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The Die Channels In Tooling Used For Aluminum Die Casting
The Die Channels In Tooling Used For Aluminum Die Casting. In die casting, the flow of molten metal into the cavity requires several types of channels which are integrated into each die. Such cavities differ slightly for a hot chamber device and a metallic cold chamber machine. In hot chamber based machinery, the molten metal will be entering through the die through a piece of device called a sprue bushing and will then flow through the sprue spreader, which is found in the ejector die. The sprue bushing is heavily attached to the cover die. Sprue refers to the primary channel in which the molten metal will be entering the die cast tool.
In cold chamber type machinery, the molten metal will enter through the injection sleeve and after entering the area, the molten metal will flow through a series of runners. Then, the molten metal will then proceed through the gates of the parted cavities, similar to the process found in the hot chamber machine. The cavities have an extra special space called the overflow wells which provides additional source for molten metal during the solidification process. When the casting starts to cool off, the molten aluminum metal will then shrink and additional metals are required.
Lastly, the small channels which are included will act as the venting holes so that air will be able to escape the die cavity. These added channels will also allow water or oil to flow through the die in order to reduce the heat. That is why such channels are also referred to as the cooling channels.
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Alloy Die Casting Company Buena Park California Sold
Alloy Die Casting Company located in Buena Park California has Sold – MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: GAIN) (“Gladstone Investment”) announces today that on October 1, 2013, it invested $16.3 million in a combination of debt and equity to purchase Alloy Die Casting Co. (“ADC”). Gladstone Investment’s affiliated company, Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: GLAD) participated as a co-investor by providing $7.0 million of debt and equity financing on the same terms as Gladstone Investment in support of the acquisition.
Alloy Die Casting Company was founded in 1946 and headquartered in Buena Park, CA, ADC is a manufacturer of high quality, finished aluminum and zinc castings for aerospace, defense, aftermarket automotive and industrial applications. ADC provides its customers with engineering support and custom tool design and fabrication as well as in-house machining and finishing capabilities.
“Gladstone Investment is excited to partner with ADC’s talented and experienced management team. We look forward to the continued growth of the business and building upon the success of the management team over the past few years,” said Greg Bowie, a Director, Private Finance, of Gladstone Management Corporation, Gladstone Investment’s affiliated investment adviser.
Gladstone Investment Corporation is a publicly traded business development company that seeks to make debt and equity investments in small and mid-sized businesses in the United States in connection with acquisitions, changes in control and recapitalizations. Gladstone Investment has paid 99 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock. Additional information on this transaction can be found at www.gladstonecompanies.com.
(source: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131003-906560.html)
According to a news release from Gladstone Investment Corp., Alloy Die Casting in Buena Park has been purchased by Gladstone for $16.3 million in combined debt and equity.
“Gladstone Investment is excited to partner with ADC’s talented and experienced management team. We look forward to the continued growth of the business and building upon the success of the management team over the past few years,” said Greg Bowie, a Director, Private Finance, of Gladstone Management Corporation, Gladstone Investment’s affiliated investment adviser.
Gladstone Investment, located at 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 200, in McLean, Virginia, is one of four affiliated investment companies. Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Capital Corporation, and Gladstone Land Corporation are the other three.
Gladstone Capital Corporation participated as a co-investor in the purchase of Alloy Die Casting.
Alloy Die Casting Company is located at 6550 Caballero Blvd. in Buena Park. It was formerly operated by Sanders Industries in Long Beach as its only casting subsidiary. With the sale of Alloy Die Casting to Gladstone, Sanders will operate five polymer subsidiaries: Rubbercraft® Corporation of California, based in Long Beach; Northern Engineering (Sheffield) Ltd., based in Sheffield, England; Creavey Seal Company, based in Olyphant, Pennsylvania; Sanders Composites Inc., based in San Diego; and Fabritech Inc., based in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Alloy Die Casting has been manufacturing complex die castings using aluminum, zinc, and zinc/aluminum alloys since 1946. In October of 2010, the company acquired Los Angeles Die Casting, a manufacturer of die cast products for industrial and aerospace applications, and consolidated operations in their Buena Park headquarters.
(source: http://www.oc-breeze.com/2013/10/05/39932_buena-parks-alloy-die-casting-sold-to-virginia-based-investment-company/)
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Kinetic Die Casting Company wishes to say “GOOD LUCK” and hopes the employees and staff of Alloy Die Casting Company success in continuing die casting operations in the Buena Park, California location. When Delmar Die Casting Company sold, the buyer moved all manufacturing operations to another state. Should things change for the ADC employees or staff, please remember Kinetic Die Casting when you are looking for your future.
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Value for Kinetic Casting Production
Value for Kinetic Casting Production. Casting is known as a metal-forming process for producing various kinds of engineered metal parts. Manufacturing is done by injecting molten metal that has been pressurized into the steel die. After the metal injection process, the die casting machine clamps down the mold and forms several die casting parts. Enclosure parts, military items, speaker items, consumer metal parts, appliance items, and transportation parts are good examples.
