{"id":101,"date":"2009-04-22T01:02:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T07:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/?p=101"},"modified":"2015-03-18T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T20:42:11","slug":"aluminum-ideal-for-metal-casting-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/aluminum-ideal-for-metal-casting-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Aluminum, Ideal for Metal Casting Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cast Parts Die Casting Company<\/a> <\/b>
\n6918 Beck Avenue
\nNorth Hollywood, CA. 91605
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Aluminum, Ideal for Metal Casting Processes<\/a>. Aluminum is an element known for its light weight, ability to be molded into very thin strips, has a dimensional stability to be shaped in complex forms and resistant to corrosive materials. It also has high thermal and very efficient in conductivity. Lastly, aluminum remains strong even in very high temperature. It is not a surprise why aluminum is one of the commonly used metals for casting processes.<\/p>\n

Aluminum casting process<\/a> uses different aluminum casting parts for molding aluminum into desired shapes, either basic shapes or the more complex ones. There are different ways to reshape aluminum into something usable. The most traditional way is by pouring Aluminum liquid into a collar, or more commonly known as a caster. The collar has a specific shape where the liquid aluminum will be cooled and will eventually copy the shape of the caster used. There is also a method of casting which is called \u201cstrip casting\u201d of plate. It is sort of similar to the traditional way, where liquidated Aluminum is poured in rollers or belts so that it goes on its destination to its final shape. <\/p>\n

These processes are not as easy as they seem. Different precautions must be taken in the process of casting aluminum. Dissolved hydrogen in liquid aluminum is reduced to a low level. You can also add CI2 gas which would then eliminate solutes of alkali metal and some other inclusions. But before the use of these gases, they should be cleaned in a bag house to avoid environment destruction. If commercial aluminum is degassed and cast, there would be impurities and it would lead to stress and cracks.<\/p>\n

Die Castings Blog<\/a> gives information on how to get a Aluminum and Zinc Die Castings. If you are looking for Die Casting Tooling<\/a> look at this website. <\/p>\n

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Cast Parts Die Casting Company 6918 Beck Avenue North Hollywood, CA. 91605 818-982-9386 Phone * Sales@Cast-Parts.com. Aluminum, Ideal for Metal Casting Processes. Aluminum is an element known for its light weight, ability to be molded into very thin strips, has a dimensional stability to be shaped in complex forms and resistant to corrosive materials. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,42,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-parts-alloys","category-cast-parts","category-die-casting-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}