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2018-12-12 – Thermal Design – Why Bother? – Highlight

nadca241 December 11, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Engineering Dies: Thermal Design – Why Bother. This covers WHY the thermal design is important. It introduces the simple, but important variables such as surface area and the amount of heat that needs to be controlled. It has been clearly shown […]

2018-12-05 – Heat Treatment of Steel – Highlight

nadca241 December 4, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Heat Treatment of Steel. This course describes the microstructure of steel and the various heat treatment steps such as austenitizing, quenching, and tempering. For information on purchasing a downloadable copy of this webinar in its entirety, please visit: http://www.diecasting.org/store/detail.aspx?id=WEB312 NADCA Video […]

2018-11-14 – Engineering Die Casting Dies: Dimensional Repeatability – Highlight

nadca241 November 19, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Engineering Die Casting Dies: Dimensional Repeatability. This looks at defining what the customer wants and gives a standard approach to what the process can normally achieve, with such things as dimensional tolerances and flatness. It covers defining what your plant can […]

2018-11-14 – Mechanical Properties of Materials – Highlight

nadca241 November 13, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Mechanical Properties of Materials. This course describes the various types of properties of metallic materials, especially those pertinent for good die material performance, and the crystal structure of metallic materials. For information on purchasing a downloadable copy of this webinar in […]

2018-11-7 – Energy in Die Casting – Highlight

nadca241 November 6, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Energy in Die Casting. Die casting is a very energy intensive manufacturing process. Energy costs account for 5-7% of sales, but many die casters do not monitor energy past monthly utility statements. This course discusses the importance of measuring energy usage. […]

2018-10-31 – Metal Melting and Handling: Alloying Elements and Furnaces – Highlight

nadca241 October 30, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Metal Melting and Handling: Alloying Elements and Furnaces. This course will address alloying elements such as description and effects of specific alloying elements in aluminum die casting alloys. In addition it will cover furnace descriptions and comparisons of various types of […]

2018-10-10 – Defects in Die Casting: Surface Defects and Other Problems – Highlight

nadca241 October 9, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Defects in Die Casting: Surface Defects and Other Problems. This second course covers defects caused by such things as venting problems, surface defects such as “white surface” and die spray marking. It then goes into the two main types of cracking, […]

2018-10-03 – Basic Hydraulics Boot Camp: What the Heck is “Hydraulics”? – Highlight

nadca241 October 2, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Basic Hydraulics Boot Camp: What the Heck is “Hydraulics”. This course includes a non-technical, easy to understand description of “hydraulics.” We’ll build a hydraulic cylinder, introduce several schematic symbols, and discuss the operation of a typical hydraulic circuit. Without going into […]

2018-09-26 – Analytical Techniques to Assess Melt and Cast Quality, Alternative Processes – Highlight

nadca241 September 25, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – Analytical Techniques to Assess Melt and Cast Quality, Alternative Processes. This course presents the basics of understanding aluminum alloy chemistry of the alloys used in high pressure aluminum diecasting (HPDC), solidification and microstructures, the influence of impurities and subsequent melt treatment, […]

2018-09-19 – High Integrity Die Casting: Melting, Melt Treatment, and Transfer – Highlight

nadca241 September 18, 2018

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The material presented in this video are some highlights from NADCA’s online webinar – High Integrity Die Casting: Melting, Melt Treatment, and Transfer for High Integrity Die Casting. In this webinar best practices of melting, melt treatment and transfer for aluminum high integrity die casting of structural components will be presented and discussed. Many oxide […]