Aluminum die casting and its importance in Aerospace Industry

Aluminum die casting items are of remarkable use in different industry sectors and more so in the aerospace engineering where precision and top standard items are of greatest significance. These items are used in building both little as well as the big components in the aviation industry. Additional, die casting aluminum is used both in the pivotal military sector as well as commercial. The reason for this is easy – they are cost-friendly solutions and provide amazing outcomes.

Apart from being cost-effective, the parts made from die casting aluminum are additionally prepared to endure extreme weather situations and increased damages. Another vital reason for using aluminum products in aircraft is that the meal is comparatively affordable than other metals that are die casted. Additional,  aluminum has the potential to get with other metals in order to provide durability and much flexible.

With aluminum casted products, you do not have to compromise on the standard yet can them at much affordable production cost. Further, all the standards that have been set for using metal components, aluminum relax the need to the utmost. Hence, they are certified secure for use in planes, affordable and have all the qualities that are needed for flying crafts. So casting aluminum is on the boost like never before. Further, the top thing about an aluminum die cast part is that its weight is favorable for the aircraft works.

So, how actually is casting Aluminum done and what are the processes involved? Well, the reply is simple. Aluminum alloy is first forced into top-grade steel at high speed and force at high temperatures. This outcome in superior standard products that are very light and thin-walled perfect for use as aircraft components.

 It is to be mentioned here that Aluminum die casting is a hard technique. Only a truly experienced and top standard team of engineers can make sure that the parts come with top volumes or with excellent tolerances and surface finish. Actually, this type of force casting is far more famous than gravity die casting or sand casting. This is because the need for machining is this type of weather for Zinc or aluminum casting is extremely low due to the close casting tolerances. Though the tooling cost in casting Aluminum or rather any metal is considerably higher than the other 2 types yet, the mechanical properties achieved thus are far excellent in terms of functionality.

Zinc Die Casting

Zinc Die Casting

We have been in the foundry business since 3 generations and are proud to keep this going. Our chairman Dr. Dinesh Patel founded the company Dr. Dinesh and Ramesh Eng. Pvt. Ltd. in Ahmedabad. The company covers a space of 10,000 sq. yards (comparable to cricket field) which is only 40% utilized giving us an undue advantage for growth. We have had several metal castings (Cast Iron, Stainless Steel, Aluminum) catering to International and Domestic Companies like Ingersoll Rand, ABB, TVS and many others. However, since a decade we have shifted our focus primarily on Aluminum Castings producing from 0.5 kg to 100 kg in permanent mold. We have been adding new processes such as 

a) GDC (Gravity Die Casting)
Gravity Die Casting is the process of pouring liquid metal using Earth’s Gravity and hence it’s name. This method started on our end based on our customer’s demand leading us to develop a very difficult casting weighing almost 70 Kg in Permanent Mold for a German Company. Very few foundries can design this size of casting much less make it export quality. We are proud to say that soon we designed another such casting thereby establishing our niche in higher weight category giving an undue advantage for people with quality requirements in heavy castings. 

b) Tilt Pour
In order to satisfy the demands of our customers from around the world as well as in the domestic market we developed the Tilt Pour technology providing, engineering as well as aesthetic parts. Due to our in house building of the machine we have significant control over machine. This helps to significantly improve the quality and speed of casting manufacturing as the functioning of the machine can be customized over several parameters. Final result – better lead times and consistent quality. 

c) LPDC (Low Pressure Die Casting). 
Our goal is to keep on adding newer technologies and keeping in line with this principle we added the LPDC technology to our belt. Often when X-ray quality castings, dynamic movement (high r.p.m) is a requirement or some other quality standards dictate the usage of LPDC. 

In terms of our production capacity we have 
Production Capacity: 2000 tons per year 
Melting Furnances: 2
Holding Furnance: 5

GC MOLD was established in 1979 as a Private Limited company in the China. is Die Casting China company, Mike yang and his Engineers are manufacturers of Aluminium die casting, magnesium die casting and zinc die casting of various grades and sizes and weight ranges varying from 0.5 kg to 100 kg in permanent mould, Gravity Die Casting, Low Pressure Die Casting, sand casting and high pressure die casting.

The company provides end to end solution for Aluminium die Castings to customers including: Die Making, Die Casting: Low Pressure Die Casting & Gravity Die Casting (Permanent Mold Casting), Machining, Heat treating, Shot blasting, Testing & Inspection.


The company presently caters to the Textile Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Plastic Industry, Cooling Industry, Compressor Industry, Petroleum Industry amongst others.

Mike and his Engineers have modern furnaces, casting machinery, assisted with Computer Aided Design and modern C.N.C. machining centers. We also supply castings in fully machined condition. We have developed an expertise with Helium Leak Proof Castings with maximum leak rates of only 5 X 10-6 mbar l/s.

