Bardane Manufacturing Company
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DIE CASTING
MARKETS SERVED
Bardane specializes in full dies as well as modular tooling for quick set-up of both short and long runs. Our innovative internal
structure allows us to be competitive with off-shore pricing, and also allows us to accommodate any size production run, from as few
as 50 pieces to quantities exceeding 1,000,000. Castings requiring inserts of another material, such as aluminum, steel, copper or
bronze are also commonly produced by Bardane. Process monitoring with Visi-TrakŪ equipment, as well as strict adherence to our ISO9001:2008
Process Control and Monitoring Procedures ensures dependable repeatability of the casting process.
ALUMINUM DIE CASTING
For the production
of aluminum alloy die castings, Bardane utilizes 19 cold chamber die casting machines ranging from 450 to 1200 lockup tons which are
able to produce castings up to approximately 25 lbs. The standard alloys cast at Bardane are 360, 380, 383, and 413. We have the flexibility
to handle other alloys upon request.
ZINC DIE CASTING
For the production of Zinc alloy die castings, Bardane uses 7 hot chamber die
casting machine from 150 to 450 lockup tons which are able to produce castings up to approximately 12 lbs. Our hot chamber machines
have the flexibility to handle the Zamak alloys 3, 5, & 7, as well as ZA-8 alloy. ZA-12 and ZA-27 alloy die castings must be produced
by the cold chamber process, and therefore are produced in our aluminum die casting department.
Bardane manufactures zinc and aluminum
die castings for a wide variety of markets including high finish decorative, electrical, high-tech electronics, food service, hardware,
as well as typical component part casting, and pressure tight castings.
34 Hydraulic Trim Presses ranging from 1 to 75 tons, including
both Tie-Bar and C-Frame designs are used to degate and trim the casting parting line after production. Well-constructed trim dies,
built to close tolerances mean that many die castings will require no further finishing or machining operations.
Bardane provides Die Casting services to a variety of diverse markets such as:
· Industrial Maintenance
· Pressure
tight applications
· Hydraulic/Pneumatic valves
· Lighting
· Government/Military
· Hand Tools
· Laboratory
· Recreational
· Electronics