Congratulations to the Chicago White Metal Casting and Aerosonic Engineering teams for winning yet another North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) award for design excellence in 2019!
The NADCA Award for Design Excellence is a prestigious die cast engineering award. A committee chosen by NADCA reviews hundreds of submissions from various die casters and carefully selects the best of the best in the industry.
Chicago White Metal and Aerosonic worked on an Aircraft Altimeter housing. This die cast housing attaches to another cup-shaped housing, protecting the altimeter’s gears and mechanics. The “serrated” edge of the circular part of the component works in conjunction with the gears, and all parts respond to the atmosphere’s barometric pressure.
The design came to Chicago White Metal as a concept—this was a new part that was collaboratively designed by both engineering teams.
The high-pressure die casting process created a net shape product with the gears included in the as-cast design. This process allowed Chicago White Metal to produce parts at a rate of 130 casting per hour, which is faster and, therefore, less costly than any other process that could have been chosen for this project.
