Car components with doubled mechanical strength, higher fatigue resistance and improved energy absorption are the result of a revolutionary CSIRO heat treatment process for high pressure die casting ...

He Zhiqi, Executive Vice President of BYD Co., Ltd., recently showcased the company's newly launched 9,000-ton ultra-large die casting production line on social media. This automated production line ...

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 6, No. 3 (June 2013), pp. 416-426 (11 pages) ABSTRACT Die pre-heating has a beneficial effect on die life, by reducing thermal shock and ...

The last ten years has seen the North American automotive industry increasing its use of magnesium castings at an annual rate of around 15% and this rate of growth is expected to continue for at least ...

Gravity casting aluminum in permanent molds beats conventional sand and pressure die casting. Today, gravity-fed permanent metal molds can produce near-net-shape parts from a variety of aluminum ...

In this video from the HPC User Forum in Milwaukee, Hal Gerber from Shiloh Industries presents: High Pressure Casting for Structural Requirements and the Implications on Simulation. “Shiloh is the ...

Die casting is an excellent method to fabricate high volumes of aluminium, zinc, or magnesium parts. Compared with other production methods, die-cast parts have excellent surface finishes; maintain ...

Recently, I was offered a 1997 Volkswagen Golf for the low, low price of free — assuming I could haul it away, as it suffered from a thoroughly borked automatic transmission. Being incapable of saying ...

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