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Automotive Parts Go Die Casting
Automotive Parts Go Die Casting. Manufacturing of automotive parts has grown as compared to the recent decades. As technology age, outcomes also become more advanced wherein they are now easier to make and have stronger properties.
With the use of aluminum automotive parts, production of economy cars has been very possible. Aluminum is very economic and practical because of the chemical properties that it carries. As we all know, automotive consists of very detailed and small parts wherein precision is very important to ensure that the whole automotive will work. Also, the material to be used should be heat-resistant to withstand the heat that the engine makes. With this, aluminum is perfect because it can be easily shaped into detailed parts. Plastics are also easy to shape because of their elasticity but when it comes to being heat-resistant, they can only withstand certain temperature which is lower than that of aluminum.
Other advantages of using aluminum in automotive parts are the weight, corrosion-resistant, economic, and durable. Due to the abundance of aluminum on earth, acquisition of this material is very easy so it is cheaper as compared to plastic and other materials that are difficult to acquire. Being a corrosion-resistant leads to longer lifespan of the automotive parts which is advisable so that the automotives will also have longer lifespan.
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Intermet Automotive Castings Corp., is liquidating
Intermet Corp., formerly based in Troy Michigan, but now based in Fort Worth, Texas, is liquidating.
The company was once one of the world’s largest independent makers of automotive castings, but has now ceased operations at two Virginia metal-casting plants, its last remaining foundry operations, a company official said.
Operations ended late last month at the Lynchburg Foundry Co. in Lynchburg, Va., and New River Foundry in Radford, Va., said the official, who asked that his name not be used.
In August, the company filed for conversion of its Chapter 11 reorganization into a Chapter 7 liquidation with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the district of Delaware. Intermet was headquartered in Troy since the mid-1990’s after relocating from Atlanta to be closer to its automotive customers. The company then moved its corporate headquarters to Fort Worth in 2006.
Intermet had gone through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2004-05. This time the supplier was burning through cash at a rate of $250,000 per day, so it tried to reject contracts, according to Bankruptcy Court documents.
That led to an administrative freeze on the payment of millions of dollars of prepetition receivables from customers such as the Detroit 3, according to the documents.
Said one document: “The cavalier manner in which these debtors have handled ongoing negotiations will likely result in the severance of many — if not all — of these customer relationships, which account for well in excess of 50 percent of [Intermet’s] gross annual revenue.”
Intermet’s Lynchburg factory has operated for more than 100 years. It was manufacturing brake calipers and crankshafts used by the Detroit 3 and Toyota Motor Corp.
Intermet was heavily dependent on the U.S. auto market, particularly SUVs.
The company, with estimated sales of $823 million in 2006, ranked No. 59 on that year’s Automotive News list of the 150 largest suppliers of parts to North American automakers. Intermet was not ranked in the most recent listing, based on 2008 sales.
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Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Automotive Parts vs Sand Casting
Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Automotive Parts vs Sand Casting. Aluminum die casting has many advantages over other processes in making parts and housings for different things. For instance, when producing automotive parts, manufacturers would want their finished products to fit the expectations of their customers: lightweight, less expensive, long lasting, durable, strong, and the like. Aluminum Sand Casting is usually the process used to make automotive parts, but because of the long machining process plus it being limited to only certain dimensions, aluminum was opted to be more advantageous when it came to production.
Aluminum die casting basically refers to the process of producing parts through high pressure casting, forcing molten metal through such pressure to create molds that could shape and put together the parts needed to create the fixtures, hardware, and the like. In the case of automotive parts, with aluminum they’re not as heavy in weight, they require less machining, and are made with thinner walls. Pressure die casting automotive parts can also be held with dimensional limits which are much closer to each other. The biggest perk of all is the quick and easy production of these parts since aluminum die casting parts can be produced up to a hundred thousand in number in a day.
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Methods for making Aluminum Automotive Parts
Methods for making Aluminum Automotive Parts. Every single day, thousands of aluminum auto parts are made and produced by different auto companies: Chevrolet, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, and more. Many automotive parts are manufactured by net shape to save costs on additional labor and wasted materials. The metal aluminum is often used for car parts or auto parts for they are only a third of the weight of steel parts. Machining holes into the aluminum during production is easier. Indeed, aluminum proved to be the better metal compared to other metals because of its many beneficial properties.
To create aluminum automotive parts, the metal has to first undergo the die casting manufacturing process. First, the aluminum is being liquefied. The liquid metal will then be injected into the molds to take up the shape as dictated by the mold. Around 1,500 PSI to 30,000 PSI is applied, so that the liquid is forced into the mold perfectly. This will ensure accuracy in its dimensions. Afterwards, the molds are set aside to cool and once open, the aluminum automotive parts are perfectly finished.
The end result of this method is extraordinarily amazing: accurate dimensions and great surface finish. Parts can be remade with equal standard and consistency each time.
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Enhanced Performance of Cast Aluminum Pistons
Federal-Mogul Corp. reports it has developed a new aluminum automotive piston design that withstands the mechanical and thermal loads produced by heavy-duty engines, making it a more reliable component for diesel engines. This will be important to automotive manufacturers seeking to build vehicles with smaller engines, to achieve lower CO2 emissions and better fuel economy, without compromising the vehicles’ power output.
In a diesel engine, combustion takes place in a hollow bowl in the top of the piston. Combustion temperatures may top 750 degrees F (400 degrees C) and pressures may exceed 200 Bar (200 x atmospheric pressure.) Under these combustion conditions, the rim of the piston bowl has an increased failure factor.
Federal-Mogul engineers identified thermal and mechanical failures factors for the piston bowl, and identified free primary silicon particles distributed throughout the aluminum matrix. Aluminum expands eight times more than silicon, so stresses are introduced within the piston every time temperature fluctuates. Also, the repeated mechanical loads could result in fatigue failure from the corners of the silicon particles.
Silicon cannot be eliminated from the aluminum alloy: It delivers low expansion properties and good castability. A previous solution to the problem is fiber-reinforcement, but fiber reinforcements increase manufacturing complexity.
Federal-Mogul’s new DuraBowl design involves pre-machining the cast piston and then re-melting the aluminum-silicon alloy around the rim of the bowl. Rapid cooling follows, which alters the alloy’s microstructure significantly by reducing the size of hardening phases such as silicon particles and intermetallics.
The result is a piston bowl rim which has its first few millimeters significantly strengthened to withstand temperature and pressure, thereby extending engine life four to seven times what may be achieved with a conventional cast piston.
“The strength and efficiency of our solution is that the process is physically simple,” stated Frank Doernenburg, Federal-Mogul director of technology, pistons and pins. “The sophistication is in the control of key parameters, which ensure consistent quality. The result is a technologically advanced, high-performing and very cost-competitive product when compared to both fiber-reinforced and steel pistons.”
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