Dongguan JEC Mold Co., Limited · ISO 9001:2015
Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing
Die Casting Parts

Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing

Complex cast housing with bearing bores, a sealing flange and a full bolt pattern.

Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing
Overview

Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing

Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing is one of the parts molded on tooling built at our Dongguan shop. Complex cast housing with bearing bores, a sealing flange and a full bolt pattern.

Where the geometry carries several side actions we prove the open-to-close sequence with a mold motion simulation before the design review closes.

Final mold inspection and packing inspection are the last two steps before shipment, because a tool that passes trial can still arrive damaged.

Key Benefits

  • CNC, EDM, grinding and CMM equipment under one roof
  • Design review meeting before the design reaches you
  • Steel certification and hardness inspection on incoming material
  • Quotation returned within 2 working days

Problems It Solves

  • Long silences between the purchase order and the first sign of progress
  • Side actions that collide on the first close because the sequence was never simulated
  • Weld lines landing on a visible face because gating was chosen for fill alone

Who It Is For

  • Furniture and seating manufacturers sourcing cast bases
  • Powertrain and gearbox assemblers needing cast housings
  • Equipment builders replacing fabricated brackets with castings
  • Buyers consolidating injection and die casting tooling with one shop

Application Scenarios

  • Structural housings and gearbox bodies
  • Load-bearing brackets and arms
  • Office seating bases and columns
  • Machined-after-cast precision components
Manufacturing Process

How the Tool Behind Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing Is Built

  1. Design

    Full 3D mold design completed to one hundred percent and checked in a design review meeting.

  2. DFM and MoldFlow

    A written DFM for your comment, and filling, packing, warpage and cooling analysis on mass production tools.

  3. Machining

    CNC and EDM work with steel inspected dimensionally after machining and electrodes inspected before burning.

  4. Trial and inspection

    Mold trial with trial report and sample dimension report, then final mold and packing inspection.

Specifications

Technical Data

The source material for this site records the part, its category and the photograph. Dimensions, resin grade, cavity count and tolerances are project data and are confirmed in the quotation.

Product nameDie Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing
Reference on our catalogueDie Casting Part5
CategoryDie Casting Parts
ProcessAluminum die casting
Tooling built byDongguan JEC Mold Co., Limited, Dongguan, China
Designed tool lifeMore than 1 million shots
Mold standardCustomer standard, or DME / Meusburger / HASCO / Progressive / MISUMI
Design data formatsSTEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks
Quality systemISO 9001:2015 — Design, Manufacture and Service of Injection Molded Moulds; Manufacture and Service of Plastic Injection Molded Parts
Part dimensionsTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Resin or alloy gradeTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Cavity countTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Dimensional toleranceTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Surface finishTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Annual volumeTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Quality Control

What Is Checked

  • Customer mold specification and requirement review and discussion during the kick-off meeting
  • 3D and 2D mold design review meeting before the design is sent to you, and a final check before fabrication
  • Incoming material inspection
  • Steel hardness inspection and steel certification
  • Electrode dimension and surface finish inspection
  • Steel dimension inspection after machining
  • Mold trial reports with a sample dimension report (FAI)
  • Final mold inspection and packing inspection

Certification

ISO 9001:2015 — scope: Design, Manufacture and Service of Injection Molded Moulds; Manufacture and Service of Plastic Injection Molded Parts.

Customization

Mold standard, cavity count, gating strategy, surface finish and mold base supplier are all specified per project. Tell us what your own standard requires and it is folded into the DFM rather than handled as a change later.

Compared With a Prototype Tool

A production mold for Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing is built to run for more than 1 million shots and is documented with a trial report and a sample dimension report. A rapid prototype mold answers a different question — is the design right — at a lower price and a faster lead time, and is not built for that life. If the design is still moving, the prototype stage is usually the cheaper route into the production tool.

Rapid Prototype Molds

Use Guide

  • Send 3D part data in STEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks
  • State the resin or alloy, the annual volume and the mold standard
  • Comment on the DFM before fabrication — that is the cheapest point to change anything
  • Review the trial report and sample dimension report against your own drawing before release
  • Keep the mold standard on file so spares stay available locally
FAQ

Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing — Buyer Questions

Who do we talk to during the project?

Our engineering team has been trained on customer mold standards and corresponds in English. Response to customers is no later than 24 hours.

Which 3D formats can you issue for Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing?

We issue mold design data in STEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks. Tell us which one your toolroom opens natively and we will work in that.

What tool life should we expect on a mold for Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing?

Our high quality injection molds are built for more than 1 million shots. The exact figure for your tool depends on the resin, the cycle and the part geometry, and we put it in the quotation rather than leaving it open.

How do you inspect the steel used for Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing?

Incoming material inspection first, then steel hardness inspection with steel certification, then dimensional inspection after machining. Electrodes are inspected for dimension and surface finish before they are used.

Quote Die Cast Aluminum Gearbox Housing

Send the 3D data, the resin and the annual volume. A professional quotation with technical comment comes back within two working days.