PRESSURE DIE CASTING

PDC PLANT LAYOUT

Fully Equipped PDC plant Layout for Custom Automation

Cold Chamber High Pressure Die Casting Machine

BAARGA ZITAI 420T and 180T machines are equipped with the features of Auto Laddle, Auto Spray & Auto Ejection.

Hot Chamber High Pressure Die casting machine

BAARGA has the facility for a 100 ton Hot Chamber PDC suitable for low melting point metals such as zinc fitted with an Auto Extraction feature to enhance productivity.

Cold Chamber High Pressure Die Casting Process

BAARGA's ZITAI 420T in Action

What is Hot-Chamber Die Casting?

Hot-Chamber Die Casting Process – a pool of molten metal is forced into the mold cavity via pressure applied by a pneumatic-powered or hydraulic-powered piston. The advantages of hot-chamber die casting include fast cycle times (up to 15 cycles per minute on average) and the convenience of melting the metal directly in the chamber/machine; a drawback to this process is its limitation to metals with low melting points only.

What is Cold-Chamber Die Casting?

Cold-Chamber Die Casting Process – use of this method requires the metal to be melted in a separate furnace then transported in precise amounts to the cold-chamber machine; this molten metal is then injected or shot into the mold by hydraulic or mechanical pistons. The use of the cold-chamber die casting process is ideal for metals with high melting temperatures; its primary disadvantage is longer cycle times, due to the additional step of transferring the molten metal from a separate furnace to the machine.

As intimated above, the metal point or metal temperature of the respective metal dictates the type of die casting process that must be applied; a synopsis of the common metals most often used in each method would include:

Hot-Chamber Die Casting
- Low melting-point metals/alloys – zinc, lead, magnesium
Cold-Chamber Die Casting
- High melting-point metals/alloys – brass, copper, aluminum

In general, die casting is one of the most versatile metalworking processes; consequently, the use of die casting is common across a wide range of industries for the manufacturing of parts, components, and finished products in a variety of shapes and sizes.