Die Casting Design
Die-casting can be done using a cold chamber or hot chamber process.
1. In a cold chamber process, the molten metal is ladled into the cold chamber for each shot. There is less time exposure of the melt to the plunger walls or the plunger. This is particularly useful for metals such as Aluminum, and Copper (and its alloys) that alloy easily with Iron at the higher temperatures.
2. In a hot chamber process, the pressure chamber is connected to the die cavity is immersed permanently in the molten metal. The inlet port of the pressurizing cylinder is uncovered as the plunger moves to the open (unpressurized) position. This allows a new charge of molten metal to fill the cavity and thus can fill the cavity faster than the cold chamber process. The hot chamber process is used for metals of low melting point and high fluidity such as tin, zinc, and lead that tend not to alloy easily with steel at their melt temperatures. die casting, aluminum die casting, aluminum casting, ADC-12 die casting, automotive die casting part, motorcycles spare part, aluminum pressure die casting
3. Die casting molds (called dies in the industry) tend to be expensive as they are made from hardened steel-also the cycle time for building these tend to belong. Also, the stronger and harder metals such as iron and steel cannot be die-cast
Aluminum die casting process introduction
Though the term die casting can refer to any kind of casting using a die such as gravity die casting or low pressure die casting, yet here die casting only refer to high pressure die casting. Aluminum die casting is a process of casting Aluminum alloy under pressure, can produce precision parts in high volume at low costs. There are two processes of aluminum die-casting namely hot chamber die casting and cold chamber die casting. Parison die casting introduced cold chamber die casting process from1980’s. Now the die casting machines which Parison die casting is applying are cold chamber die casting machines.
Illustration of cold chamber die casting process
In a cold chamber die casting process, the molten aluminum alloy is ladled into the cold chamber for each shot. There is less time exposure of the melted alloy to the plunger walls or the plunger. This is particularly useful for aluminum alloy that alloys easily with Iron at the higher temperatures.
After the molten aluminum alloy is ladled into the cold chamber, the piston will inject it into the cavity of the die casting mold through three different pressure phrases. The pressured molten aluminum alloy gets in sequence through spure system, running system, and gate system into the cavity of the die casting mold.
The filled cavity with affection of cooling system shapes the desired aluminum die casting products. Then the moving die moves away from the fix die, while the ejectors push out the casting.
Advantage of aluminum die casting process
A.high volume but low cost Compared with aluminum sand casting and gravity casting, aluminum die casting can produce precision parts in high volume at low costs.
B.good surface finish and good dimensional accuracy Aluminum die casting generally has good surface finish and good dimensional accuracy. For many parts, post-machining can be totally eliminated, or very light machining may be required to bring dimensions to size.
The disadvantage of aluminum die casting process
A.high cost of die casting mold The cost of tooling of die casting is much more expensive than those of sand casting, gravity casting, and investment casting.
B.high porosity Though the porosity of die casting can be adjusted by using much higher pressure with a much larger and heavier mold, the porosity can not be avoided and is much more than that is of low-pressure casting and gravity casting. Furthermore, porosity leads die casting parts to be not suitable for heat treatment. Thus the consistency can not be compared with gravity castings.
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