Home | About Us | Capabilities | Casting Design | Cost Savings Ideas | Automotive Castings | Quality | FREE Die Cast Guide | Contact

Cost Savings Ideas
Optimize Design for Castability and Cost Savings:

Helpful Design Basics:

• The Basic wall section recommended for A380 /A383 Alloy is 2.5mm/3.0mm for most castings

• Draft angels should be no less than 1.5-2.0 degrees per side (3.0 Degrees per side is preferable)

• Try to avoid thin Tool Steel Conditions that will promote excessive soldering, and early die fatigue.

• Try to avoid blind spots (Bosses with no ribs for feeding)

• Minimum of 1.5mm fillets and corner radii’s where permissible

• Add ribbing for strength and feeding characteristics

• Try to avoid large wall thickness increases (Maintaining a Uniform Casting Wall Section is crucial
  for controlling both types of porosity and filling related defects)

• Gasket Seal Grooves should have adequate draft (2-3 degrees per side) considerations
  for maintaining desired net shape (This will aide in preventing drag, and reduce the need
  for expensive machining processes)

• Use a practical approach for GD&T Requirements (Work with all mating parts for Feasibility
  of Fit Form and Function. This will have a huge impact on cost and quality constraints)

• Allow adequate surface area on casting for proper Ejection (Ejector Pin Placement)

• Design Parting Lines that have gradual transitions, and have a minimum draft angel of
  5 Degrees Per Side. (7-10 degree draft is preferred)

• Consideration for Gating the casting should be at the forefront of discussion when
  designing the casting (Tech Review Meetings are essential for finding solutions,
  and optimizing the casting design)

Home | About Us | Capabilities | Casting Design | Cost Savings Ideas | Automotive Castings | Quality
Die Casting Equipment and Tonnage | Request for Quote | FREE Die Cast Guide | Contact