Alloys: Zamak 3 (ZL3, ZL0400, ZnAI4, alloy 3)

Foot Pedal Level

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The lever was originally designed as a steel sand casting with machining operations to size the shaft, pivot hubs and cable connection holes. The final operation was a zinc plating. After a value analysis of an all-metal foot pedal control system, the materials...

Floor Support Pillars

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Zinc diecast pillars support two different heights of floor system. The first is a low height (60 – 100mm) system for cables only, the second is higher (300 – 400mm) , used for air ducts under the floor. Zinc diecastings are designed for maximum strength....

Corner Stake – Security Door

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The zinc pressure diecast corner stake fastened with pop rivets, fits tightly into the galvabond roll form section of the door. It has to compete with plastic moulded, aluminium extruded and aluminium pressed parts and does so because of the many properties of the...

Ball Pens

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This range of pens – the “Golf” series – is characterized by clean lines, and by an antique appearance produced by symbols in fine relief on the surface. The thin castings – wall thickness 0.7 mm – have enabled the total weight to...

Bathroom faucet – Delta Faucet

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Elta’s faucet construction is known as shell technology. It features a die-cast zinc cover, or escutcheon, over a brazed copper and brass assembly. The thin zinc cover is much more uniform than brass; it provides near net shape die casting with tolerances of 0.005...