Die Casting History

Die Casting has been around a long time. The earliest examples of die casting by pressure injection - as opposed to casting by gravity pressure - occurred in the mid-1800s. A patent was awarded to Sturges in 1849 for the first manually operated machine for casting printing type. The process was limited to printer’s type for the next 20 years, but development of other shapes began to increase toward the end of the century. By 1892, commercial applications included parts for phonographs and cash registers, and mass production of many types of parts began in the early 1900s.

Die casting has evolved from the original low-pressure injection method to techniques including high-pressure casting. These modern processes are capable of producing high integrity, near net-shape castings with excellent surface finishes. Information from NADCA and Kinetic Die Casting