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April 20, 2009

Die Cast Mold Tools

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Die Casting Molds and Die Casting Tools. There are several different Die Cast Molds Tools used for the process of die casting. They can be very expensive but the returns are also great as die casting is known to generate a lot of revenue for metalwork companies which have led for it to become top if the industry in terms of revenue.

Die casting is a process used by manufacturers in the metalworking industry in order to turn molten metal into parts or whole products for their clients. The best application for this process is to fulfill large orders for the same part of the same size, shape and dimension. This results in smooth surfaces of the part, good quality detail and consistent dimensions. The process has known to work so well to a point that it post machining can be removed entirely.

The main Die Casting Molds Tools that remain to complete the process are molds, hot chambered machines and cold chambered machines. The molten metal is first forced into the mold under high pressure before the die casting mold is machined into a die cast tool. Both hot chambered die casting machines and cold chambered die casting machines have different pros and cons. The former is known to work faster compared to the cold chambered machine however the hot chambered machine cannot be used for all types of metal alloys namely zinc, aluminum, magnesium and copper alloys.

These Die Casting Tooling can be a bit expensive, but they are worth every penny as they proved the manufacturer with better profits and revenue.

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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 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 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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