We help our customers in developing and improving their designs of various engineering components with highest quality, functionality with cost effectiveness.

Our team and Engineers detail as below

Dr. Dinesh S. Patel, Managing DirectorDr. Dinesh S. Patel is a Phd.

in Metallurrgy (1975, University of Missouri, Rolla, USA) with a Masters in Metalurgy (University of Missouri, Rolla, USA) and B.E. Metallurgy (Pune). He is the founder of the company in 1979 and through his vision the company has grown many fold since its inception. He has an experience of 40+ years in the field of castings. His experience with Aluminium die casting zinc die casting and magnesium die casting, Cast iron, SG iron, Steel castings, SS castings has been comendended in the field of metallurgy. Through his vision and planning the company continues to grow and provide the customer with the best service and quality in the industry today.

Smt. Sukesha D. Patel, DirectorSmt. Sukesha Patel, B.Com, Chartered Accountant, is the company financial controller for more than 40 years. Besides being a director at Dr. Dinesh & Ramesh Engineers, she has to her credit audits of Nationalized banks, statuatory audit of companies, panel level of state level Co-operative banks amongst other professional experience. She is also a partner at S.D. Patel & Co., Chartered Accountants. Smt. Sukesha has to her credit of being one of the first Chartered Accountants in the state of Gujarat in the year 1975. She brings to the company a wealth of experience in strategic finance and management and has been a torch bearer for the ever growing GC MOLD

Mr. Nipun D. Patel, DirectorMr. Nipun Patel is a Masters in Electrical Engineering (M.S., Penn State University, USA) and Instrumentatin and Control Engineer (B.E., Nirma University). He has varied experience in the medical, manufacturing and signal processing fields. He has worked for Harvard Beth Deaconess Research Center, Boston for 7 productive years as a Research Engineer. Before joining Dr. Dinesh & Ramesh Egnieers Pvt. Ltd. he has stayed in the USA for more than 10 years gaining valuable experience and knowhow of the latest in manufacturing and medical sciences. Mr. Nipun Patel brings along maturity, experience, knowledge and innovative operations approach to the company – the company which is on the stepping stone of exponential growth.

Mr. Harsh D. Patel, DirectorMr. Harsh Patel is a Masters in Industrial Engineering (M.S., Purdue University, USA) and Mechanical Engineer (B.E., Nirma University). He has been a work experience in USA with Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York and Baker Hughes, Houston before joining Dr. Dinesh & Ramesh Engineers Pvt. Ltd. He is inducted as the Director for the company from 2009. He has been in the field of
Aluminium die casting zinc die casting and magnesium die casting industry for more than 5 years. Alongwith his experience abroad he brings to the company strategic operational excellence and a drive for innovation.

Type of Castings

Different Types Of Casting To Suite Your Casting Necessity

There are different processes that can be used in creating complex shapes of metals parts and one procedure is through casting. Casting is a manufacturing method wherein a liquid material is transfer

red into a mold, usually following a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify afterwards. It has been used even in the past and one example or type of casting is die-casting.

The die casting method is a process of forcing molten metal under high pressure into mold cavities similar to permanent mold casting. It best suites the purpose of making small to medium sized parts fashioned with good and precise details. By-products of this method are furnished with fine exterior finish and dimensional accurateness. Most materials used in this method are metals such as zinc die casting, copper, and aluminium die casting and magnesium die casting.

Another form of casting which is considered to be the most popular and simplest type is sand casting. It is a technique that has been used for many centuries now. Sand casting is a process of forming a mold out of a sand mixture through pouring a casting liquid into a desired shape. This type of casting allows manufacturers to create large number of products in such a small range of production expenses. Most metals are caste depending in the type of sand used for the molds in this method.

An additional process that can be also used is Plastic molding. It is a manufacturing technique in making parts from both thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic materials for production. It includes plastic injection molding wherein molten plastic is injected at high pressure into a mold, which is the opposite from the product’s actual shape. Example by-products of this method are bottle caps and outdoor furniture.

Moreover, a further technique is cold forming. It is also known as cold forging. Cold forming is a manufacturing procedure in which a metal is shaped at an ambient temperature to produce metal components in a definite shape. The techniques usually involved in this procedure are bending, cold drawing, cold heading, coining extrusion, thread rolling and others.

Some benefits of cold forming are enhancements in the component properties of the product because the grain structure of the material is being elongated during the formation process wherein it is forced to follow the structure and as a result its’ strength is increased. Another benefit of cold forming is that the aesthetic finish of the components gives out a brighter facade and formed with a consistent high tolerance. These somehow reduce the necessity of complex finishing and polishing.

