Aluminum Die Casting

when you’re in the process of designing an aluminum part, it is essential to consider which manufacturing process you’ll use to produce it. There are various methods for forming aluminum, and aluminum die casting is one of the most common options for designers to consider.

Aluminum die casting is the method of choice for many automotive, industrial, and telecommunications products. It’s also often used to produce electrical, hydraulic, and lighting components.

Plastic Injection

Injection molding is a complex manufacturing process. Using a specialized hydraulic or electric machine, the process melts, injects and sets plastic into the shape of a metal mold that’s fitted into the machine.

Plastic injection molding is the most widely used components manufacturing process for a variety of reasons, including:

• Flexibility: manufacturers can choose the mold design and type of thermoplastic that’s used for each component. This means the injection molding process can produce a variety of components, including parts that are complex and highly detailed.

Tooling/Mold/Die

Prototype

When you want to develop an new product, after finished the design, an prototype will be the best choice to verify the feasibility. You can choose the 3D printing, which can finish in 1-2 days, but have not very good phsical property. Or CNC machined from solid, which need 1-2 weeks, but good phsical property.

After the design fixed, you can start the tooling, which normally need 4-8 weeks. If you need some quantity below 2000 pcs, you can choose the prototype tooling to save the cost, which just have 5000 shots life; if you expect the big quantity, then a series production with longer life( 50K-100K for die casting, 200K-500K for plastic) will be the better choice.