With the closure of Pioneer Diecasters this year, I can find only 14 active die casting companies in Southern California. In 1994, when I founded Kinetic Die Casting Company, there were 76 die casting companies in California. Now there are only 14 companies in Southern California.
Sorted alphabetically, here is the current list of the competing die casting companies remaining in Southern California:
1. Alloy Die Casting Company
2. Aluminum Die Casting Company
3. Ambritt Die Casting Company
4. American Die Casting Company
5. California Die Casting Company
6. Cast-Rite Die Casting Company
7. Die Cast of America Company
8. Dynacast Company
9. Hyatt Die Casting Company
10. International Die Casting Company
11. Kenwalt Die Casting Company
12. Kinetic Die Casting Company
13. Pacific Die Casting Company
14. RSG Die Casting Company
09.21.22 – Pioneer die castings is closed. Sadly, the owner, Carl H. Spahr passed away. Pioneer DC was a manufacturing company located in Los Angeles, California. Also known as, Pioneer Die Casting Company at 4209 Chevy Chase Drive, L.A., CA 90039 their phone number was (323) 245-6561. They were open over 70 years. They were primarily operating in the aluminum die castings business.
Pioneer Diecasters company employed about 17 people when closing their die casting business in 2022. Carl was about 82 years old and he was active in the daily business every day until his recent death.
Aircraft or better known as Airplanes are large, very large. They are large because they are designed to carry things, lots of things. Airplanes carry mail, gifts, shipments, food, packages, baggage, and people. Airplanes are the fastest transportation for “things” and people today. Airplanes are fast because they travel through the air. Because airplanes are big and travel through the air, airplane construction materials need to lightweight and strong. Aluminum is used for most airplane components because it is lightweight and strong. The overall airplane part weight is kept down so the airplane will be able to carry more “things”. Therefore, aluminum is used a lot.
Die casting is the preferred manufacturing process for making Aluminum Aircraft Parts. The reason is that the aluminum die casting process has a lot of advantages over other high-volume aircraft part manufacturing processes.
Aluminum Aircraft Parts Produced as Die Castings:
Die Casting is less expensive because more than 500 or 1,000 parts can be produced each day.
Die Casting hold tolerance typically to +/- 0.002″ after the die casting tool is approved.
Aluminum weighs 1/3 by volume of a similar part in steel.
Aluminum die casting parts are very strong.
Die Castings are produced near “net shape”, reducing additional manufacturing costs.
Die Casting Tooling reliably manufactures parts repeatably over several thousand parts.
Aluminum die castings do not break down over time as other materials break down.
Aluminum die castings have an aesthetically pleasing surface finish.
Die Casting parts look good after paint or polish.
Kinetic Die Casting Company makes many types of aircraft parts. We make:
Airplane distributor caps
Aircraft wheel cove locks
Cargo Plane bearing housing parts
Airplane piston heads
Many others….
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures die casting metal parts creating products like roofing tile molds, lighting parts, and military parts. If you would like more information about Kinetic Die Casting, visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
The Advantages of Aluminum Chassis Castings Over Steel. High pressure die casting is the process used to make aluminum die cast parts and chassis castings. This process is now becoming more and more popular in several major manufacturing industries because of its many advantages.
Aluminum is a great metal to work with. Unlike other metals, it has plenty of strengths. The metal can be found almost everywhere in the planet. Supply will not run out, so it is easy to acquire and not heavy on your pockets.
Faster production rate. In fact, production quantities can be done within a few days instead of several weeks!
Fewer failures and returns to the OEM
Weight is lighter by two and a half times for lesser shipping costs
Less finishing costs
Raw parts manufacturing costs are much less
Better looking parts
You can produce aluminum die casts according to your preference and specifications, such as the trim, clean, machine, inspect, powder coat and the package of your aluminum cast parts.
All in all, the use of aluminum castings over still helps you reduce weight, boost strength, and save you more money.
How many parts can we make a day? 500 Die Casting Parts a Day.
Kinetic Die Casting Company makes many types of die casting parts. In most cases we make a part a minute. The larger or heavier a die casting part, the slower the production rate. Some of these parts are large roof tile mold castings that are 17″ long.
Aluminum Roof Tile Mold
These roof tile molds are produced one part every two or three minutes or about 250 parts a day in a single shift.
Some of these parts are small clips used in lighting fixtures that are only 1/8″ long. In one case, we make over 3,000 water pump housings in a single day.
Water Pump Housing
Some of our customers order fewer than 500 parts so we produce their purchase order in a single day. Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company to purchase your aluminum parts or zinc parts today. Buy thousands or fewer than 100 parts. Call 818-982-9200.
