was formerly owned by Mr. Dick Sawtelle. Dick was well respected in the die casting industry. So was his plant manager Mr. Bob Courts. Dick passed away and left CDC to his wife, Mrs. Sawtelle. Mrs Sawtelle ran the company many years successfully. When Mrs. Sawtelle passed away, Richard White, a long time employee, took over operations and purchased the business from the Sawtelle family.

Coast Die Casting Company
Aluminum and Zinc Die Casting
1850 West 144th Street
Gardena, California 90249
323-321-2879 Phone
310-532-6474 Fax

Because CDC has been in existence for several years, CDC served many industries such as Consumer Products, Tooling Products, Aerospace Products and Aircraft Products.

In 2006, Kinetic Die Casting began negotiations for the purchase of CDC. There were a lot of opportunities available to CDC and Richard White at the time. Richard chose to continue operations and “weather the storm” so to speak, in his words. The economy has been very difficult for CDC, as with most die casting companies. CDC ran into a lot of difficulty over the last few years.

In 2009, Richard faced a lot more difficulty than he was prepared to meet. He ran into financial difficulties and other problems that prevented him from serving his customers. CDC was shipping jobs later and with a few quality problems. He was forced to “Out-Source” many of his production runs to satisfy his customers’ needs.

Good News For Coast Die Casting Company Customers

Richard White contacted Bob Thomas, President of Kinetic Die Casting on June 30, 2009. He asked if there was any interest in our buying his company. On July 3, 2009 we struck a deal for his business and support. Kinetic Die Casting started immediately serving the CDC customers. CDC shipped all the tooling to Kinetic Die Casting so the customers could get the parts they disparately needed right away.

Kinetic Die Casting Company

The Kinetic Die Casting typical delivery is less than five weeks and frequently less than three weeks. Our quality always meets our customers’ satisfaction guaranteed. The Aluminum and Zinc Die Casting products we manufacture are for most industries.

Found this video on Google of a completely automated die casting machine work cell. As you can see the raw materials go into the furnace and completed parts come out of the other end. It is a three minute video and well worth looking at. ENJOY

The Techmire Zinc Castings Machines

The Techmire zinc die casting machine is a multiple-slide zinc die casting machine that is capable of producing small, complex and intricate zinc castings at minimum cost. Having the capacity to produce tiny and precision zinc die castings, zinc parts, this makes Techmire zinc castings the global leader in the industry of designing and fabricating multiple-slide zinc die casting machines.

Techmire is one of the leaders in the metalworking industry today. It was founded in the year 1983 in Montreal, Canada. You will now find Techmire machines in about more than thirty countries all over the world. Techmire zinc casting machines are specifically designed for zinc. Techmire has two sets of machines. They are the NT series and the NTX series. The NT series machine uses the multiple-slide technology, being fully automatic, hot chamber and has high precision. The NXT series is an improvement of the NT series. It has the latest technology that can handle higher capacity and extreme pressures. End products of NXT series machines have better surface finish and greater part density. The NT series have three models. They are the 22 NT, the 44 NT and the 66 NT. These three machines differ in nominal die size and shot weight.

Techmire’s largest die casting machine is the 88 NTX. It has a dry cycle speed of 2,100 cycles per hour and it has a quick die-changing capability allowing change over of two-slide molds. This machine is designed for single-cavity production of large area or multiple-cavity production of small components. All NTX models offer improved functions for different ranges of products.

The Role of Die Casting Company in the Industry. Die casting company and other businesses that create related products are hailed in the metalworking industry for producing the highest number of mass produced tools. These are distributed to commercial, consumer and industrial sectors. A die casting company supply tools that are used various products including automobile parts, sink and bathroom faucets, connectors used in houses, toys and a lot more.

The process of die casting starts by forcing the molten metal into dies of mold cavities that are under high pressure. Non-ferrous metals are commonly used by a die casting company to produce their products. Such metals or alloys will determine the strengths and other characteristics of the final output. These include aluminum, lead, tin, magnesium, zinc and copper. Nowadays, ferrous metals can also be utilized in the process. The method of casting is perfect for production of high volume of quantity of parts which may be small to medium that are good in surface quality, detail and dimensional consistency.

A die casting company should collaborate with good designers in order to create the best products that they can come up with. This must be done at an early stage of the development. This way, certain issues which may come up on tooling and production stages will be resolved early on. This will affect the overall costs of the whole production.

Related topics about die casting design can also be researched through books, trade journals, technical papers and professional leagues or associations. You will also find additional information about this on the Internet and published materials.