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2019 Die Casting Competition
Hello Die Casters,
The North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) holds a contest every year for the best castings. We are a month out from castings being due for the 2019 International Die Casting Competition. Based on the discussion at the technical congress earlier this year, some winners may not be up to par with what Chapter 30 die casters are doing. It would be great to get castings from Chapter 30 die casters, so the judges can see the difference.
Spread the word about the die casting competition, so those die casters can enter their castings.
Submit by June 17, 2017
The following link contains the details and at the bottom of the page is the electronic entry form.
Castings need to be received by June 17.
2019 NADCA International Die Casting Competition
Thank you,
Beau Glim
Project Manager
North American Die Casting Association
847-808-3164
Permalink: https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/kdc/2019-die-casting-competition/
YOUR OFFICIAL ENTRY TO THE 2019 DIE CASTING COMPETITION BEGINS HERE.
To be a winner in today’s economy, you must meet — and even exceed — expectations. In a competitive global market, customers take notice of the best. The North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) knows that competition improves the competitor. With its annual Die Casting Competition, it recognizes, rewards and publicizes the outstanding casting designs of the year. Each entry is judged on its design, quality, cost savings, ingenuity, innovation and industry-changing potential.
Winners will be featured in national industry magazines including Die Casting Engineer and will also be displayed at the 2019 Die Casting Congress & Tabletop in Cleveland, OH in October. Entering and winning is one of the best ways to gain visibility with leading decision-makers. How can you afford not to compete?
OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
Any number of castings may be entered. Send a separate entry form for each casting or assembly of castings. As-cast part samples are REQUIRED with each entry form. The metal surface cannot be improved or concealed by tumbling, shot blasting, coating or other surface treatments. NADCA encourages sending secondary processed samples, but only in addition to the as-cast parts.
All castings submitted for the competition MUST have approval in writing from the customer stating their permission to enter their die cast part in the competition. Entrants may request that certain information, such as customer names, be withheld from public use in exhibitions, magazine articles and other publications.
Judging is conducted by an independent panel of experts from the die casting industry, with no ties to eligible companies. The four equally weighed criteria are ingenuity of casting/product design, overall quality, cost savings and market-expanding potential.
The competition is open to die castings in these categories:
Aluminum
• Aluminum under 1 pound
• Aluminum 1-to-10 pounds
• Aluminum over 10 pounds
• Aluminum structural/high integrity (squeeze, semi-solid, high vacuum)
• Aluminum any size with decorative finish
Magnesium
• Magnesium under .5 pound
• Magnesium over .5 pounds
Zinc
• Zinc under 6 oz./non-electroplated
• Zinc over 6oz./non-electroplated
• Zinc any size with decorative finish
Other Alloy Families
• Any size, base alloy excludes Al, Mg, Zn
To enter – complete the online form below. Please send all sample castings to:
North American Die Casting Association
International Die Casting Design Competition
3250 N Arlington Heights Rd., Ste. 101 • Arlington Heights, IL 60004
All entries must be received by June 17, 2019.
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Die Casting Process
Kinetic Die Casting Company uses the die casting process to make aluminum die castings and zinc die casting parts. The die casting process, simplified, is described as follows:
- Our customer provides us tooling (https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/tooling.html), a die, a mold or inserts that we use to make their parts. We can also produce the tooling for our customers.
- We put together the tooling and mount the tooling in our die casting machine. This takes a few hours.
- We fill a furnace with the proper die casting alloy metal (https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/Alloy_Data.pdf) to make the parts for our customer. The metal takes 4 hours to melt to the casting temperature.
- While the furnace is heating up we heat up the tooling to make the castings.
- When the tooling is hot and the furnace has melted the aluminum, we begin the die casting process.
- We spray the tooling with a release agent so the parts do not stick in the tooling.
- We close the tooling inside our die casting machine.
- The metal is ladled into a shot sleeve, a piston drives the metal into the tooling using great force.
- Our die casting machine opens, the ejector pins push the part out of the tooling
- We begin the process again by spraying the tooling.
- We repeat this process 200 times to 500 times in a 10 hour shift.
- When completed making raw castings, we trim the excess material called “flash”. We use a trim die in a trim press or we sand parts with a belt sander and file them by hand. Sometimes this takes longer than the casting process.
- At this point, some parts are put in boxes and shipped the same day. Other parts are machined. Some parts get painted or chemical coated. All parts are inspected prior to shipping to our customers.
