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April 6, 2009

The Aluminum Cast Parts Process: Why It Is Superior

Filed under: Aluminum Casting Parts — Tags: — admin @ 3:07 am

The Aluminum die Casting Parts Process: Why It Is Superior. The aluminum casting process is considered superior over all other casting process available today, including plaster casting, die casting, investment casting, sand casting, permanent mold casting, and continuous casting, to name a few. The industrialized world enjoys the variety of advantages that the said casting process offers. Aluminum, unknown to many, is one of the few chosen metals that can be cast using any of the processes employed for the casting of metals. This makes aluminum part castings versatile and economical, top reasons why many businesses in the metalworking industry prefer it over other metals.

Many factors are taken into consideration in the selection of the most appropriate casting process for the production of a specific aluminum alloy part. In the aluminum casting process, the most important factors to consider boil down to these three: feasibility, cost, and quality. Because the process requires much attention to the planning stage, it is able to produce the finest products, as opposed to other casting processes that are only operation-oriented.

The benefits of using the aluminum casting process are many. For one, aluminum alloy parts are known to equal or even exceed normal construction steel’s strength even though aluminum in itself only carries a third of the density of steel. Structures under shock loads also find favor for aluminum cast parts because they have high elasticity levels, not to mention high resistance levels to weather, liquids, and atmospheric gases. Aluminum also stands tall beside copper; the former conducts both heat and electricity just as well as the latter. For all these reasons and more, the aluminum casting process remains the best among all other casting processes out there.

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April 2, 2009

A Closer Look into the Casting Process

Filed under: Zinc Casting Parts — Tags: , , — admin @ 12:33 am

A Closer Look into the Casting Process. The aluminum casting process has been around for a long time, and it operates by forcing molten metal, which is aluminum (naturally) under considerably high pressure into a variety of tooling cavities. The end result of this process, which actually takes longer than most people think, is a number of aluminum cast parts. Aluminum cast parts are some of the most coveted cast parts in the metalworking industry, and it is not hard to understand why. Aluminum part castings are unbelievably delicate and intricate in form, detail, and texture, allowing clients to make quality products.

So, what actually happens in the aluminum casting process? First things first – the mold is closed, just after it is sprayed with lubricants, and the cast parts are closely monitored in terms of pressure and temperature. The pressure required to shoot the molten metal into the die is around 10-175 mpa or, in other measurements, 1500-25000 psi. This pressure is maintained until, finally, the mold successfully solidifies. To complete the aluminum casting process, the die is then filled with a high-pressure injection; this is repeated before the entire mold gets the chance to harden.

Aluminum is just one of the chosen metals that can be used in the casting process. Other casting process makes use of non-ferrous or ferrous metals (this all depends on the client’s taste and needs), such as tin, magnesium, lead, and zinc. Nevertheless, the aluminum casting process enjoys a vast market and claims one of the top spots in the list of the metalworking industry’s preferred casting processes. Die Cast Tooling.

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