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Empire Die Casting Company Bankruptcy Filing
Empire Die Casting Company Bankruptcy Filing – CHICAGO — Empire Die Casting Co. Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is seeking court approval to be acquired by a company that would operate it as a going concern. The Macedonia, Ohio, aluminum and zinc parts maker cited production problems as well as high labor and freight costs as reasons for filing the petition according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Ohio.
Empire Die Casting, owned 97.7 by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Richard Rogel, also blamed its troubles on the ineffective implementation of the new enterprise resource planning system, according to court documents.
(citation http://www.amm.com/Article/3268180/Empire-Die-Casting-files-for-bankruptcy.html)
Kinetic Die Casting Company is saddened that another US Manufacturer is experiencing difficulties in the US marketplace today. Many manufacturers are faced with the same problems as Empire. We, on the other hand, are experiencing growth through better delivery and better quality from our lean manufacturing processes. The parts we make today, we ship today. Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company and ask how we can help your company.
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Alloy Die Casting Company Buena Park California Sold
Alloy Die Casting Company located in Buena Park California has Sold – MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: GAIN) (“Gladstone Investment”) announces today that on October 1, 2013, it invested $16.3 million in a combination of debt and equity to purchase Alloy Die Casting Co. (“ADC”). Gladstone Investment’s affiliated company, Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: GLAD) participated as a co-investor by providing $7.0 million of debt and equity financing on the same terms as Gladstone Investment in support of the acquisition.
Alloy Die Casting Company was founded in 1946 and headquartered in Buena Park, CA, ADC is a manufacturer of high quality, finished aluminum and zinc castings for aerospace, defense, aftermarket automotive and industrial applications. ADC provides its customers with engineering support and custom tool design and fabrication as well as in-house machining and finishing capabilities.
“Gladstone Investment is excited to partner with ADC’s talented and experienced management team. We look forward to the continued growth of the business and building upon the success of the management team over the past few years,” said Greg Bowie, a Director, Private Finance, of Gladstone Management Corporation, Gladstone Investment’s affiliated investment adviser.
Gladstone Investment Corporation is a publicly traded business development company that seeks to make debt and equity investments in small and mid-sized businesses in the United States in connection with acquisitions, changes in control and recapitalizations. Gladstone Investment has paid 99 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock. Additional information on this transaction can be found at www.gladstonecompanies.com.
(source: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131003-906560.html)
According to a news release from Gladstone Investment Corp., Alloy Die Casting in Buena Park has been purchased by Gladstone for $16.3 million in combined debt and equity.
“Gladstone Investment is excited to partner with ADC’s talented and experienced management team. We look forward to the continued growth of the business and building upon the success of the management team over the past few years,” said Greg Bowie, a Director, Private Finance, of Gladstone Management Corporation, Gladstone Investment’s affiliated investment adviser.
Gladstone Investment, located at 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 200, in McLean, Virginia, is one of four affiliated investment companies. Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Capital Corporation, and Gladstone Land Corporation are the other three.
Gladstone Capital Corporation participated as a co-investor in the purchase of Alloy Die Casting.
Alloy Die Casting Company is located at 6550 Caballero Blvd. in Buena Park. It was formerly operated by Sanders Industries in Long Beach as its only casting subsidiary. With the sale of Alloy Die Casting to Gladstone, Sanders will operate five polymer subsidiaries: Rubbercraft® Corporation of California, based in Long Beach; Northern Engineering (Sheffield) Ltd., based in Sheffield, England; Creavey Seal Company, based in Olyphant, Pennsylvania; Sanders Composites Inc., based in San Diego; and Fabritech Inc., based in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Alloy Die Casting has been manufacturing complex die castings using aluminum, zinc, and zinc/aluminum alloys since 1946. In October of 2010, the company acquired Los Angeles Die Casting, a manufacturer of die cast products for industrial and aerospace applications, and consolidated operations in their Buena Park headquarters.
(source: http://www.oc-breeze.com/2013/10/05/39932_buena-parks-alloy-die-casting-sold-to-virginia-based-investment-company/)
Kinetic Die Casting Company
Kinetic Die Casting Company wishes to say “GOOD LUCK” and hopes the employees and staff of Alloy Die Casting Company success in continuing die casting operations in the Buena Park, California location. When Delmar Die Casting Company sold, the buyer moved all manufacturing operations to another state. Should things change for the ADC employees or staff, please remember Kinetic Die Casting when you are looking for your future.
