| Die-casting process is completed using high | | | | pressures. There is only one fundamental |
| pressure to force molten metal into Metal Dies. | | | | difference in die casting machines a hot chamber |
| The Dies can be used to create anything from | | | | "the pressure chamber is connected to the die |
| the simplest thing in your house like a Metal chair | | | | cavity is immersed permanently in the molten |
| leg or coffee table to something as complex as a | | | | metal" or cold chamber "the molten metal is ladled |
| Transmission Case or engine components for | | | | into the cold chamber for each shot". The time |
| your car engine. Die Casings are one of the | | | | required for a die casting cycle can vary from a |
| highest volume mass-produced items used in the | | | | very quick one second for small components, to |
| metal working industry. | | | | two or three minutes for making heavier and |
| Die Casting as a process goes back to the mid | | | | more complex items. Die-casting is fastest |
| 1800's started as a manual process related to | | | | technique available for producing precise |
| Casting printer type for a long time but gradually | | | | non-ferrous metal parts. Several machining |
| other shapes were developed and by late 1800's | | | | operations would be required or assembly of |
| early 1900 other types of parts were being made. | | | | several parts would be required to make a |
| The process never really took off until the | | | | finished part that the same as the die casting |
| development of alloys many of which are still in | | | | process can create in as little as a few seconds. |
| use today such as Aluminum, Magnesium and | | | | Common metals used in die-casting include zinc |
| copper. | | | | and aluminum. These are usually not pure metals; |
| The die casting process has evolved from using | | | | rather are alloys, which have better physical |
| low-pressure injection method to techniques | | | | characteristics. Die-casting produced parts are |
| including high-pressure casting with forces | | | | durable and dimensionally stable, while maintaining |
| exceeding 4500 pounds per square inch - squeeze | | | | close tolerances. They are also heat resistant. |
| casting and semi-solid die-casting. This process has | | | | Strength and weight - Die cast parts are stronger |
| enabled the industry to design and build with a | | | | than plastic injection moldings having the same |
| high degree of integrity and accuracy many of | | | | dimensions. Thin wall castings are stronger and |
| the products that you see today. Chances are | | | | lighter than those possible with other casting |
| that anything you see in volume is likely being | | | | methods. Plus, because die-castings do not consist |
| made with some form of Die Casting everything | | | | of separate parts welded or fastened together, |
| from the kitchen faucet, Die Cast trucks to the | | | | the strength is that of the alloy rather than the |
| most complex items in use today which are | | | | joining process. Multiple finishing techniques - Die |
| required to be mass produced. Die Casting is the | | | | cast parts can be produced with smooth or |
| process of forcing molten metal under high | | | | textured surfaces, and they are easily plated or |
| pressure into the cavities of steel moulds at high | | | | finished with a minimum of surface preparation. |