Aluminum Castings
Aluminum Castings
Modern Aluminum Casting offers the most up to date equipment and methods to provide our customers with exceptional parts at reasonable prices. Our years of success and experience is proof of our quality.
With over 100 years of experience in the casting industry, Modern Aluminum Casting has the facilities and staff to meet any requirements. The process begins with you, the customer, by entering your specifications into our RFQ form. You will be immediately contacted by one of our experts who can walk you through the process of designing, casting, and producing any type of aluminum and metal casting.
The Aluminum Casting Process
Modern Aluminum Casting offers a variety of methods in the casting process that include sand, mold, and die to name a few. Each of the various methods have their benefits and produce high quality parts. When making a choice of the type of casting, several factors have to be considered such as the size of the part, quantity required, surface finish, and the requirements of dimensional accuracy.
There are many reasons to choose aluminum casting by Modern Aluminum Casting for your aluminum cast parts. We are able to offer high quality parts quickly and make them immediately available. The aluminum castings processes are inexpensive and produce parts that are very strong and sturdy. Seeing as aluminum is customizable, we can offer parts in many shapes, forms and any type of complex design. Modern Aluminum Casting offers finished parts that require very little machining since the parts come out of the mold in nearly perfect shape.
The casting process begins with you and your design. In most cases, designing is a collaboration between Modern Aluminum Casting and our customers. Using highly advanced computer software, expert personnel develop the proposed cast to be produced to your specifications. A temporary mold is sent on to the shop for the purpose of making a prototype for you to inspect and approve. Once accepted, a permanent casting is created for production in technically advanced facilities.
Aluminum is the third most abundantly occurring element in the world and, specifically, the most abundant metal found in the earth's crust. Its refining process is a bit difficult compared to other metals; however, when refined, it can be used efficiently for aluminum castings to produce a quality product. The casting process of aluminum has proven inexpensive and produces a sturdy and reliable product.
Different Types of Aluminum Casting
All aluminum that is cast is made from aluminum and added alloy considering aluminum by itself is not very resilient. When making the decision for the type of casting method, the choice depends on the type of part as well as the strength required, its size and the quantity. Once the design is accepted, one of the following processes is available to be chosen for production of your part, though what is listed is a small sample of what we can offer.
Die Casting
Die casting uses pressure to force molten aluminum into a die. This procedure is used for mass production of parts and requires very little finishing and machining. The main cost of die casting is in the tooling process and the creation of the die. There are two types of die casting: low and high pressure where high pressure requires a complicated die and low pressure uses a simple one.
Benefits to Die Casting
- Die casting offers complicated designs with tighter tolerances compared to many other mass manufacturing methods.
- Die castings are created in larger quantities with little to no machining needed.
- Die casting produces parts that are sturdy, dimensionally stable, and of high quality.
- Die castings can be made with surfaces that mimic many different textures.
- Compared to most other casting methods, including sand and permanent castings, die-cast surfaces are smoother.
Permanent Mold Casting
Permanent mold casting uses steel or other metals to create the mold and cores. It is used to make repeatable parts that are consistent throughout a run. The molten aluminum is poured into the mold where it cools very quickly to create a very consistent microstructure that improves its mechanical properties.
Benefits of Permanent Mold Casting
- Permanent mold casting is highly useful for manufacturing products in batches since the folded parts have precise dimensions.
- The procedure is well suited for producing intricate pieces with high accuracy.
- This method is suited for manufacturing numerous pieces that are assembled later. It can also rapidly produce accurate and complicated metal castings.
- The permanent mold casting process is frequently less expensive than other metal casting techniques such as die casting.
