NADCA Launches NADCA Design Website to Assist <link _top>Die Casting Product Designers Wheeling, IL - The North American <link _top>Die Casting Association (NADCA) has launched a new website, NADCA Design, located at <link http: www.diecastingdesign.org>
, to provide <link _top>die casting product design assistance and resources for designers, engineers and other product specifiers.The new website uses a number of video modules to visually illustrate practical information a designer needs for day-to-day development of die <link _top>cast products, as well as more advanced topics to assist designers in determining if <link _top>die casting is appropriate for a product design. The modules are arranged for ease of use, allowing the designer to progress through them in sequence or go directly to a specific topic.
"The new website is an important element of NADCA's overall effort to assist OEMs by providing prompt technical assistance, comprehensive design seminars and a dynamic online resource," explained Daniel L. Twarog, NADCA's president. "Our goal is to increase dialogue among designers and NADCA die casters, expand knowledge about optimized <link _top>die casting product designs and help end users with conversions from other materials to <link _top>die casting production."
Last year, NADCA provided design and technical assistance to 30 OEMs in a wide range of industries. In one project with a major rail transportation manufacturer, the NADCA design analysis team helped convert a locomotive gear cover from 120 lb. weldment to 17 lb. <link _top>aluminum die casting for significant weight savings and improvement in product design.
Similar case histories illustrating the benefits of <link _top>die casting can be found on the new website. Much of the information is presented using a three-pronged approach with text, animation and voice together, which allows for the most effective learning of the complex topics. Modules range from animations of the basic <link _top>die casting process -- giving the designer insight into how the physical mechanics of the <link _top>die casting process affect a design -- to how <link _top>die casting material properties affect product development and the best methods for creating die casting geometry.
The website also includes alloy selection tools, product specification standards, and a listing of other design publications and useful resources.
