ALUMINUM

UNDER 1 LBS

Benda Tool & Model Works, A&B Die Casting Division 

PART: Peltier Guide Nexus Plate & Bracket
MATERIAL: Al 304
WEIGHT: 0.5 lb (.227 g)
END MARKET: Electronic Communications
Caster Award Nominee: Steve Dathe, Ryszard Urbaniak, Elio Mendez, Ricardo Paniagua, Victor Paniagua, Jose Espinoza Lopez, & Vince Zapata 
Customer: bioMerieux

  • FUNCTION OF PART

    Internal medical device frame.

  • PREVIOUS PROCESS TO PRODUCE PART

    Machined from billet as two assembled castings.

  • ADVANTAGES GAINED

    1. Previously designated as two parts that required assembly and associated tolerances. Conversion to die casting allowed assembly to be cast as one component, eliminating assembly hardware and tolerance stack between features on both parts.

    2. Window in Nexus Plate is used as ”Overflow”” to cast another part - Bracket.

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