Metal Mania

Metal Mania The discovery of metals is undoubtedly a great step forward in the history of mankind. It is even said that upon the seven metals of antiquity was modern western civilization founded. These seven were the first group of metals discovered by man and the ones which were first put to use in our industries. The seven metals were gold, copper, silver, lead, tin, iron, and mercury.

When man discovered ways of extracting the earth’s metals, so did civilization progress. After extracting these metals, processes for manufacturing them were learned. The metals were fashioned into desired forms by the methods of forging, pressing, rolling, and through fabrication, machining, and die casting. Due to the number of metals now available to us and their various characteristics, today’s industries all make use of metal.

A die casting company provides the needs of manufacturing industries in telecommunications, consumer electronics, the automotive industry, aeronautics, and a lot of different industrial markets. The products to be found in a die casting company are many and varied. They are machinery parts, car parts, electric motor components, carburetor bodies, fuel pumps, valves, hardware locks and bolts, cast pipe fittings, fasteners, plumbing fixtures, packaging equipment; even mobile phone antennas, die cast model cars, knobs, zippers.

The die casting method uses metals that are low melting and non ferrous. Examples of these kinds of metals are zinc, aluminum, and copper. These metals are ideal because of their characteristics of ductility, lightness, resistance to corrosion, electrical conductivity, and strength. In manufacturing them for industrial parts, a die casting company will use a die casting machine to inject the molten metal into a mold (also called a die).