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Antenna Base Housing

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Gold Award Winner from China Best Diecasting 2018 This part was an existing part already but brass has been substituted by Zamak5 alloy. It is thin wall, min 0.5mm, and electroplated, so it has high surface requirements for surface roughness, cold shuts, and...

Bathroom faucet – Delta Faucet

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The Delta Faucet’s construction is known as shell technology. It features a die-cast zinc cover, or escutcheon, over a brazed copper and brass assembly. The thin zinc cover is much more uniform than brass; it provides near net shape die casting with tolerances of...

Carrier

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Excellence Award Winner from China Best Diecasting 2018 This part has a high level of fine detail and an excellent surface finish after plating. It is difficult to cast and ejection needs to be done carefully to avoid any deformation. The casting process is very...

Case for Wendt & Kühnangel figure

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The award-winning cast part “suitcase” is based on the original of a suitcase and represents a decorative part in the series of collectible dolls, made of wood. While suitcases were made of leather many decades ago, there was a separate edge protection...
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Central Console

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Utilizing zinc alloys to create this part allowed for outstanding control of each step and parameter involved in the full process, from design to final part to achieve, to achieve the perfect design. With die casting, the same surface quality and appearance could be...
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Connector for Radio AM/FM Signal

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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...
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Connector Housing – Berg Electronics MICROPAX ™ connectors

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MICROPAX connectors have very demanding specifications which are met by zinc die casting, including: Complex design requirements to accommodate a variety of connectors, ranging from 40 to 200 connecting pins; flatness across the mounting plane within +/- 0.005 in, and...
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Copper Cable Connectors

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Zinc die casting was chosen to produce this new generation of cable connectors. Critical standards that were met include wall strength to assure durability and to withstand bulk processing and proper matching of draft allowances on the internal surfaces for smooth...

Decorative Figure

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Honorable Mention, 2018 EU Zinc Die Casting Competition The jury of experts is honoring the expansion of the application areas of zinc die-casting in the arts and crafts with a special prize for Heiligenstädter Reißverschluss GmbH & Co. KG. The zinc die casting...

Escutcheon for overhead shower for Grohe Rainshower series

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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...
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Gear Knob AMG (Mercedes)

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This casting part was originally produced in die cast aluminum. It could be produced only with disproportionate effort and high scrap rates. The parting plane in the casting could never reach the surface quality standards because at that position was a vacuum...
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Handle and Backplate

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Pictured is one model of a range of decorative door handles. Zinc is used for the design because of its ability to easily take a plated finish and because it can be cast to accurate dimensions.
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High Tension Cage

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This part is a device component warranting the operators security during intervention on high-tension lines. The reasons behind choosing zinc alloy include the product’s complex tool design, the combination of thin wall casting and rigidity, and the dimensional...
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Housing Cover and Thumbturn – Medeco STEELGUARD(tm) Lock

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To meet market requirements, Medeco wanted to develop a new high security lock priced just below its top-of-the-line dropbolt lock. The high-end lock model is all brass. The housing cover is investment cast, and the thumbturn is a machined extrusion. As other...

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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LEO Easy Opener

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This design opener can open all kind of bottles without any damage and with very little effort. With its innovative patented mechanism, this tool won the Bundespreis 2016 award in Germany. ZP5 was chosen over other materials for its excellent surface finish, strength,...
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Lockable Door Knob – Model 930

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The main feature of this lock design is that the handle is cast with a cylindrical shaped wall, but it is then post formed to a spherical shape. If the Alloy 3 used for this casting did not have high ductility, the final shape could not be achieved and the pressure...
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Locking Hub

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Warner Gear’s 4WD locking hub takes advantage of ZA-8’s net shape castability, creep resistance, and excellent finishing characteristics to provide a highly functional and aesthetic cover. ZA-8 alloy was chosen because it handles temperatures close to 200 degrees F, a...
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Microwave Guides (5 configurations)

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Wave guides are built to exacting specifications in dimensional accuracy, straightness, and flatness. Hot chamber die casting enables critical cavity sections to be cast with little or no draft; very difficult in aluminium cold chamber die casting. Flatness tolerance...
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Remote Control

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This high-end remote control’s design has tactile control without any knobs. The zamak surface was cast to a thickness of 0.6mm with less than 0.05mm tolerance on thickness. Piezo elements translate the bending of the surface into electric signals. For casting this...

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...

Shell Part for High Speed Train

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Excellence Award Winner from China Best Diecasting 2018 This part has a moderate complexity and an excellent surface finish after plating. Most interesting is the unusual application in high speed trains, which is a segment where lower series volumes can be expected....

Shift lever automatic transmission base lever

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The award-winning cast part in the automotive category is a basic lever for the shift lever of an automatic transmission in a car. The gearshift knob is in the constant field of vision of the driver and the vehicle occupants, which places very high demands on the...
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Thermostate Valve Housing

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Special features of this die cast product include precise dimensions that ensure a perfect fit around the circumference of the housing, making it water-resistant so that the internal components are protected. The tool design allows for uniform filling and casting with...

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...