Machining Die Casting Parts, Die Casting Parts Machining Requirements and Advantages.

Kinetic Die Casting Company produces many types of die casting parts that are machined as a secondary process, but we also produce many parts that do not need to be machined because we die cast the features into the parts. Here are a few examples of parts that are typically produced as a die casting parts because it saves money to make them as die castings.

HEAT SINKS –
Heat sinks in the past were always extruded in aluminum because aluminum is one of the best materials for heat conductance (more info) but the extrusions creates a lot of waste material and the additional cost to chop the heat sinks to length and machine mounting holes.

These reasons make die casting aluminum a far superior manufacturing process. Aluminum Die Castings are produced to the size and shape necessary with no wasted material. Die casting heat sink parts do not require additional machining to “chop” to size. Mounting holes are produced during the manufacturing process at no additional cost.

SAND CASTINGS
Sand castings cannot maintain the tolerance that die castings typically hold. Sand castings need a greater amount of variance from feature to feature. Many times a sand casting part will require machining in an interior section of a part between features because the tolerance is greater than .002″ (about half the thickness of paper)

See our website:
• Die Casting Heat Sinks
• Sand Casting Information

Contact:
Kinetic Die Casting Company 818-982-9200 for more information or to get a price of a die casting part to replace a current heat sink or sand casting part.

Kinetic Die Casting manufactures zinc and aluminum die casting. If you would like a quote, please visit our website:Die Casting quote