Die Casting Process Cost

Tooling Costs

• Tooling costs for high-precision die casting are among the highest of any high-volume production process.
• Die casting dies are subjected to very severe operating conditions in normal service.
• Injection of molten metal and the subsequent rapid cooling cause deterioration and ultimately failure of die steel.
• Die steel erosion is called die wash.
• Loss of sharp definition of the more intricate details, deterioration of surface quality, and thickening of some sections.
• Tooling costs can be minimized to some extent in the design.

Die Casting Process Costs

• Die casting process costs consists of labor and equipment.
• Machine cycle time controlled to lesser extent by factors that can be addressed in the design of the product.
• Massive features take longer to solidify.
• Die casting machine opening/closing events require additional time with more complex moving parts.