Is Die Casting the Most Efficient of the Metal

Posted by tttkkk on June 7th, 2024

Die casting was first used commercially in 1892 to produce parts for gramophones and cash registers. It was later used on a large scale when the company HH Franklin began die casting Babbitt bearings for automobile connecting rods.

Today, aluminum alloys are the most widely used, followed by zinc alloys. Modern technology, metallurgical control and research have made it possible to further refine metals, producing new alloys with higher strength and stability.

The main advantage of die casting is that the castings are net or near-net shape, i.e. they are cast to their final dimensions and require no or only minimal machining operations, which greatly increases production efficiency and reduces production costs. Die casting is therefore the most popular process in modern hardware parts manufacturing.