Machinery has debuted a newly-developed die casting machine for giga casting, a form of die casting technology that uses aluminum alloy to integrally mold body structure parts for battery electric vehicles (BEVs).The newly developed machine offers the largest die clamping force, at 9,000 tonnes, for a die casting machine to be delivered domestically in Japan.
Ube Machinery is also adding this die casting machine with 9,000-metric-ton die clamping force to its standard lineup, as the UH9000. Going forward, Ube Machinery will continue contributing to innovations in automotive industry manufacturing by providing ultra-large die casting machinery for giga casting.
Giga casting was pioneered by EC maker Tesla and Italian die casting machine major IDRA. The machine builder;s 9000-tonne press operating at the Tesla assembly plant in Fremont, CA,
So what’s in it for plastics, you may asks? Our view as quoted in PlasticsToday is that damage limitation in accidents will be critical. These monolithic castings will not be easy to repair if damaged and may indeed need to be swapped out at great expense or the car written off. The more impact-absorbing plastic components can eliminate or reduce damage. is capable of die-casting half of the rear frame components of the Tesla Model 3 in a single shot. A second, even larger IDRA press was delivered to the Tesla plant in Austin, TX, and this one can cast the entire rear-end frame assembly for the Tesla Model Y.
Image courtesy of Ube Machinery.
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