The elbow housing is cast in a two plate die with a hot chamber gating system.  The photos above show the two die halves -- the cover half and the ejector half.

• The molten zinc enters the die nozzles at 420C/788F. The gas-fired holding pots will hold 200 pounds of zinc.

• A die casting run produces 25,000 housings, running at 235 parts per hour (a piece every 15 seconds!!)