The design engineering teams from CWM and Cast Products collaborated on a new die cast product, a conversion from plastic to zinc. The results were an innovative product design and an award from the North American Die Casting Association for the design’s ingenuity, cost savings, and overall quality.
The award was given in the “under six oz. non-electroplated” category and presented at NADCA’s 2011 Die Casting Congress in Columbus, Ohio.
Using ABS plastic and zinc die casting greatly enhanced the product’s durability and performance. The casting is used to hold a camera onto an interactive whiteboard. The camera picks up infrared light from the whiteboard and sends it to a computer. The camera had to be rigidly held in place to capture this accurately. High product demand created an aggressive timeline to produce parts. The design teams met the challenge, and samples were approved for production in five weeks.
