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New molds are the ones that have allowed die casting to enter almost every major industry and provide parts for the machinery that was powering the country.

New Alloys Take Shape

In early die-casting and injection molding Lead and tin were the main metals used, and they had significant malleability. Starting in 1914 when zinc and aluminum alloys were introduced processes moved to safer materials, also allowing for stronger creations.

Today the expansion of materials now allows dying casting machines to create a wide range of parts and products optimized for erosion or toxicity resistance, flexibility, heat resistance, repeat use, and other characteristics.

Growing Under Pressure

With the introduction of new alloys, the die casting process changed to accommodate new needs and new parts creation. In the early days, consistently produce quality products die casting machinery could only produce a low-pressure injection molding in China. Because of the improvements in the strength and heat resistance of the materials used to develop our machines, they later allowed for higher-pressure situations and processes.

New methods were established as equipment and manufacturing capabilities improved and they operated under moderate pressure and allowed for more flexibility of the shapes crafted. To include moving parts and plates for complex shapes machinery has been designed.

The first die casting equipment was invented in 1838 and patented in 1849 and is a small, hand-operated machine. A combination of lead and tin was poured into a steel mold after being melted and then— this mold is denoted as the die. Metal alloy would take the shape of the mold and solidify as it gets cooled. Casting is the final element taken from the mold after the injection molding process.

Today, the standard is a high-pressure casting method, and a better quality product along with a strong finish is offered by this. In today’s machinery the parts die casting creates are strong, have an excellent surface finish, and are delivered in extremely high volumes. With better properties than in the past, there are also new alloys, which have opened up die casting to new markets.