Aluminum Alloy Castings

The market for aluminum alloy castings is steadily growing with increasing demands from the fields of aeronautics, automotive and military applications. Aluminum alloys, especially aluminum castings, are considered as important structural materials that find applications in mechanical engineering. Properties such as being lightweight, machine-ability and a potentially unlimited supply of raw materials make aluminum the preferred choice for structural engineering parts. Aluminum can acquire the desired property of corrosion resistance or increased strength by adding the proper type of materials like magnesium, zinc or copper. The principle behind aluminum alloy castings is that the single continuous structure gives more stability and reliability than a structure welded together from different units.

Aluminum alloy castings are ideal for a variety of uses such as aerospace, electronics, and in valves and motors. Aluminum alloy castings include high precision parts that have a wall thickness of less than a millimetre to a thickness in the range of 800 to 1000 millimeters. Continue...