Lansco Die Casting Auction

Bob on April 29th, 2008

The auction was held today for the equipment at Lansco Die Casting.  It was sad for me to see the event.  I feel that Lansco will be missed by many people because of their great history.  The events that led to their closure are effecting many California manufacturing companies and particularly die casting companies in California.

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When someone asks me “what is draft angle in a box?” or “why do I need a draft angle on my aluminum die casting box part?” The technical answer is, all aluminum die castings require a draft angle on the walls of die cast box parts perpendicular to the parting plane or parallel to the [...]

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Complete Die Casting Tooling and Molds

Bob on April 15th, 2008

Complete Class “A” Die Casting Die or Mold Tooling Complete die cast tooling is the easiest method to get more than 100,000 parts from the life of the mold or die cast die tool. Complete die cast tooling will fit directly into a die casting machine without the need for a separate mold base, die [...]

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Die Cast Unit Die Tooling

Bob on April 4th, 2008

Kinetic Die Casting also makes Die Casting Unit Die Tooling. Unit die tooling is usually larger than die cast tooling inserts and typically smaller than a complete mold. Unit die tooling uses less steel than a complete mold, but more steel than a die casting insert. Unit die tooling requires a master unit holder that [...]

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Die Casting Tooling Inserts

Bob on April 3rd, 2008

Die cast tooling inserts are the least expensive form of die cast tooling. The high pressure die cast tooling inserts are usually nothing more than enough steel to produce the cavities and a little extra to accommodate the temperature fluctuations of the molten metal injecting under force. These inserts require heat treating to the proper [...]

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Aluminum Auto Parts Die Castings

Bob on April 2nd, 2008

Die Casting Aluminum Car Parts Automated aluminum car part die casting application using robots. For more information see the company’s website Kinetic Die Casting. After-market auto parts manufacturers depend on companies like Kinetic Die Casting to help with the design of the part and produce auto parts at a competitive price. Draft angle requirements on [...]

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UK Webmaster World forum held a Search Engine Optimization contest seocontest2008 which started on the 1st of February 2008 and ended April 1st 2008. The number of contestants for the seocontest2008 is limited to the top 300 SEO consultants. Bob Thomas from Kinetic Die Casting was a participant in the contest. The contest search term [...]

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