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Category Archives: Die Casting Company
Choosing the Best Die Casting Company
Choosing the Best Die Casting Company. Selecting the finest die casting company is not simple. That is because there are lots of die casting companies that will vie for your notice. Deciding on the best therefore can be very puzzling sometimes. So here are some common tips that can help you decide on the most excellent die casting company.
The first thing you can do is to look for die casting company on the web. This does not mean that die casting companies that have websites are the finest. Investigating online will permit you to find the different product features and manufacturing strengths of diverse die casting companies.
You may have to decide on a die casting company that can respond to your unique casting desires. For instance, if you need aluminum parts that do not require additional machining, then look for a company with the ability to produce polished aluminum parts.
You should also verify if the die casting company can accommodate the customization you need for metal castings. Die casts can be modified according to your requirements but you may have to pay for extra charges for intricate shapes. So it is also vital to factor the expenses of production and judge against the different manufacturing quotes.
Quantity and fast turn around are also significant factors you need to think about. Look for a company the can agree to small production runs if you only need 100 parts. If you want several thousand parts, you should find out how fast these parts can be completed. Usually, a excellent die casting company can deliver in less than four weeks.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures a lot of aluminum rooftile plates , trim tile molds, and military die casting. If you would like a quote, please visit our website: Kinetic Die Casting Company
Die Casting Company Makes Aluminum a Perfect Choice
Die Casting Company Makes Aluminum a Perfect Choice. Every die casting company clearly makes it a point to highlight the advantages of aluminum. That is why it has become the ideal choice for the commerce in this time and age. Why is that so? Just picture if the car itself is created of iron parts. Do you believe the cargo carriers will be able to transfer a bunch of cars without any problems at all? The answer to everything is essentially easy. The aluminum is one of the very few lightest metals recognized in the world.
For an automobile company, casting the aluminum offers a decrease in the weight of the whole car. This is the reason which has smoothed the way for the substitution of the iron parts. The same holds true for both the convey and aerospace business. The casting of the melted aluminum alloys into the metal molds is also very economical. They are likewise too practical to use for any die casting company processes. Apply gravity, high pressure, or low pressure die casting and you will still come up with the best finished surfaces and close tolerance. The metal is not hard to shape which thus prevents too much application of machining.
The die casting companies in Australia and the United States are all sticking to one common thought and that is to utilize the use of the aluminum alloys to attain the best finishing products! After all, who doesn’t desire to save much on time, effort, and cost for the whole production procedure?
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures aluminum and zinc die casting parts. Samples of KDC’s work include die cast speaker parts, aluminum tile plates, and other die cast metal parts. If you would like to have a quote please visit our website: Kinetic Die Casting Company
Drumheller Industries is Closed (Die Casting Company)
Drumheller Industries is Closed (Zinc Die Casting Company) – Today I drove past the building of Drumheller Industries on 10967 Tuxford Street in Sun Valley, California. I was saddened that the building is for sale. Drumheller Die Casting Company was a zinc die casting company that was in business over 40 years. Scott Drumheller, the last owner of the company, told me his grandfather started the company by building special hot chamber zinc die casting machines. These machines will cast and trim the zinc die casting parts automatically so that the parts drop into buckets.
For over two years, I talked to Scott about the possibility of purchasing his company. He has had declining sales and fewer customers every year. The value of his company was dropping. Unfortunately, Scott felt he needed a job but did not want to work for another die casting company. He wanted to continue Drumheller operations until he had to stop.
In July 2012, Scott Drumheller told me he needed to pay either a penalty or a fine to the state of California to stay in business. This fee was vary large, and amounted to more than 10% of his annual sales. He decided to close Drumheller Industries unless someone would purchase his corporation from him and his liability to the state of California.