Diecasting dies or die casting molds are extremely resilient, and are also capable of producing complicated shapes that are packed with an impressive level of accuracy and repeatability. Die casting parts, such as hardware and military parts are also popular for their smooth, sharply defined or textured surfaces. Most of these parts have a consistent dimension.
Manufacturing parts like zinc box components,military components, speaker components, metal casting components, automotive items, and transportation parts using the die casting system is known to be the most organized manner of converting raw materials into finished products. Businesses use die casting for mass producing small to medium size parts. This is the major reason why most of these parts can be found in different industrial, commercial and consumer products.
Diecastings are manufacturing using non-ferrous items like copper, lead, aluminum, magnesium, tin, pewter, and zinc-based alloys. Even many zinc enclosure items,airplane parts, lighting fixture parts, consumer metal items, motor parts, and transportation parts are made of these elements. Some parts require machining, while there are some which can be producing without machining. The duration of an entire die casting process varies. Some small parts can be finished in less than a second. On the other hand, larger components can be completed in two to three minutes.
Kineticdc Casting Company aluminum hardware parts, military parts, lighting fixture components, consumer metal components, motor items, and housing items are becoming popular due to its cost effectiveness. Even though the material has a lighter weight, it can resist higher temperatures. Aluminum alloy is produced with the following essential features – non magnetic, good electrical conductor and highly resistant to corrosion. Aluminum die castings can be found in electrical housing, lighting facilities, zinc hardware items,military items, Industrial parts, commercial metal parts, automotive items, and gardening components.
KDC Die Casting boosts fuel efficiency in cars and it has varied uses in the transportation industry because of its unmatched strength to weight ratio.
Little machining work are required since the entire process offers very close tolerances. When you’re using aluminum materials, these items are highly recyclable Non-magnetic.
Kinetic Diecasting Company produces materials which are durable and are very economical. The finished product has the best mechanical and physical properties. KDC Die Casting offers many advantages for the end consumer as well as the producer. When you’re using aluminum, the manufacturing process will be a lot faster and the finished parts will have the same strength as metal. In addition to this, you will never encounter any difficulty when it comes to the price since KDC Diecasting Company parts are a lot cheaper.
Why go for less? When you can easily have the best die casting materials that are appropriate for your commercial needs?
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What is the Difference between Die Casting and Investment Casting?
The Difference between Die Casting or Investment Casting. If you are to select, what will you favor more; die casting or investment casting process? Choosing between the two is quite a quandary since they have some comparable features. To help you select, this article will help you by presenting the rewards of both techniques.
Advantages of Die Casting
1. Die casting delivers difficult shapes with a reasonably high level of accuracy linked to other mass production technique.
2. Die cast parts are being fashioned at a quicker rate than most of the processes. Also, it needs little to no secondary machining.
3. Due to its high accuracy when it comes to details, die cast parts are dimensionally stable. In totaling, it is also long-lasting.
4. The surface of die casting parts is fairly smoother than the metal cast parts shaped by other methods. Also, the surface could be fashioned with a wide variation of uniformities.
5. Die cast parts, compared to the metal castings fashioned by other methods, can be accomplished with thinner walls.
Advantages of Investment Casting
1. Investment casting brings the designer the freedom and malleability of almost myriad alloy choices, and also elasticity in inside and outside configurations.
2. Investment casting parts are industrial in a way that only trivial secondary machining is vital.
3. Investment casting procedure doesn’t have any draft requirements, making it more exact when it comes to dimensional conformance.
4. One thing that Investment casting could assert about is its benefit in aesthetics. Fine details and intricate features, texts and logos are positively attainable.
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Die Casting Porosity
Die Casting Porosity and Its Causes. Die Casting porosity is one of the most common-place defects in the die casting manufacturing industry. What is die casting porosity? Die Casting porosity is a type of die casting factory inadequacy in which the die cast parts have minuscule spaces which covers air within the metal – later, the die cast parts become porous. The porosity of die casting parts could deteriorate the parts itself if the spaces or holes are very big.
To plainly understand the causes of the porosity one must know the rudimentary of the die casting procedure. In a nutshell, die casting procedure includes molding molten metal by inserting it inside a squat cylinder, and then a great force is applied by a piston connected on the cylinder, pushing the melted metal so it would take the form of the die cast die or die cast mold. Throughout this process, the metal is forced along with the air inside of the cylinder to the die casting mold.
Die casting porosity could be extra by numerous factors like the following:
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Die casting machine pressures.
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Temperature of the metal and the mold.
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The cleanliness of the materials used.
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Design of the die casting tool.
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Design of the die casting part.
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The shot speed of the die casting machine utilized.
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Die casting mold release or die casting spray
Die casting manufacturers use metals that are non-ferrous or metals that don’t have iron. It is because iron content is the principal reason for oxidation and rusting. Non-ferrous metals comprise of magnesium, tin, lead, copper, zinc and aluminum.
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