Spending Less on Aircraft Parts with New Aerospace Die Castings. In the aircraft industry, the cast aluminum metal has established a wide application in the production of both major and minor component parts. It has long been utilized in this …
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Lighting Heat Sink
Aluminum lighting parts, active heat sinks have a lot of advantages. Most manufacturers prefer to use them in their products because they benefit a lot in terms of:
• Not needing to add costs for plating. With copper, there is cost needed for this.
• Electronic parts or components are protected since aluminum can conduct electricity, it can be used as the natural ground.
• Protection from RF/EMI that can interfere with the electronic lighting components inside
Active Heat Sinks can be made of aluminum or copper. These are objects that can draw heat away from another object to protect it from damage. These are usually placed on top of the source so that it can be used to dissipate the heat away. The process is called thermal contact. The Advantages of Aluminum Heat Sinks
The typical lighting active heat sink has long fins and thin protrusions that are used to conduct the heat from the source to the cooler environment that is circulating inside the heat sink. Most of those that can be bought in the market today are already equipped with their own fans or blowers that can help dissipate heat more effectively. This kind of heat sink is called active heat sink or impingement heat sink and usually costs $25 up.
High-end aluminum lighting active heat sinks can provide excellent jobs. If you are considering buying one with a fan, make sure you are getting one with quiet performance since a fan can really make some noise.
Aluminum active heat sinks are also used in refrigeration, airplane lighting parts, circuit boards, mobile phones, satellite parts, automotive lighting, lighting parts, laser lighting components, and more.
Kinetic Die Casting Company can manufacture aluminum car parts, aluminum hardware, and Aluminum Lighting Partsaluminum lighting parts
Diecast Light Fixtures
The main purpose of lighting fixtures or parts is to create artificial light. A lighting fixture consist of 0 parts—the light source, light reflector that directs the light to a certain point, an opening (with lens or without lenses), the light housing for protection, an electrical counterweight, and a cord connecting to the power source. Lighting fixtures can be classified as indoor lighting fixtures and outdoor lighting fixtures.
Before the introduction to an aluminum die casting company, lighting parts are made by welding pieces together. This process is costly, time consuming, and labor extensive. Nowadays, lighting parts are manufactured by die casting, a process wherein molten metal is forced into mold cavities. Die casting is beneficial if you are producing large quantities of small to medium sized lighting parts with good details,
Aluminum is lightweight and sturdy, a material often used to make lighting parts because of its durability and good thermal and electrical properties. Die cast aluminum lighting parts are made faster because they can be produced in net shape, meaning there are no welding or drilling methods needed after. Holes can be added to the mold cavities. These holes are necessary for the installation of covers or lids.
Die cast aluminum lighting parts are used in medical offices and parking garages for lighting fixtures. They are also used for bullet lighting fixtures, street traffic lights, outdoor and wall lighting fixtures. Furthermore, there are special light parts made for Aluminum lighting fixtures used for automobile lighting, marine lighting, medical lighting, and aerospace lighting.
Aluminum Lighting Fixture Die Castings
Aluminum Die Casting Lighting Fixture Parts from aluminum sand castings. A customer who is a lighting parts manufacturer purchases an aluminum sand casting fixture for his lighting products. This sand casting is an “Aluminum Trolley Mount” used to hold his lighting fixtures from the ceiling in a room. This aluminum trolley fixture has to be strong and look good to be part of his lighting products. He has been using this aluminum sand casting for quite a long time. The initial sand casting cost less to get started with a new product line and die casting cost a little more. The sand casting tooling costs less than $5000 to get started and the part price in this case is about $70 each part. My customer buys about 50 parts a month. His total cost to purchase these castings in a year after the tooling is paid for would be $70 per part times 12 times per year times 50 parts per month ($42,000 per year). Can this part be cost effectively produced as an aluminum die casting lighting fixture?
Aluminum Lighting Fixture Die Castings
The die casting part will require die cast tooling. This tooling will take about 10 weeks to be made and will cost about $28,000 to be made. This seems too expensive for some but if the annual total cost is calculated it will show that the tooling cost is justified. The part price in this case is $8 each part. A simple calculation will show the cost of the die castings with the die casting tooling will be better than the cheaper sand casting price.
Aluminum Die Castings
Part Price — $ 8.00
Annual Quantity — 600
Total parts cost — $4,800
Tooling cost — $28,000
Total product cost — $32,800
Aluminum Sand Castings
Part Price — $ 70.00
Annual Quantity — 600
Total parts cost — $42,000
Tooling cost — Paid for already
Total product cost — $42,000
The aluminum die casting option will cost about $9,000 less the first year and over $30,000 less each year afterwards. Die casting aluminum is a better option.
