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Automotive Shift Level
This shift lever connects the shifter and the gear in ZF automotive gearboxes. This part was originally cast in aluminum but required tapping and other secondary operations in order to meet the close tolerances. Thanks to close collaboration with the customer, the...
Bayonet XT-A
The 3-piece bayonet XT-A is assembled into a circular piece and provided with a cover plate. The part is designed so that it connects with an inlay heatsink, necessary due to the heat generated by the installed LED (60-80°C). The casting challenge is to achieve a...
Central support for electrical, mechanical & optical parts in detail equipment
This component immediately catches the viewer’s eye because of its size, volume and associated weight. However, these dimensions are necessary for the central support unit in the dental field in order to enable the inclusion of optical, electrical and mechanical...
Central Support Unit
This part is a central support unit for mounting all optical, electrical, and mechanical components for the imaging plate technology in use in dentistry. In medical technology, die cast zinc has been used for many years; however, overall, this area of application is...
Closure ring overhead shower RAINFINITY
In the field of sanitary technology, extremely high demands are placed on the surface appearance, resistance and dimensional stability of the assemblies. A high standard of haptics conveys a high-quality feeling. With the casing of the Rainfinity overhead shower, the...
Connector for Radio AM/FM Signal
The part has the following attributes: One of this part’s highlights is its functionality—it allows one single part in Zamak for electrical connection (interface) and mechanical (coding + retention). It also has a connector function, which allows for the transmission...
Cylinder housing shells and head cap for ABUS-ECO locking cylinders
Groß Druckguss GmbH received this award for the implementation of the housing shells and a head cap for ABUS-ECO locking cylinders. Products in the lock area are characterized by extremely low tolerance ranges and high accuracy of fit and precision. When manufacturing...
Door closure system INSTINCT by MACO
Smart Home is becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives. A large number of household appliances, from dishwashers to water purifiers, can now be operated via smartphones. Why not also window and door fittings? With the innovative, fully electronic...
DragonFly (TM) camp stove – Mountain Safety Research
The original fuel fitting design was an assembly of three screw-machined components–a brass orifice, an aluminum stop block and lock mount, and a stainless steel hose barb. By redesigning the assembly as a one-piece zinc die casting, a 56 percent cost reduction was...
Electronic Connector
The key benefits to this product’s design was a close cooperation between die caster and customer through a clipping system. It utilizes modern assembling technology, and because it does not involve a screw, creep is not a risk.
End Cap for a Pneumatic Door Closer
Alloy 3 was chosen as the end cap material because of the ease with which it is processed. Both material and tooling cost are minimized, and the product can be made with existing expertise and plant equipment. Alloy 3 castings can be produced with high dimensional...
Escutcheon for overhead shower for Grohe Rainshower series
The award-winning component is a large-scale application of die-cast zinc as a shower head. The large surface area of the cover rosette component of an overhead shower for the GROHE Rainshower series in connection with a galvanic surface treatment places special...
Heat Sink
Zinc die casting offers numerous advantages over aluminum extrusion in a number of heat sink applications. Die cast zinc heat sinks offer one-piece construction, increased design flexibility, and lower cost. One of the biggest advantages is that heat-dissipating fins...
Housing for HSD Connector
This HSD connector (HSD = high speed data) is a part of the control units in upper segment cars. The 4-pin connector assures large volume of data transfer as compared to the standard connector with only 1 pin. The required tolerances for this miniature part are...
Housing for KitchenAid Coffee Machine
The 9,5 kg zamak housing of this designer coffee machine is made from 8 zinc pressure die cast parts with weights between 2.2 kg and 75 g. The parts are powder coated. To avoid any bubbles during thermal curing of the paint, the parts are vacuum cast to avoid gas...
Housing for low voltage angle gear drive
This casting is a segment of a multi-piece gearbox for 24/48 volt engines. The cost pressure in the market segment prompted the designers to rethink. A cost-effective production method for manufacturing the individual components that does not require any further...
Lubrication Metering Assembly – Graco, Inc.
The design requirements for the assembly’s 10-in.-long housing called for non-tapered walls in the meter chamber, allowing free rotation of the metering gears and zero draft in the valve area. Previous designs utilized two aluminum castings requiring secondary...
Microscan Systems – VS 310 Scanner
Designers of an ultra-compact scanner needed to reduce the internal envelope. The optics bracket was one component that was reduced in size but increased in functionality. The goal was to design a single mounting bracket that would accommodate a laser module, a...
Mobile Radio Antenna
Zinc die casting was chosen to reduce cost of an antenna base for mobile radio equipment, which was originally a brass screw-machined part. Powder metallurgy was evaluated, but it couldn’t achieve the required undercuts without machining. Zamak 2 alloy was specified...
Motorcycle indicator housing BMW R18
For many, the BMW R18 brings back memories of the old days – cruising alone on winding roads, a comfortable ride and good road holding. The vehicle has to have a certain solid and sonorous appearance. With the R18 model, BMW is addressing the buyers of a Harley...
Peerless Pull-Out Faucet – Delta
Initially, the hub–two intersecting cylinders–was a brazed assembly. Cylinders were screw machined from solid brass. Operations included turning, drilling, internal milling, cut-off, and rolling of one cylinder end to accept a plastic transition piece. The redesigned...
Remote car release key, design elements
People carry this cast part with them in many variations: a design element of the car key. The demand for a high-quality look, an appealing, cool feel and the requirements for a robust, largely scratch-resistant surface led to the decision to use zinc as a material....
Support Unit for Drive
This product is a segment drive for imaging plate technology used in dentistry. A complex, modern, and advanced die casting enables precise and optimum shape design that is consistent with the mechanical properties of the die cast zinc alloy. In medical technology,...