Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Hardware Brackets vs Gravity Casting. Hardware brackets are important in any construction, installation, manufacturing and other projects. Hardware brackets are used to keep parts and components in their proper places in the course of construction or installation of such components as lighting fixtures and structural materials like beams. Hardware brackets are typically made of either steel or aluminum. However, aluminum hardware brackets are increasingly gaining popularity because they are more convenient to use, cheaper to assemble, and more widely available.

Two of the most common processes of making hardware brackets are pressure die casting and gravity casting. There are distinct differences between the two. First, pressure die casting involves melting aluminum as the raw material for the hardware bracket. This molten aluminum will then be injecting into a steel mould by applying pressure. The mould with the molten aluminum in it will then be allowed to dry and set, after which the mould will be taken off the finished product. The most important component of pressure die casting is the application of pressure into the mold. This ensures that the resulting hardware bracket is consistently high-quality, and will not have any impurities or air bubbles that could endanger the integrity of the finished hardware bracket.

In contrast, gravity casting is done by simply pouring the molten metal onto a steel die, making sure that molten metal flows straight and seamlessly into every nook and cranny of the die. The process thus always comes with the risk that the resulting hardware bracket is crudely shaped, with vacuum parts, or not up to accuracy.

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