These are only some of the different kinds of casting. Other types of casting aside from die-casting, cold forming and sand casting of metals are plaster casting, shell molding, investment casting, permanent mold casting, centrifugal casting, continuous casting and casting of plaster, concrete, or plastic resin. Each type of technique has specific and unique routine that allows you to produce superior outcome and high-quality by-products to best suite all your casting needs for your manufacturing use.

Aluminium Casting

We are an Aluminum die casting China company that has Hot Chamber Die Caster with 20 years of experience and a reputation for superior casting ability and exceptional customer service.

Die Castings…Zinc and Magnesium… Over 15 National and International awards for “Excellence of Castings”.

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Metal Casting

What Is Casting?

Metal casting is an ancient technique that has a variety of applications and purposes. Civilizations from the dawn of time to present day have used metal working as a way of creating artistic, religious, and practical items. The process of metal casting involves melting metals at high temperatures and using molds to then shape the metal into new items. The furnaces used in metal casting helped pave the way for the Industrial Revolution, without which the course of history would be dramatically different. Metal casting is just one form of metal working that has seen a recent surge in popularity as resources are becoming more affordable and communities are springing up to share information, ideas, and projects. Read more

Die Casting Process

The characteristic of die casting

Pressure casting or casting, is a molten gold poured into the pressure chamber, to the high speed filling steel mold cavity, and the alloy liquid under pressure solidification and casting method. Die casting is distinguished from other casting method is mainly characterized by the high pressure and high speed. Metal liquid is under pressure to fill the cavity, and at higher pressure solidification under common pressure, 15 to 100MPa. The liquid metal to the high speed filling cavity, usually in the 10 – 50 meters / second, some still can exceed 80 m / s, ( through the gate into the cavity of the line speed gate speed ), thus the filling time is very short, about 0.01 – 0.2 seconds ( must be considered casting size different ) can fill the cavity. Die casting machine, die casting alloy and die casting is a casting production of the three elements, are indispensable. Read more

Casting Mold Technology

There are three main forms of Casting Mold failure

1 thermal fatigue crack damage failure

Thermal fatigue cracking failure of die casting production, mold repeatedly stimulated cooling and heating effect, the molding surface and internal deformation are involved, and the repeated cycles of thermal stress, leading to tissue structure of two injury and loss of toughness, causing cracks appeared, and continue to expand, once a crack expanding, and molten metal liquid impact, coupled with repeated mechanical stress crack accelerated expansion. Therefore, on one hand casting mold must be fully preheat starting. In addition, in the production of the die casting die in must be kept in a certain temperature range, so as to avoid the early cracking. At the same time, to ensure the mold production and manufacturing of internal no problem. Because of the practical production, the majority of the ineffectiveness of the die thermal fatigue cracking. Read more

Alloy Die Casting

Aluminum Alloy Die Casting Alloy 380 is the most common of the aluminum die casting alloys. It offers the best combination of casting and product properties. It is used for a wide variety of products such as garden equipment, chassis for electronic equipment, engine brackets, housings for automotive alternators, starters and water pumps, home appliances, furniture, office eqipment hand tools and power tools. Alloys 383 and 384 are alternatives to 380 that are specified when very intricate components require improved die filling characteristics and improved resistance to hot cracking. Alloy 360 offers high corrosion resistance and superior strength at elevated temperatures than 380. Other properties are essentially equivalent. Alloy 413 offers the best die fill characteristics making it Read more

Aluminum Die Casting

Aluminum Die Casting Description:
Aluminum Die Casting, Die casting is similar to Permanent mold castings except that the metal is injected into the mold under high pressure of 10-210Mpa (1,450-30,500) psi . This results in a more uniform part, generally good surface finish and good dimensional accuracy, as good as 0.2 % of casting dimension. For many parts, post-machining can be totally eliminated, or very light machining may be required to bring dimensions to size. die casting,aluminum casting can be done using a cold chamber or hot chamber process. Read more

Aluminum Motorcycle Parts

One of the best reasons to get an aluminum motorcycle hitch carrier is because they are so reasonably priced. Compared to a standard trailer, they are much more affordable and do the same job. As long as you only need to carry one motorcycle, you simply don’t need a large trailer. A hitch carrier provides plenty of room at a fraction of the price.

You may be wondering-why Aluminum Casting? While there are other types of materials available in hitch carriers, there are many reasons to choose an aluminum motorcycle hitch carrier. Aluminum is just as strong as other types of metal. But it is also much lighter than almost any metal available today. That means you won’t be wasting gas towing the hitch carrier, you’ll only be towing your bike. Aluminum won’t add extra weight to your car, truck or SUV. Read more