Wednesday 15 October 2014

How Does Aluminium Sand Casting compare to Aluminium Permanent Mold Casting (Gravity Die Casting)?

Sand casting is an older process of Aluminium castings which is used for smaller production runs. Permanent mold casting (Gravity Die Casting) is a newer process for medium to high production runs, higher dimensional accuracy and better surface finish.

Below table illustrated both processes

Sand CastingGravity Die Casting
Dimensional accuracyFairGood
Tooling costExcellentGood
Production runsPoorGood
Surface finishFairGood
Pressure tightnessGoodGood
Castable alloysExcellentGood
StrengthGoodGood
Per piece costFairGood
Size limitationExcellentGood

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