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May 21, 2010

Where do you find Aluminum Lighting Fixture Parts?

Where do you find Aluminum Lighting Fixture Parts? Lighting fixtures and parts made out of aluminum die casting have a lot of advantages and benefits as compared to fixtures and parts made through other manufacturing processes and with other materials and alloys. Here are some of these known advantages:

First of all, aluminum lighting fixture parts are cost-efficient, meaning they are less expensive as compared to other fixture parts made with different materials and through different processes.
Aluminum lighting fixture parts have good thermal properties, meaning they can be used at high temperatures and when used with high temperature power supplies and bulbs. It can also last longer, so you’re saving a lot of money on repairs and replacements.
On one hand, housings for such fixtures were formerly welded together, making it costly, time and labor-consuming, plus were limited in terms of shaping and molding. Aluminum lighting fixtures, on the other hand, can be molded and shaped in different ways possible, so housing them isn’t as costly and limited anymore.

So where exactly can you find these aluminum lighting fixture parts? If the lighting fixtures at home, in the office, or in any building or facility are in need of parts, you can either visit stores that sell ready-made lighting fixture parts or visit manufacturers of aluminum die casting parts to get them molded and done in normally a short period of time.

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April 23, 2010

Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Lighting Parts vs Gravity Casting

Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Lighting Parts vs Gravity Casting. There are many processes used to create parts for different things. Let’s take lighting fixtures for example. Everywhere you go, whether it is a room in your house or a mall, you’ll find all kinds of lighting fixtures inside and outside of the building. Now, knowing that nothing in this world is perfect, lighting fixtures can get damaged and may be in need of new parts to keep it functioning. To be able to do this, parts are made through certain processes known as die casting. Die casting basically refers to the process of creating parts, housings, and the like by forcing molten metal through high pressure to be able to create molds. These molds help shape and create the parts needed.

What sets things apart in die casting is the material or alloy being used. The process that is also adopted makes a difference. For lighting fixtures, for example, gravity casting is one of the casting processes used to make the parts needed to keep it stable and in place. But because of the many advantages manufacturers and consumers get from aluminum die casting, such as the end-product being lightweight, cost-efficient, strong, sturdy, and shapely to fit it in closer dimensional limitations, many prefer aluminum die casting over gravity casting. What’s more, it’s quicker to produce.