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Since 1968, KenWalt Die Casting Company provides over 100 years of die casting knowledge and experience manufacturing high quality precision aluminum castings and zinc castings used every day in the USA and worldwide.

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Engineering Design automation Design to Finished Products High Quality Castings

Engineering Design
We offer complete engineering solutions from casting design to finished products. Using our specialized knowledge of the die casting process, we work directly with design engineers to ensure our customer's part designs are optimized for the die casting process so we can do what we do best, produce high quality zinc and aluminum castings.

Automation
Our automated production capabilities such as automatic sprayers, automatic ladlers and automated programmable controllers, help ensure we consistently, efficiently and effectively produce high quality precision aluminum castings and zinc castings with consistent surface finishes for our customers.

Design to Finished Products
We provide complete metal finishing from die cast design to finished products, including engineering design, tooling design, gating design, 3D flow analysis, vacuum casting, trimming, hand cleaning, drilling, tapping, machining, vibratory finishing, shot blasting, satin sanding, painting, powdercoating, E coating, anodizing, polishing, plating, coating, bar coding, assembly and packaging. We provide our customers with high quality castings made in the USA at competitive prices and on-time delivery.

High Quality Castings
We use our many years of knowledge and experience in die casting to produce high quality aluminum castings and zinc castings that meet the fit, form and function and on time delivery requirements of our customers. In addition, we offer Kan-Ban inventory to help our customers ensure on-time delivery to their customers.

What is Die Casting?

Aluminum Die Castings and Zinc Die Castings are metal parts primarily made of Aluminum and Zinc metals. Die castings are produced by injecting melted metal under high pressure into steel dies or molds that have part designs machined into them. The metal solidifies and parts removed from the die. The die casting process provides a wide variety of metal products with precision dimensions. One or more parts are made at a time and produced at cost-efficient high production rates so the cost of each die cast part is very low. Die castings can be as small and lightweight as a pencil eraser and 10 pounds or 36 inches x 26 inches and larger.

 

Die castings are used in a wide variety of industries such as: Agriculture, Aerospace, Automotive, Commercial Products, Construction Equipment, Communications, Die Cast Toys, Lighting Fixtures, Medical Products, Military Parts, Mining Equipment, Motorcycle Parts, Office Equipment, Railroad Braking Systems, Solar Systems and Wind Power Systems.

 

The Die Casting Process

The die casting process can be explained in a way that is relatively simple and easy to understand. A part is designed. The part design is machined into each half of what is called a steel die or mold. Each half of the die is installed and locked into place, opposite of each other, on a die cast machine. The two halves are then closed together and held closed very tight by the die cast machine.

 

Molten metal is picked up using a steel ladle, like a very large spoon. This is done by hand or with automatic machinery. The molten metal is poured into an opening at the top of a hollow steel tube. Also called a shot sleeve. The steel tube is connected to the die. The molten metal is then pushed into the two die halves on the machine. What pushes the molten metal is high pressure pumps that push hydraulic fluids that push a copper/berylium piston inside the tube.

 

The die cast machine holds the two die halves closed very tight because the hydraulic fluids push the piston with very high pressure. The molten metal then cools off quickly and becomes solid. The two halves of the die open and the part is removed from the machine. This is done by hand or with automatic machinery. Other actions are then done to remove the extra metal that is not part of the design of the part.

 

Aluminum and Zinc Die Cast Parts are produced rapidly, in large quantities, with high quality and low cost.

 

Advantages of Die Casting

 

Low Part Cost - Die cast parts are very low cost compared to other methods - Higher volumes equal lower costs

Vacuum-Assist Die Casting for Very High Integrity Castings - Virtually eliminate air or gas known as porosity

Excellent Repeatable Dimensional Accuracy

Eliminate or Reduce Costly Secondary Machining

Excellent Machinability

Excellent Finishing Properties

Long-Lasting Die Cast Tooling - Enhanced with regularly scheduled die maintenance and stress relieving

Smooth Casting Surfaces - Ideal for a wide variety of casting surface finishes

Thin-Wall Castings

Cast-In Holes, Threads, Slots and Grooves - Eliminate or reduce machining costs

Cast-In Bushings, Threaded Rods and Inserts

Excellent Tensile Strength

Excellent Pressure Tightness

 

Disadvantages of Die Casting

 

Tooling Cost - The main disadvantage of die casting compared to other casting processes is tooling cost. However, higher production volumes quickly eliminate this cost. Maximum customer profits then begin and continue indefinitely for the life of the tooling.

Tooling Stress Relief - Due to the high molten metal temperatures during the die casting process, occassional stress relief of tooling is recommended. From constant heating and cooling, the steel tooling hardens like a stretched rubber band and begins to crack and erode. Stress relieving helps revert the stretched steel back to it's origninal flexible condition and can help seal small cracks in the steel tooling. This stress relief process is also called Metal Stress Texturizing.

Porosity - Small amounts of air or gas, known as porosity, is inherent or naturally occurring in all die castings. The air or gas gets trapped inside a casting. KenWalt uses special vacuum-assist systems to virtually eliminate porosity. Since any small amount of air or gas inside expands, this prevents most attempts at heat treating or welding. However, KenWalt's unique Vacuum-Assist Die Casting Systems allow for The Highest Integrity Castings possible.

 

 

Die Casting Alloys
Aluminum A360
Aluminum A380
Aluminum A383
Aluminum A384
Aluminum A390
Aluminum A413 (A13)
Aluminum A518
Zinc 3, 5, 7
Zinc Aluminum ZA8
Zinc Aluminum ZA12
Zinc Aluminum ZA27

Casting Processes
Aluminum Casting
Aluminum Die Casting
Aluminium Casting
Aluminium Die Casting
Vacuum Casting
Vacuum Die Casting
Zinc Casting
Zinc Die Casting
Zink Casting
Zink Die Casting

Metal Finishing
Trimming/Hand Cleaning
Drilling, Tapping, Broaching
CNC machining
Satin Sand finishing
Shotblast finishing
Vibratory finishing
Electrostatic powder coating
Painting and Powdercoating
Polishing and Plating
Barcoding
Assembly & Packaging


ISO 9001 Certified Company
ISO 9001 Certified Company

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ITAR Registered Supplier

NADCA Corporate Member
NADCA Corporate Member



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Addison, Illinois Die Casting
Akron, Ohio Die Casting
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