Die Casting for Aluminum Die Casting Parts. There are many methods with which manufacturers can produce aluminum cast parts. They can choose to go with sand casting, gravity-fed casting, investment casting, or permanent mold casting, just to name a few. However, it is die casting that manufacturers go for. Moreover, more than any other metal alloys available, they choose to go with aluminum alloys. In fact, in the United States alone, around two-and-a-half billion dollars worth of aluminum cast parts made from die casting is produced every year. The die casting process mainly involves the forcing of molten aluminum metal into cavities in order to make molds, which are referred to as dies, hence the name.
Aluminum cast parts from the die casting process are best produced in large quantities of small parts. Castings can weigh as much as fifty kilograms, but aluminum part castings usually weight at around five kilograms. Costs in high tooling and casting equipment are completely justified and are in fact relatively cheaper than those used by other casting methods.
Various applications of aluminum cast parts made with die casting typically include aluminum die casting alloys such as Alloy 380.0, Alloy A380.0, Alloy 360.0, Alloy 413.0, and Alloy 518.1, among many others. Once these alloys are turned into aluminum cast parts, they are used for lawnmower housings, streetlamp housings, dental equipment, gear, typewriter frames, cover plates, frying skillets, instrument cases, auto parts, connecting rods, pistons, conveyor components, lit tings, aircraft and marine hardware, and escalator parts, to name some. The aluminum casting process is indeed one of the most useful processes in the metalworking industry today.
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