May 17, 2010 by NADCA in NADCA News
Wheeling,IL – May 13,2010 - Each year since 1973, NADCA has sponsored its International Die Casting Design Competition to showcase outstanding die cast designs while acknowledging the continuous contribution die casters provide to the manufacturing industry.
Eight winners were chosen this year and were on display at the Cast in North America Pavilion at CastExpo'10 Orlando, FL, in March. The top eight submissions and two honorable mention winners represented a range of products touting innovative designs and a vast array of applications.
“This year, surprisingly, the competition was fiercest in the magnesium over one half pound category, possibly indicating that we will see more innovations in the application of large magnesium die castings in the future,” said NADCA design engineer Dan Meyer. “The largest dimension individual die casting ever submitted to the competition was a large magnesium lift gate die casting. Other surprising innovations such as die casting over other die castings of a different alloy were also demonstrated.”
The winners were Contech Casting LLC for the Aluminum Squeeze/Semi-Solid category; Twin City Die Castings Co. for the Aluminum under 1 lb., Aluminum 1 to 10 lb. and Magnesium under .5 lb. categories; Aselsan for the Aluminum over 10 lb. category; Meridian Lightweight Technologies for the Magnesium over .5 lb. category; Caudle Manufacturing Co. Inc. for the Zinc under 6 oz. Non-Electroplated category; and Cast Products Inc. for the Zinc over 6 oz. Non-Electroplated category. Honorable mentions went to Twin City Die Castings Co. for Magnesium over .5 lb and Mercury Marine for Aluminum over 10 lbs.
Submitted castings were reviewed by a panel of independent judges, who then selected the winners. Categories were grouped by material and included aluminum, zinc and magnesium. For each category, a die casting was evaluated based on ingenuity of casting/product design; overall quality; cost savings and contribution to expanding the market for castings.
NADCA wishes to congratulate all the winners, while thanking all the die casters who submitted their entries in the 2010 competition.
For more information on the 2010 International Die Casting Design Competition, click here. For information on how to enter in 2011, click here.