This is a very simplified description of the die casting manufacturing process.
“The Parts We Make Today, We Ship Today”
Kineticdc makes:
What is Die Casting
Die Casting Part Pictures
Quote Die Casting Part Prices
Diecast Tooling
Kinetic Die Casting Company 6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, California 91605 USA
E-mail sales@kineticdc.com Toll Free: (800) 524-8083 Local: (818) 982-9200 Fax: (818) 982-0877
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Mothers Day and Candy
Sunday, May 12th is Mothers Day 2019.
Why do we celebrate Mothers Day? For “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world” – Anna Jarvis. The US holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at Saint Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Saint Andrew’s Methodist Church has an International Mother’s Day Shrine now to remember. Her campaign to make “Mother’s Day” a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. The mother, Ann Jarvis, had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. Ann created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all mothers.
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Traditional gifts to Mothers include: flowers, candy, a dinner at a nice restaurant or a spa treatment. Whatever you decide to do for your mother, remember to do something.
(homemade almond roca candy)
Special gift to Kinetic Die Casting Company customers – We will send a 1 pound bag of Homemade Almond Roca candy to every customer that sends us a purchase order for die casting parts or tooling during the month of May 2019. The candy will be sent to out the first week of June for purchase orders sent in May.
Thank you for purchasing aluminum and zinc parts from KDC:
“The Parts We Make Today, We Ship Today”
What is Die Casting
Die Casting Part Pictures
Quote Die Casting Part Prices
Diecast Tooling
Kinetic Die Casting Company 6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, California 91605 USA
E-mail sales@kineticdc.com Toll Free: (800) 524-8083 Local: (818) 982-9200 Fax: (818) 982-0877
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Contacting Kineticdc
Contacting Kineticdc (Kinetic Die Casting Company). We want always be on time with our part deliveries to our customers. We sometimes find purchase orders in a spam folder because the email was sent to an email address of people no longer working at Kinetic Die Casting Company. Purchase Orders should always be sent to our main email address: sales@kineticdc.com
The following is the contact information to get in touch with Kinetic Die Casting Company:
SALES
To request a new item price quote from us, send us an email to SALES@KINETICDC.COM
To send us a PO, use this email address: sales@kineticdc.com
To follow up on a delivery or purchase order use: sales@kineticdc.com
EMPLOYMENT / JOBS
A listing of jobs we have is on this page: Kinetic Die Casting Company Jobs (https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/employment.html)
If you want a job. Download and print our job application: Die Casting Job Application
Additionally, you can complete our Online Die Casting Job Application:
Online Die Casting Job Application
Kinetic Die Casting Company
6918 Beck Avenue North Hollywood, California, 91605, USA
800-524-8083 or 818-982-9200 or fax 818-982-0877
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Machine Operator Job 04-29-19
Full time 40 hours a week. Overtime possible. Kinetic Die Casting Company has Die Casting machine Operator Jobs available. A die casting machine operator must be able to efficiently operate a die casting machine to make good quality die casting parts. The die casting machine operator should be able to make adjustments to the die casting machine to improve the quality and efficiency of the die casting parts produced in their machine.
Die Casting Machine Operator Job Skills and Job Abilities
* Have experience operating an aluminum die casting machine.
* Be able to make adjustments to the die casting machine to improve quality.
* Be able to make adjustments to the die casting machine to improve efficiency.
* Willing to learn to set dies in die casting machine.
* Willing to learn to set trim dies in trim press.
* Must be willing to work as a team member.
* Must be willing to work any shift.
* Must be willing to work overtime.
* Must have reliable transportation to Kinetic Die Casting Company.
* Die casting mold setup experience is a plus.
* Forklift experience is a plus.
* Automatic equipment setup experience for bonus
Permalink: https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/kdc/machine-operator-job-04-29-19/
How to get the Kinetic Die Casting Company job:
- Click on the Online Job Application Button to complete our employment application online for position at Kinetic Die Casting Company.
- Send completed Job Application, Resume and Salary Desired
to Kinetic Die Casting Company for a Die Casting Job Interview.
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Completed Job Application, Full Work Resume and Salary Expected
Mail to:
Kinetic Die Casting Company
6918 Beck Avenue
North Hollywood Ca. 91605
Attention: Human Resources
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* Fax: 818-982-0877 or
* Email: sales@kineticdc.com
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