I offered to pay him a sales commission and two or three times the value of his equipment for his equipment and his customers. He insisted that the corporation ownership needed to be part of the package. I do not understand how it could benefit him to scrap his equipment for one third of the amount of money that I offered to pay him and why he believed I would take his corporate liabilities or even why he thought it was fair to insist the corporate transfer as part of the package. We could not come to an agreement and he chose to scrap his equipment instead of selling the die casting machines to Kinetic Die Casting Company.
Another California Die Casting Company has closed. This is very sad to me. There are less than one third of the die casting companies in California as there were 20 years ago.
The good news to me is that my company, Kinetic Die Casting Company, is thriving and growing while other companies are declining and closing. Our customers feel safe buying their parts from us. We purchased the mold bases and die casting tooling from the Drumheller die casting auction to service their customers.
Optimal Die Casting Production Part Quantity
Optimal Die Casting Production Part Quantity? “I need to buy several thousands of parts to buy die castings”. That is the most common myth or false belief people have regarding the optimal die casting part production quantity. We believe, the optimum production quantity of die casting parts is, the quantity of parts you need to buy.
Unfortunately, many die casting companies also believe the “high quantity only” myth. Some die casting companies perpetuate that myth to force their customers into buying more parts than they need. They refuse smaller quantity purchase orders unless their customers pay a very high “set-up charge”. Sometimes, they will push out delivery of lower part quantities to over 12 weeks, in an effort to dissuade the lower quantity part purchase orders. Then sometimes the part quality is “lacking” but the parts are needed so badly, the sub-quality parts are accepted because we do not have 12 more weeks to wait for replacement parts.
Kinetic Die Casting is thrilled to accept die casting part purchase orders of any quantity. We will accept part purchase orders with deliveries of 10,000 parts or less. Many of our part purchase orders have part deliveries of less than 1,000 parts. In fact, many of our aerospace part purchase orders have deliveries of less than 100 parts and sometimes less than 10 parts.
Our part deliveries range from four to six (4-6) weeks for raw castings. No matter what quantity you want, as long as it is less than 10,000 parts. In most cases we will ship your parts in less than six weeks, if we do not need to wait for outside processes to hold up our part delivery.
In most production part purchase orders, we ship your parts the day we make your parts. We do not have departmental delays that can take several days or weeks to process the parts after the parts are produced.
Our optimal die casting part production quantity, is the quantity you want to buy. Contact us today for a competitive price. Your delivery will be less than six weeks.
Kinetic Die Casting Company
818-982-9200
sales@kineticdc.com
Drumheller Industries Die Casting Tooling
Drumheller Industries
10967 Tuxford Street
Sun Valley, California 91352
Kinetic Die Casting Company bought Die Casting Tooling at the Drumheller Industries auction on Tuesday September 12, 2012. Much of the zinc die casting tooling were unit die holders to fit small die casting tooling inserts.
Drumheller Industries, located at 10967 Tuxford Street in Sun Valley CA. 91352, made zinc die casting parts for several years. Drumheller Industries sold die cast unit die inserts to their customers as die casting molds but not the die casting holders.
These Drumheller customers will need to use the holders that we purchased to save them money on set up fees on their next production run of zinc die casting parts. The Drumheller inserts and many of their zinc die casting tools fit in our new unit die mold bases. In some cases, these die casting tools can be modified to fit other inserts.
Sadly, the Drumheller customers were given a only few days notice to pick of their die casting molds or insert tools before they closed their doors permanently before the auction. We here at Kinetic Die Casting Company are sad that another manufacturer with a long history in California closed their doors. It is hard to believe that so many manufacturers in California are facing problems that are forcing them to close their doors.
Kinetic Die Casting Company is glad to offer assistance to the manufacturing customers that were doing business at Drumheller Industries. In many cases we can save these manufacturing companies money by using the same mold bases and trim dies that were sold at the Drumheller auction.
Call 800-524-8083 for an appointment to come and see our operation:
Kinetic Die Casting Company
6918 Beck Avenue
North Hollywood, CA 91605
