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March 1, 2009

Aluminum’s journey from the Paleolithic to the Modern world

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Aluminum’s journey from the Paleolithic to the Modern world

The history of the world is closely related to man’s use of metal tools. From the Paleolithic Era which is the first recorded use of stone tools, on to the Neolithic or New Stone Age with the improvement of these tools, and the end of this era being a revolution in tool use with metal tools becoming widespread. The next step for the revolution of tool use was the Copper Age, then the Bronze Age, then the Iron Age. These were the first metals.

Aluminum wasn’t widely used by man till the 19th century with scientific breakthroughs facilitating its rise towards being the most widely used metal today. Without aluminum, airplanes and automobiles would be costly and impractical to develop. The aerospace industry wouldn’t have its shuttles. Even such simple things as aluminum foil, aluminum cans, and modern food packaging need the metal.

Aluminum cast parts are in such modern objects as the computer you are using, the mobile phone you bring with you, the kitchen utensil you used for lunch today, and a lot more of our regular daily objects. The aluminum castings process developed by the science of metallurgy involves the heating of the metal and the pouring of the molten material into a pre-designed mold. This is how aluminum part castings are made. The process is repeated a hundredfold to make the parts needed to supply the world with this miracle metal.

Many years ago, aluminum was not that widely used. Extraction of the metal was difficult and costly. It was already regarded as a useful metal, but it was too expensive. Nowadays, thanks to a handful of scientists and engineers and pioneers, aluminum is here to stay.

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February 25, 2009

Aluminum, uses and processes

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Aluminum, uses and processes

Companies who specialize in aluminum cast parts usually also offer zinc cast parts. Die-casting is the preferred method for manufacturing small cast parts. The other metals used in casting aside from aluminum and zinc are magnesium, copper, lead, brass, and tin. Other methods aside from the die cast method are the sand cast, the investment cast, the gravity die or permanent mold. These other methods are ideal for different applications of the cast parts. Each casting process has its own pros and cons.

The aluminum die casting part process is just about the same as for these other metals mentioned here. A mold is prepared from an original. The patterns in the mold are to be duplicated by the cast metal. To make this process of aluminum part castings cost-efficient, several copies are to be made with the one mold. Therefore the mold has to be strong enough to withstand numerous repetitions and still come up with quality detailed products with dimensional accuracy, strength, and other mechanical properties. The metal is melted, and there are different melting points for each metal. The molten metal is then poured or force injected into the mold. As the metal hardens or cures inside its mold, it takes the details and the shape of the mold. The aluminum die casting parts are now formed.

These companies in the metalworking industry have their own foundries, machines, and tooling mechanisms. They provide services to a lot of other industries that require metal in their products. Aeronautics, automobile manufacturing, computer and electronics, consumer products, and a lot more modern industries have a use for aluminum.

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February 21, 2009

The secret of the most useful metal in the world

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The secret of the most useful metal in the world. It is the 1st metal in terms of abundance, making up about 7-8% of the earth’s crust. Ironically, it has been hard to mine and use this metal for industrial and commercial purposes until the 1880’s and the discovery of cost efficient methods. The Romans and Greeks used it in salt form for medicinal purposes. Bars or ingots of the metal were kept alongside silver and gold and other jewels.

Nowadays, not a gadget, an engine, or an equipment is produced without the help of this metal. Its commercial manufacture is second only to iron. I am talking about the versatile aluminum. Lightweight, malleable and ductile, with high strength, and non corrosive properties; this metal is the darling of the industrial world. Aluminum cast parts are used in automobiles, marine engines, bikes, construction equipment, and kitchen utensils. It is also found in electrical high wires, heat coils, and watches.

The process of aluminum part castings is also the process of other kinds of metal alloys such as zinc, magnesium, and iron. They are sand and die casting, permanent mold and evaporation pattern casting, composite mold and hybrid permanent mold casting, investment and plaster casting. All these methods in the aluminum casting process make this metal available and useful to all.

No matter what kind it is and what it is called, there is a basic process in metal casting. It involves molten aluminum metal which is poured into a mold and left for a while to solidify. The difference lies in the kind of mold used. Die Casting Tooling.

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February 17, 2009

Aluminum, from the Mines to the Airplanes

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Aluminum, from the mines to the airplanes. Aluminum is mined in countries such as Suriname, Kazakhstan, Jamaica, Guinea, Russia, India, China, Venezuela, Brazil, and Australia. It is malleable, ductile, has a good heat conductivity and electrical conductivity, has high strength-to-weight ratio, is non corrosive, and is cheap enough to manufacture. Boats, bikes, cars, trucks, planes, and railway cars all use aluminum cast parts. The metal is ideal for all kinds of casting methods. Metalworkers employ a different kind of aluminum casting process depending on a product’s design, shape, needed strength, soundness, accuracy of casting measurements, and of course, cost of mold and cost of product per piece.

Aluminum die casting part castings involve processes such as investment casting, sand casting, permanent mold casting, die mold casting and a lot more. A metalworking company is versed in the different procedures. A method that will fit the needs of a client can be chosen from among all these. Some of these companies offer free estimates, consultation, and other services. Online forms are available to be filled up and submitted with relevant information such as a product order description, weight, type, material, quality requirements, and quantity of order. Based on the information you give, a metalworking company can then come up with a price quotation or estimate.

Other services aside from aluminum part castings include machining, anodizing, chem-filling, tumble finishing or vibratory finishing, powder coating, and painting. The industry services such other industries that have need of aluminum cast parts such as the communications industry, the computer industry, the automotive industry, the space industry, and the aeronautics industry.

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February 13, 2009

The irony of aluminum

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The irony of aluminum

Aluminum cans, foil, silver paint. All these would not exist if aluminum were not present in the earth’s crust. Alternatively, they would be very expensive if Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult did not discover electrolysis, which is the method of extracting the metal from its ore nowadays. Fortunately, they did discover it. The Hall-Héroult process for the production of aluminum is the foremost process used in the metalworking industry today.

For the further commercial use of this abundant metal, metalworkers use the aluminum casting process to mass produce aluminum alloys. Die molding, hot isostatic pressing,
sand casting, composite mold casting, continuous mold casting, permanent mold casting, centrifugal casting, investment casting, and plaster casting; this is a list of the many ways of aluminum part castings. These metal parts have a number of uses in the aeronautic, automobile, electronic, and electrical industries. Die Cast Tooling.

Due to this silvery lightweight metal’s incredible versatility, aluminum cast parts are also found in such gadgets as transistors, computers, mobile phones, lawnmowers, cars, escalators, aircraft, conveyor belts, streetlamps, and some dental equipment. In addition, aluminum compounds are used in the production of glass, ceramics, antiperspirants, synthetic rubber, paint, paper, cosmetics, varnishes, and leather tanning.

If science and technology did not go forward as it did, aluminum would still be more expensive than gold today. The irony of aluminum is that of all the metals in the world it is the most abundant one, but it could not have been used as it is used today without a cost-efficient method of extracting the metal.

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