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Die Casting Tooling for the Airplane Model Enthusiasts
Die Casting Tooling for the Airplane Model Enthusiasts. Are you affectionate of gathering alternates of airplane models? Have you always dreamed of flying a plane one day? For many people, the eagerness of meeting the airplane model collectibles is often entrenched from a childhood dream. Learning aeronautics for that matter is too pricey so others basically cover up the dream by accumulating the precious pieces of airplane models that they can get their hands on. Showcases and displays of the diverse kinds of airplanes from the past to the present always pave way to the selling of their miniatures. This is then the greatest portion that many enthusiasts look forward to. With that at hand, it is similarly essential to think shrewdly about buying the die casting tooling.
The die casting tooling of model airplane kits involve the utilization of either plastic or metal. With the accessibility of the right belongings, you will be able to come up with the numerous kinds of model types and styles of your dream airplane. You see, these models can be bought in a total piece or if you desire some challenge, you can opt to accumulate the parts by yourself.
It is true that the opposition in the airplane modeling market is rising tight and that also provides the honest potential of discharging diverse die cast tooling. Quite a few choices can perplex you, so to speak. Therefore, it is essential that you take time to research on the brands and their dependability. After all, the right tools and kits will additionally help you in constructing bigger and enhanced airplane models.
Kinetic Die Casting is located in Southern California. KDC specializes in aluminum and zinc die casting tooling. If you would like a quote, please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
Aluminum Sand Casting Parts May Be Better
Aluminum Sand Casting Parts May Be Better. Several Requests For Quotes (RFQs) for aluminum part prices come to Kinetic Die Casting and it is obvious that the requester does not understand the difference between aluminum sand casting parts and aluminum die casting parts. Today, we will discuss the pricing difference between sand casting and die casting of aluminum parts.
2,000 Aluminum Parts Casting Decision
If your product is limited to less than 2,000 aluminum parts in the entire product life cycle or stated differently you will want less than 2,000 aluminum parts in your product life cycle and never need more parts, sometimes a part produced by the aluminum sand casting is a better choice for you.
Here are my aluminum part price calculations:
Aluminum Sand Casting Parts:
Typical Tooling Cost: $500 – $2500
Typical Part Cost: $13 – $15 each (machined)
So using $500 tooling price (lowest typical) and $13 for part price:
Cost for 500 parts: $ 7,500
Cost for 1000 parts: $13,500
Cost for 2000 parts: $26,500
Aluminum Die Casting Parts
Typical Tooling Cost: $10,000 – $12,000
Typical Part Cost: $2.50 – $3.50 each (machined)
So using $10,000 die casting tooling price (lowest typical) and $2.50 for part price.
Cost for 500 parts: $11,250 ($3,750 more expensive)
Cost for 1000 parts: $12,500 ($1,000 less expensive)
Cost for 2000 parts: $15,000 ($11,500 less expensive)
As you can see, the cost is equal or less for an aluminum part as a sand cast part, if you will buy less than 2,000 parts. If you feel your product life is more than 2,000 parts, you should consider buying aluminum die casting parts. If your product life is greater than 5,000 parts your savings are so significant it is embarrassing. Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company 800-2524-8083 (sales@kineticdc.com) if you feel you are paying to much for your aluminum castings.
The Die Casting Tooling that works
The Die Casting Tooling that works. The cost-efficient and well-timed manufacture of a broad collection of fundamental equipment components owes much to die casting tooling. This is a essential performance area wherein the die casters and the designers have to put their heads together in product development and design. At this early stage, issues revolving around tooling and production have to be determined along with the recognition of the numerous trade-offs that may be taken to successfully control overall project costs.
One fine example of the triumphant cooperation of designers and die casters in die casting tooling is in the automobile industry. Through their combined efforts, aluminum auto parts have been productively calculated and developed so much so that today aluminum now is the No. 2 material utilized in automobiles. The major impetus that inspired the designers–die casters’ mutual efforts is the rising cost of fuel which provoked consumers’ improved interest in lighter, more fuel-efficient and environment-friendly cars.
