Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Chassis Castings vs Sand Casting. Automobile parts are often made with aluminum. Aluminum has the properties that make it a proper material for the manufacture of automobile parts. In many instances, the use of aluminum is …
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Pace Industries in Monroe City
Monroe City, MO — Machinery is being moved out of Pace Industries in Monroe City as the plant prepares to close July 14.
Some equipment from the Monroe City facility is being moved to other plants in Arkansas and Wisconsin.
Pace announced in May that it was closing the 220,000-square-foot facility at 135 Front Street. Almost 190 workers will lose their jobs.
The Arkansas-based company produces aluminum die cast products for a variety of industries, and blames the closure on the national economic downturn.
Pace bought the plant in 1990, but the facility dates to 1951 and once was known as Kuhlman Diecasting.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures die cast parts for their customers. If you would like to know more about what is die casting or if you would like a quote, please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
History of Aluminum Casting Parts
History of Aluminum Casting Parts. These days, many manufacturers engaged in the metalworking industry are embracing die casting as their prime means of creation or production. This very versatile process is used to construct metal parts through the forcing of molten metal, placed under high pressure, into recyclable steel molds, which are known as dies.
Die casting parts were born in the middle of the 19th century with the introduction of pressure injection as an alternative to gravity pressure as a means for metal casting. In 1849, Sturges, the name responsible for the first manually operated machine designed for casting printing type, was given a patent. While die casting was limited to said casting printing type for 20 more years following the patent, other shapes and techniques were born and developed as the end of the century progressed. Eight years before the 20th century set in, different commercial applications began to include die casting parts for cash registers, photographs, and many more. Soon enough, mass production of parts began – and continues to grow to this day.
In fact, die casting parts are included among the most mass-produced items produced by the metalworking industry today. This is primarily because dies can be designed in order to make a variety of simple to complex shapes while observing a high level of accuracy, as well as creativity and repeatability in order to get the best value. Manufacturers can save a great deal of money and consumers can avail of sturdy, very reliable parts for their commercial and industrial needs. Such parts make up a huge percentage of a number of businesses, from toy making to automobile assembling, and they can be as easy as a toilet faucet or as composite as a connector housing, depending on the demand.
Kinetic Die Casting is a die casting company specializing in aluminum and zinc parts. If you would like to request a quote, please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
Chocolate Fountain Business
Business Development Assistance from Kinetic Die Casting –
A few years ago, Kinetic Die Casting helped develop a Chocolate Fountain for a professional caterer. The caterer had talked about this idea for a couple years to many people before contacting Kinetic Die Casting. This catering company owned and rented commercial chocolate fountains to ordinary people. These chocolate fountains they rented out for $200 to $400, depending who was renting them. It was a great new business concept, make an inexpensive chocolate fountain that anyone could purchase and sell them for the price that most companies were renting them for. Their plan was to sell them for less than $400, an amount that most people renting them would gladly pay.
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Kinetic Die Casting saved the catering company a lot of money by making aluminum die casting tooling inserts for $6,000 and making 500 inexpensive aluminum parts for them in less than 8 weeks from our first meeting. Six weeks for the tool and two weeks for tooling approval with production and machining of aluminum die casting parts. Their plan was to sell 50,000 units, then develop a larger version for commercial uses.
This was the first “consumer chocolate fountain” in the marketplace. A great idea that apparently, many other companies thought of as well. We do not know how many people this customer told about the idea or how many quotes they asked for prices from, before they found Kinetic Die Casting.
They waited too long. – A few months after this chocolate fountain hit the market, there were several “cheaper” models sold by larger distributors. They lost this market niche rapidly. The marketplace got flooded with too many chocolate fountains selling for less than $100. They were able to sell less than 1,000 units. Too Many Chocolate Fountains
This example, is an example of how a good idea can either make a “New Business” millions of dollars or how an new business investment fell short of expectations. This was a great idea that still made money, but not as much as it could have made. A great idea, but too slow to the marketplace.
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