Pot metal, white metal, die-cast zinc, monkey metal, call it what you like, these low-melting point metals have been used by automotive manufacturers for years, casting everything from hood ornaments ...

Car components with doubled mechanical strength, higher fatigue resistance and improved energy absorption are the result of a revolutionary CSIRO heat treatment process for high pressure die casting ...

One of the most frequently asked questions in the die cast hobby is how a diecast model is actually made. It's a question posed at trade shows, on the phone and in emails. The process is long with ...

• Die-casting alloys are two to three times stronger than engineering plastics and have moduli 30 times higher. • The alloys’ thermal and electrical conductivities let die-cast parts perform double ...

A piece of manufacturing news from Tesla Motors caught our eye, that Elon Musk’s car company plans to die-cast major underbody structures — in effect the chassis — for its cars. All the ingredients ...