Metals and Things

Metals and Things. It is an interesting process of working on metal that dates back to the 1800’s with the printer’s type, which are those blocks of letters used in making books. Then the phonograph and the cash register were made with metals using this method. Nowadays, almost everything is made with metal parts that were produced by diecasting.

But what is diecasting? It is a way of reproducing engineered metal economically, in a very precise manner. This method reproduces even complex shapes and textures accurately. It involves a machine that pressure injects a molten non ferrous metal into a die mold. This mold is reusable. The mold is already formed into the desired shape beforehand by diecasting experts. The metal products and parts are then mass produced for various industrial uses.

The metals used in diecasting are copper, lead, magnesium, zinc, brass, and tin.

Just like the versatility of the process, the products are also versatile. You can find these diecast metal parts in almost anything that is of use in our modern world, from automobiles to computers to mobile phones, from factories to farms to airfields and furniture, from piping systems to carburetor bodies and toy stores.

What are these parts? They are the metal stuff that you observe all around you, stuff like antennas, connectors, knobs and valves, hinges, handles and lids, housings and fittings, fasteners, pedals, sprockets, doorknobs and zippers, and aerospace die casting and gears.

It makes you wonder at how far we have gone since the copper smelting at the first camp fires a couple of hundred of years back when the world was new.