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Aluminum Casting

Manufacturing brings the engineers' designs to life. With your specifications, our manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, and production staff develop a process that will produce your parts economically, and with reliable quality.

Automated Die Cast Plant

Premier invests in capital equipment to provide quality products in both high and low volumes. Our die cast plant has state of the art technology with automated Prince machines ranging from 450 to 900 tons. Our robotic die cast cells offer the advantages of process consistency, precision, and reduced labor.

Process Monitoring & Closed Loop Control

Production errors are eliminated with our advanced technology: The Visi-Trak™ System, monitoring the balance of the machines, and the "closed loop" cells, ensuring process consistency "shot-to-shot". The built-in process monitoring and self-adjusting capabilities of the Prince machine assure expeditious correction of any problems during operation. In addition to our first-rate automated machinery, our knowledgeable staff interfaces with the automation to react to detected problems and to inspect the product for deficiencies.

Vacuum Die Casting

Utilizing the Thurner Minimum Fill Time (MFT) vacuum system, we improve the surface finish and integrity of our castings and reduce wear on the die. MFT evacuates the air in the die cavities prior to the injection of alloy. This process allows the part to "quick fill" by a combination of reduced back pressure and a high injection rate. MFT provides a product with better surface finish, reduced gas porosity, and reduced leakage problems. The advantages of MFT clearly compliment the cost efficiency of our die casting process.

Specifications

Die Size Capacity 40" x 40" x 35"
Size Capability of Parts up to 16 lbs
Materials Aluminum Alloys: 380, 13, 360, 390, 413
Preferred File Format Solidworks, ProE, IGES, STP, 2D Drawings
Industries
  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical Housings
  • Truck, Auto (2nd tier only)
  • Industrial Equipment
  • Lighting
  • Furniture
  • Air Products
  • Firearms
  • Consumer Products
Industry Assocations North American Die Casting Association - Corporate Member
Certification ISO 9001:2000

Equipment List

Department of Equipment List
  • Engineering & Design
  • 3 CAD Seats, Cadkey & ProE
  • 1 Tool Design Software for Die Casting Dies
  • FlowPred, RunDes, FanDes System
  • 1 Flow Simulator Software
  • 1 Communication Package to Modem Print Files
  • 1 HP Plotter
  • 1 Xerox Print Copier Machine

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    Die Casting
  • 1 400 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber, HPM Castmaster
  • 2 600 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber , HPM Castmaster 1 600 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber , Kux
  • 3 650 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber , Prince
  • 3 800 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber , HPM Castmaster
  • 4 850 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber , Prince
  • 1 950 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber , Prince
  • 2 2x2 Zinc Hot Chamber, Techmire
  • 2 4x4 Zinc Hot Chamber, Techmire
  • 1 6x6 Zinc Hot Chamber, Techmire
  • 1 80 Ton Zinc Hot Chamber, Frech

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    Die Casting Ancillary
  • 13 Automatic Ladle Model 305, Rimrock Corp.
  • 7 Automatic Extractor Spray System, Model 195, Rimrock Corp.
  • 6 Kawasaki Robots, Model ZX165U

    • Die Casting Process
  • Die Casting Process Equipment
  • 1 Central Visitrac Monitoring System, Model 7700
  • 1 Central Visitrac Monitoring System, Model AT2020
  • 8 Oil Recirculating Units: Die Cooling/Heating
  • 2 MFT Vacuum Units: 14 Casting Machine Capacity

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    Melting Department
  • 1 Central Reverb Furnace, MPH Industries Model AC4000
  • 1 Central Reverb Furnace, Warwick Industries Model WBT85
  • 13 Aluminum Holding Furnaces, Thermizer Low Energy Model
  • 1 Melter/Holder Combination Furnace, Kemp Industries
       (Model GRMS600, Special Alloys Capability)

    •  Trim Department
    		  
  • 17 28 Ton Hydraulic Four Post Power Presses, Greenlee Mfg.
  • 11 8 Ton Hydraulic Power Presses, Dennison
  • 2 25 Ton Hydraulic Four Post Power Press, Hannifan
  • 2 15 Ton Magnum Hydraulic Presses

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     Machining Department
    		  
  • 1 Fadel CNC Vertical Machine Center, with tool changers
  • 5 CNC Robodrills, Fanuc Controls, with pallet changers
  • 2 CNC Robodrills, Fanuc Controls
  • 5 Dedicated Machine Centers, Amplifier Housings
  • Multiple drill/tap/bore operations

    •  Finishing Department
    		  
  • 1 Tumblast Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator-Frye
  • 1 Vibratory Mill, Sweco, Model 10 FT3
  • 1 Vibratory Mill, Sweco, Model 20 FT3
  • 1 Vibratory Mill, Rotofinish, Model 55S
  • 1 Automated Sanding and Polishing Robotic Cell

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     Quality Deparment
    		  
  • 1 Brown & Sharp Validator, Model 7100-2418 with HP 9815
  • 1 Helmel Coordinate Measuring Machine, Model PCMM+ Manual

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     Assembly Department
    		  
  • 6 Leak Test Stations, CATV Housings
  • 6 Component Assembly Presses, CATV Housings
  • 1 Network Analyzer for Electronic Testing

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     Tool Room
    		  Various Milling Machines, Lathes, Grinders, Radial Drill, Welding Equipment to support the production operations in repair work.

    Images

    Arm-Stop Casting

    Interdiction Housing

     Frame Casting

     Lionel-Train-Grey Painted

     Wiper Housing

     Casting Iron with Insert

     Housing Top

     LE-Base

     NH-Cover

     Angle Bracket

     Polished Drill Housing

     Air Compressor Body

     CATV Housing with Pin Fins

     Frame with Castin Threads

     Housing Communication

     HISU Enclosure

     Radio Housing

     Valve Cover

     LE Assembly Painted

     Mag Module-Printer Base

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    ISO: 9001:2008 Certified