Among the die casting tooling factors measured in aluminum auto components is the approximation that reducing car weight by 10% could result in expenditure by 6% to 8%. Another deliberation which may be parlayed in prospective die casting tooling is that a car weight decrease of 50% may be realized if the body of an automobile is completed of aluminum. Considerable fuel savings would be attained in such a shift, which was considered at about 3,000 liters saved for the standard lifetime of a car, one die casting tooling endeavour that should be most welcome in these oil-crisis prone times.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures zinc and aluminium die casting. If you would like a quote, please visit our website:Die Casting quote
Die Casting Tooling
Die Casting Tooling. The manufacturing method known as die casting is a flexible method of producing somewhat miniature metal parts in bulk orders. Metal parts are completed by the powerful insertion of molten metal alloy under high pressure into a steel die, letting it sit there until it solidifies. The metal alloys that are utilized in this procedure are aluminum, zinc, magnesium, copper, tin, and lead.
The die casting tooling is completed of steel. This is owing to the fact that a die or mold created out of cast iron would not tolerate the high pressures necessary in this approach. There are at least two parts in the die casting tooling which is the ejector die half that directs the molten metal into the cavity and the fixed die half which has a hole where the molten metal can load the die. The die casting tooling also consists of openings, locking pins, and ejector pins. The openings are where the molten metal is refrigerated and where the castings are oiled. The locking pins are utilized to secure the two halves of the die casting tooling. And the ejector pins are utilized to effortlessly remove the casting. When the die is closed, the ejector and fixed die halves locked together due to the hydraulic pressure of the die.
The die casting procedure seems to be the fastest, cheapest, easiest and most efficient way of manufacturing metal parts without cutting down on the product’s quality. It is absolutely a excellent thing that the idea of die casting was ever invented.
Kinetic Die Casting utilizes die casting to manufacture parts like aluminum car parts, airplane parts, lighting parts and much, much more. If you would like to request a quote, please visit our website:Die Casting quote
Doug Taylor of Delmar Die Casting Remembered
Doug Taylor passed away January 11, 2013. I will miss Doug Taylor. I have known Doug Taylor since April 2005, when he invited me to the Governor’s Ball at the NADCA annual event in St. Louis, Mo. Even knowing my die casting company was much smaller than his, he always treated me with respect. I never understood why, but he seemed to like me even if we were competitors. We talked many times and had lunch many times. Once during lunch, he asked that I sell my tiny die casting company and go to work for him as his president. He offered me a lot of money and a car. We laughed when I explained that I am unemployable.
In September 2008, Doug called me to visit him for lunch and he offered to sell me Del Mar Die Casting Company. He offered the zinc die casting business and the magnesium die casting business from Del Mar Industries. We met together over the next few months to see how we could make it work out. During the due diligence I got to meet his team and his family. Everyone at Delmar was excellent, just like Doug. Doug was very patient with me and my team. We came very close to closing the sale but we could not get the deal closed. Doug continued to be friendly afterwards. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word.
– Bob Thomas, President
Kinetic Die Casting, Inc.
This excerpt is from NADCA:
Longtime NADCA member Doug Taylor passed away on January 11, 2013. Doug was a tremendous NADCA member and supporter. He always said that he found the warmest and most generous people in the die casting industry, and he had never met such great friends.
Doug joined the team at Del Mar Die Casting in 1981 and became president and CEO in January of 1986. Under Doug’s leadership, Del Mar Die Casting acquired Gardena Planting and Los Angeles Die Casting, becoming Del Mar Industries. Doug received the Austin T. Lillegren Award in 2010, which is presented in recognition of loyal and extraordinary services to the association and the die casting industry.
A strong supporter of NADCA, Doug attended every Executive Conference from 1989-2010, and every NADCA Government Affairs Briefing from 1987-2010 until his retirement in 2010. During his terms on NADCA’s Board, he only missed one meeting out of 52. Doug joined the Board in 1992 as one of the original 28 Board members of the newly formed NADCA, serving a total of 13 years on the Board.
The service for Doug Taylor will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 25th at the following address:
Westwood United Methodist Church
10497 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Doug and all of his great stories will be missed.
