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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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All about Aluminum

Aluminum is a widely used metal in our modern world. Imagine a world without aluminum. It will also be a world without silver paints, explosives, glass, ceramics, cans, foils, LED lights, frying skillets, automobiles, airplanes, CPU’s, outboard motors, lawnmowers, escalators, conveyor belts, streetlamps, typewriters, and some dental equipment. All these things have a component of aluminum, as aluminum cast parts or in other forms.

First step in the aluminum casting process is the presence of an original object which a mold is patterned after. The mold could be made out of sand, wax, plaster, or another metal. There are variations within these variations. For example, sand could be dry sand cores or green sand molds. Metal molds could be water cooled or not. Lubricant is placed on these molds before anything else. Next step is the melting of the metal. The molten metal is then poured into the mold and allowed to solidify inside. As it cures, it takes the shape of the mold, copying every little detail. The product is then taken out of the mold. For aluminum part castings, the process is repeated on and on for a number of times, in the mass production of 380 aluminum parts. These parts are then used for building machines or casings of equipment, or they become part of the little details of some ordinary things that we take for granted.

The casting process is also used in applications other than industry, for example, in art. Sculptors are familiar with the aluminum casting process. In fact, one famous sculpture that is made of aluminum casting is the statue of Eros in Piccadilly of London, the U.K. which used the lost wax method.

Cast Parts Company
6918 Beck Avenue
North Hollywood, CA. 91605
818-982-9386 Phone * Sales@Cast-Parts.com.