April 30, 2010

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Aluminum Die Castings
Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Speaker Parts vs Extrusions. Speakers and other sound-related components don’t live without going through maintenance and parts replacement. Eventually, after months or years of use, parts need to be replaced with newer ones to continue its lifespan. Many of today’s consumers would turn to die casting to be able to get parts instead of buying a new component every time a part of the system starts malfunctioning, and one of the processes used to create speaker parts is extrusions. Extrusion, if you look it up over the net, is basically a process used to create objects (in this case, parts) of a fixed cross-sectional body. The top advantages of using extrusions are being able to create complex cross-sections and being able to work with materials that are normally brittle and that can easily break.
But because of the limitations involved in extrusions when it comes to shaping and the time spent to produce the parts, manufacturers are now turning to pressure die casting using aluminum as the main alloy. As compared to extrusions, die casting with aluminum makes production faster, allows more net shape, and all the features of the part, from top to bottom, side to side, can be done in one operation alone.
To get a price for aluminum die casting parts or die casting tooling, call toll free 800-524-8083 and ask for sales. Or email us at sales@kineticdc.com for a fast response on a price quote.

April 23, 2010

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Aluminum Die Castings
Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Lighting Parts vs Gravity Casting. There are many processes used to create parts for different things. Let’s take lighting fixtures for example. Everywhere you go, whether it is a room in your house or a mall, you’ll find all kinds of lighting fixtures inside and outside of the building. Now, knowing that nothing in this world is perfect, lighting fixtures can get damaged and may be in need of new parts to keep it functioning. To be able to do this, parts are made through certain processes known as die casting. Die casting basically refers to the process of creating parts, housings, and the like by forcing molten metal through high pressure to be able to create molds. These molds help shape and create the parts needed.
What sets things apart in die casting is the material or alloy being used. The process that is also adopted makes a difference. For lighting fixtures, for example, gravity casting is one of the casting processes used to make the parts needed to keep it stable and in place. But because of the many advantages manufacturers and consumers get from aluminum die casting, such as the end-product being lightweight, cost-efficient, strong, sturdy, and shapely to fit it in closer dimensional limitations, many prefer aluminum die casting over gravity casting. What’s more, it’s quicker to produce.
To get a price for aluminum die casting parts or die casting tooling, call toll free 800-524-8083 and ask for sales. Or email us at sales@kineticdc.com for a fast response on a price quote.
April 16, 2010

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Aluminum Die Castings
Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Automotive Parts vs Sand Casting. Aluminum die casting has many advantages over other processes in making parts and housings for different things. For instance, when producing automotive parts, manufacturers would want their finished products to fit the expectations of their customers: lightweight, less expensive, long lasting, durable, strong, and the like. Sand casting is usually the process used to make automotive parts, but because of the long machining process plus it being limited to only certain dimensions, aluminum was opted to be more advantageous when it came to production.
Aluminum die casting basically refers to the process of producing parts through high pressure casting, forcing molten metal through such pressure to create molds that could shape and put together the parts needed to create the fixtures, hardware, and the like. In the case of automotive parts, with aluminum they’re not as heavy in weight, they require less machining, and are made with thinner walls. Pressure die casting automotive parts can also be held with dimensional limits which are much closer to each other. The biggest perk of all is the quick and easy production of these parts since aluminum die casting parts can be produced up to a hundred thousand in number in a day.

To get a price for aluminum die casting parts or die casting tooling, call toll free
800-524-8083 and ask for sales. Or email us at
sales@kineticdc.com for a fast response on a price quote.
April 09, 2010

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Aluminum Die Castings
Methods for Making Aluminum Hardware Brackets. Hardware brackets are produced and used in many industries today, which is why it is a very important component that should be made and processed properly and correctly. Hardware brackets are made as parts for lighting fixtures, automobiles, and even in construction because its main purpose is to keep all the parts stable, steady, and as much as possible, long lasting. Before, manufacturers would use steel to make these hardware brackets and would have to weld the pieces together. But these welded pieces become weak overtime, which makes it expensive, time-consuming, and you’d have to exert a lot of effort just to maintain it.
This is why many manufacturers now see the advantages they get when they use aluminum die castings to make their hardware brackets. Die casting involves a process of forcing molten metal under high pressure to be able to produce complex yet more tolerable molds to create parts and housings for different things such as military weapons and lighting fixtures. When making hardware brackets, manufacturers would create them using the process of aluminum die casting, afterwards shaping it easily into parts that they know would make it sturdier, more long-lasting, and of course cost-efficient as compared to steel.
To get a price for aluminum die casting parts or die casting tooling, call toll free 800-524-8083 and ask for sales. Or email us at sales@kineticdc.com for a fast response on a price quote.

April 02, 2010

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Aluminum Die Castings
Kinetic Die Casting Makes Aluminum Chassis Castings. The internet contains tons of websites that can offer you information about anything under the sun, so if you’re looking for information on aluminum die casting and chassis castings, one of the best websites to recommend is Kinetic Die Casting. Here, you’ll find all the information you need regarding, die casting, aluminum die casting in particular, and of course articles on aluminum chassis casting. The company even offers their services to people in need of aluminum chassis castings.
Chassis refers to the frame, machinery, and even the wheels of a motor vehicle, an electrical component, and even of musical instruments like an electric guitar. The chassis is what holds the body of the instrument or vehicle together, and the use of aluminum to create the housing or the parts has long been used by many manufacturers of the industry today. If you read through the articles of Kinetic Die Casting, you’ll discover that aluminum, compared to steel and other alloys, is the most common and popular because of how lightweight it is, how durable and strong the material is, and of course how quick it is to produce. Aluminum chassis casting also means being able to shape the parts or the housing in such a way that it is more complex, more tolerable, and shapely at the same time.
To get a price for aluminum die casting parts or die casting tooling, call toll free 800-524-8083 and ask for sales. Or email us at sales@kineticdc.com for a fast response on a price quote.