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August 19, 2015

The Most Useful Metal–Aluminum

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The Most Useful Metal–Aluminum. 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.

Today, 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.

Furthermore, 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.

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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August 12, 2015

Aluminum is Everywhere

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Aluminum Everywhere. 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.

Also metalworkers use this abundant metal for 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.

Furthermore, 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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July 29, 2015

Aluminum Casting Processes

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Aluminum Casting Processes. Some machines, equipment, and modern electronic gadgets are manufactured for worldwide distribution. The manufacturing process requires speed and efficiency at no sacrifice to quality and cost. For products that are composed of aluminum parts, casting is the answer.

The process of aluminum casting provides dimensional accuracy, high strength, a light weight, and a good surface finish. Other benefits of aluminum cast parts are its resistance to corrosion and its thermal and electrical conductivity. Aluminum Casting requires the metal to be molten when it is poured into molds. As the aluminum sets or hardens, it then takes the shape and details of its mold. The properties of this metal that make it ideal for all the ways of metal casting are its high melting point, its malleability, and its ductility.

Aluminum part castings are:

  • diecasting, used for small detailed parts with the same thickness all throughout
  • investment casting, for thin walled intricate precision small parts
  • permanent mold casting, for high-volume larger than die casting pieces
  • sandcasting, for larger pieces with complex shapes and varying wall thickness
  • shell mold casting, like sandcasting but with better surface finish, more dimensional accuracy, and higher cooling rates
  • EPC or evaporative pattern casting, for intricate patterns
  • plaster casting, for fine details as well as close tolerances
  • continuous casting, for non-porous casting of round, square, hexagonal rods and other long shaped aluminum products

    • Other metals that are used for similar processes are the low heat metals that include zinc, tin, lead and the high heat metals such as copper, silver, and copper alloys brass and bronze.

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July 15, 2015

Beautiful Cast Parts

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Beautiful Cast Parts. From forcing molten metal under high pressure into tooling cavities, products from and for cast parts are formed. Cast parts, as we know it, is one fine way to produce small to medium sized parts that has good and intricate details, delicately formed surfaces, and that has consistency in dimensions making it as a very welcomed addition in the part production industry.

Some of you may wonder what materials are used in this very clever process. With cast parts, raw materials and elements (or non-ferrous metals as they are properly called) like zinc die casting, copper, aluminum casting, magnesium, lead, and tin based alloys are used. These non-ferrous metals, as their collective name suggests, contains no trace of iron. And although these are the materials that are commonly used, ferrous materials (or materials that has traces of iron) can also be used in this process.

A cast part begins with closing the mold after being sprayed with a lubricant. By spraying lubricant on the mold, the temperature of the die can easily be controlled and the removing the cast later on will be much easier. After this first step, molten metal that is under high pressure of around 10—175 MPa (1,500—25,000 psi) is shot into the die. This amount of pressure is kept once the die is filled and until it is totally solidified. Filling the die by using a high-pressure injection is done so that the whole cavity would be filled before parts of the entire casting hardens. Moreover, using a high-pressure injection helps makers avoid irregularities in form even if there are parts of the cast that are not easy to fill due to its irregular shape.

Therefore, with a process as long as this one, one can be sure that the results will be beautiful die casting parts.

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July 6, 2015

Cast Aluminum Part Advantages

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Cast Aluminum Part Advantages. The Cast Aluminum process is used for producing engineered metal parts through employing force unto molten metal put under high pressure in order to make reusable steel dies and molds. These molds are what the metalworking industry generally refers to as dies, and they are designed in different shapes, sizes, and thicknesses in order to meet the specifications of the user.

First of all, the demand for die casting aluminum parts has risen significantly as opposed to the consumer reception it obtained when it was first introduced in the middle of the 1800s. There are many reasons for this apparent change in choice in both the sides of the manufacturers and the consumers. The process of casting die is rich in history and over time, the use of die cast parts has become more advantageous compared to the other processes used in the metalworking industry.

Secondly, Die Casting Aluminum is very versatile. Die cast parts carry amazing dimensional precision and creativity in terms of measurement, mold fit, and net-shape casting. There are a number of choices available as far as the physical appearance of die cast parts is concerned. As mentioned earlier, molds can come out in a variety of shapes, sizes, and thickness. They can be made to complement the visual output of their surrounding parts. Cast aluminum is also a very economical process, primarily because production (pre and post) costs can be cut down effectively owing to the fact that assistance from machines and tools are seldom required in making die cast parts.

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