Application Fields: Automotive

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Hand Grinding Machine (Georges Renault)

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Due to its reliability, zinc allows the mounting of a precision bearing of an air turbine with a bevel gear. It also allows the plastic over coating. Zinc fulfilled the requirements for this design, including strength with precise shapes and thread with repetition at...
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Gear Rack and Housing

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One of the first opportunities to test ACuZinc 5 was in Delphi Interior and Lighting System’s newly-designed heliscrew horizontal actuator for power seats. The die castings replace a powder-metal gear rack and plastic gear housing design. Seat adjustment is comparable...
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Gear Housing

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Engineers decreased time-to-market by utilizing existing gear housing tooling to develop a higher load winch. Superwinch’s 1,500-lb. unit incorporated two 380 Aluminium die cast housings which functioned as rotating and stationary ring gears. By substituting ZA-27...

Foot Pedal Level

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The lever was originally designed as a steel sand casting with machining operations to size the shaft, pivot hubs, and cable connection holes. The final operation was a zinc plating. After a value analysis of an all-metal foot pedal control system, the materials...