Value Analysis & Value Engineering
Dynacast is expert in the design of die castings utilizing Value Analysis and Value Engineering techniques to optimize cost savings. With experiencebased on over 30 years of manufacturing tools, Dynacast has produced billions of die castings in more than 50,000 different designs.
Often, die casting is not the designer's initial choice for manufacture of a component. Other methods commonly used are pressing, stamping, turning, machining, facbricating, assembly or molding.Die casting is the engineering alternative. It can have significant advantages over other manufacturing processes, often leading to major const savings, not only in the piece price itself but also in overall cost of production, including assembly, secondary operations and inventory.
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DIE CASTING BENEFITS |
DIE CAST ALLOY BENEFITS |
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Cost effective, high volume production with part-to-part consistency |
Withstands high operating temperatures |
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Tight tolerances achieved as-cast |
Good corrosion resistance |
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Manufacture of complex net shapes, including external threads and complex internal features with minimal draft angles, there by minimizing secondary operations |
Aluminum and magnesium offer lightweight options with excellent stiffness-to-strength weight ratio |
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Multiple parts can be combined into a single component, eliminating assemble operations and lowering labor cost, with the added benefits of simplication of stock control and greater component consistency |
High strength and hardness |
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Allows variable wall thicknesses, casting of features for component positioning and ribs for heat dissipation |
Outstanding EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) shielding properties |
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Achieves shortest distance between raw material and finished parts |
High thermal conductivity |
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Fast production cycle times |
High electrical conductivity |
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Reduction in material scrap |
Zinc and magnesium have high dimensional accuracy and stability |
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Long tool life, especially for zinc and magnesium |
Zinc and magnesium have excellent thin-wall capability |
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Lower tool cost on multi-slide process for zinc and magnesium |
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Zinc offers low cost material |
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Good finishing characteristics |
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Fully recyclable |