Alloys: Zamak 3 (ZL3, ZL0400, ZnAI4, alloy 3)

Approach Post Foot

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The casting design was engineered to provide the surface finish on the decorative areas while providing adequate strength and reducing cost. The existing weldment design was problematic because of the metal fill direction through the cavity. Working with the customer,...

Sensor Plate and Sensor Activation Button

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This part has an excellent surface mirror finish after plating. The feeding is done with a center gate to avoid too long metal flow distances which negatively affect surface quality. This part was an existing part already, but ABS has been substituted by Zamak3 alloy...

Keyboard Dock

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Gold Award Winner from China Best Diecasting 2018 Due to its size, this part is cast on a 800T cold chamber machine. The part is used to dock or connect a keyboard and has 2 handles for manual manipulation. The weight is needed to give a robust and stable appearance...
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Waveguide Horn

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The Whistler Spectrum 3SE waveguide horn is a complex Zamak 3 die casting providing detail, net shape, and thin wall construction. The current horn replaces three separate pieces utilized in earlier models. One component now performs four distinct functions: a horn...

Two-Piece Punch Body

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For three generations, B-V has been producing heavy-duty, specialty hand punches from two sand-cast malleable iron halves. Sand casting inaccuracies required sorting and extensive fitting to locate matching halves. Thickness variations up to 0.025 in. were...