Kinetic Die Casting Company (https://www.kineticdiecasting.com)
6918 Beck Avenue
North Hollywood, California 91605
818-982-9200
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Die Casting Porosity
Die Casting Porosity and Its Causes. Die Casting porosity is one of the most common-place defects in the die casting manufacturing industry. What is die casting porosity? Die Casting porosity is a type of die casting factory inadequacy in which the die cast parts have minuscule spaces which covers air within the metal – later, the die cast parts become porous. The porosity of die casting parts could deteriorate the parts itself if the spaces or holes are very big.
To plainly understand the causes of the porosity one must know the rudimentary of the die casting procedure. In a nutshell, die casting procedure includes molding molten metal by inserting it inside a squat cylinder, and then a great force is applied by a piston connected on the cylinder, pushing the melted metal so it would take the form of the die cast die or die cast mold. Throughout this process, the metal is forced along with the air inside of the cylinder to the die casting mold.
Die casting porosity could be extra by numerous factors like the following:
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Die casting machine pressures.
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Temperature of the metal and the mold.
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The cleanliness of the materials used.
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Design of the die casting tool.
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Design of the die casting part.
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The shot speed of the die casting machine utilized.
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Die casting mold release or die casting spray
Die casting manufacturers use metals that are non-ferrous or metals that don’t have iron. It is because iron content is the principal reason for oxidation and rusting. Non-ferrous metals comprise of magnesium, tin, lead, copper, zinc and aluminum.
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The Difference between Die Casting or Investment Casting
The Difference between Die Casting or Investment Casting. If you are to select, what will you favor more; die casting or investment casting process? Choosing between the two is quite a quandary since they have some comparable features. To help you decide, this article will help you by presenting the rewards of both techniques.
Advantages of Die Casting
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Die casting delivers difficult shapes with a moderately high level of accuracy associated to other mass production technique.
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Die cast parts are being fashioned at a faster rate than most of the processes. Also, it needs little to no secondary machining.
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Due to its high accuracy when it comes to details, die cast parts are dimensionally stable. In addition, it is also long-lasting.
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The surface of die casting parts is fairly smoother than the metal cast parts shaped by other methods. Also, the surface could be fashioned with a wide variety of consistencies.
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Die cast parts, compared to the metal castings formed by other methods, can be accomplished with thinner walls.
Advantages of Investment Casting
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Investment casting brings the designer the freedom and pliability of almost countless alloy choices, and also elasticity in inside and outside configurations.
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Investment casting parts are industrial in a way that only insignificant secondary machining is vital.
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Investment casting procedure doesn’t have any draft necessities, making it more exact when it comes to dimensional conformance.
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One thing that Investment casting could claim about is its benefit in aesthetics. Fine details and intricate features, texts and logos are definitely attainable.
This is the blog on the Kinetic Die Casting Company web site. The most common metal cast is A380 Aluminum Die Casting Alloy. Look at this website page for more details: www.kineticdiecasting.com/tech.html. Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company at 818-982-9200 or email us at sales@kineticdc.com. Use this webpage to request “die casting part prices” www.kineticdiecasting.com/replyform.html
Why Draft Angle in Die Casting is a must.
Why Draft Angle in Die Casting is a must. In the process of die casting, having the correct draft angle combined in die casting molds is a very vital thing. It is one of the factors that will affect the entire quality of the die casting parts fashioned.
What is Die Casting Draft angle?
Did you ever notice that the sides of a cupcake pan are inclined in a certain angle towards the center of the pan? If you inspect the pan, the sides are not straight but rather slanted at a certain degree. With that as an example, draft angle in overall sense, is an angle unified into the wall of a mold, making the opening of the cavity a bit wider than its base.
Die Casting draft angle is the angle that is unified into the walls of the die casting mold permitting the die casting part to be effortlessly ejected from the mold.
Is draft angle in die casting molds really essential?
The justification behind the need for draft angels on die casting molds lies from the very nature of the die casting procedure – injection molding process -and also, the unavoidable issue of mold reduction.
Die casting manufacturing process for metal parts is done by pushing the molten metal into a mold cavity. These mold cavities are completed with toughened tools that have been machined to the net shape of the die casting parts.
The injection of the molten metal into the mold voids is a high-pressure process. The high pressure forces the molten metal into close contact with the walls inside of the mold cavities. The high-pressure packing of the surface of the mold’s cavities makes it hard to get the die casting part out of the mold. In short, the ejection process will be compromised.
With the above explanation, it is absolutely clear that draft angle is indeed a necessity.
This is the blog on the Kinetic Die Casting Company web site. We also produce Tooling Molds for Die Castings. Look at this website page for more details: www.kineticdiecasting.com/tooling_die_casting.html. Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company at 818-982-9200 or email us at sales@kineticdc.com. Use this webpage to request “die casting part prices” www.kineticdiecasting.com/replyform.html
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