Die Casting Inspection and Measurement Equipment

KastMfg's quality laboratory handles every critical inspection in-house -dimensional accuracy, alloy chemistry, mechanical properties, internal soundness, surface quality, and pressure tightness -without reliance on external labs for routine production.

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Dimensional Inspection

CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) 2 units -Hexagon Global Performance + Zeiss Contura series Measurement uncertainty: +/-0.003 mm | Calibrated to ISO 10,360-10,362 annually Applications: 100% first article layout, GD&T verification, PPAP dimensional results, production SPC sampling

Vision Measurement System 2.5D system, 600 x 500 mm measuring area, +/-0.005 mm Applications: High-speed 2D feature sampling, hole patterns, profile measurement

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Alloy Chemistry

OES Spectrometer (Optical Emission Spectrometer) Dedicated aluminum spectrometer + dedicated zinc/magnesium spectrometer Full elemental analysis to ppm level for all die casting alloys Applications: Every production melt verified before casting -chemistry report issued and archived per melt

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Internal Soundness

Industrial X-Ray (Digital Radiography) 400 x 400 mm imaging area | Porosity detection to 0.3 mm diameter | ASTM E505 classification Applications: First-article porosity classification, production audit sampling, 100% inspection for safety-critical programs

CT Scanner (Computed Tomography) Volumetric porosity mapping, internal passage verification Applications: Tooling qualification, complex program root cause investigation

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Mechanical Properties

Universal Tensile Testing Machine 100 kN capacity | Tensile, yield, elongation per ASTM E8 Applications: T5/T6 heat treatment qualification, witness specimen testing per production batch

Hardness Testers Rockwell (HRB, HRC) + Brinell Applications: Material verification, heat treatment response confirmation

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Pressure and Leak Testing

Air Decay Pressure Testers -Up to 200 bar, <0.1 cm3/min detection

Nitrogen Pressure Test Station -Up to 350 bar

Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Tester -Sensitivity <10^-8 mbar·L/s Applications: Refrigerant systems, EV cooling circuits, precision pneumatics, medical gas

All pressure test equipment calibrated annually. Records (part ID, date, pressure, hold time, result) archived minimum 5 years.

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Surface and Coating Inspection

Contact Profilometer -Surface Ra on sealing faces, bearing bores, cosmetic surfaces

Coating Thickness Gauges -Eddy current + magnetic induction for powder coat, anodize, e-coat

Salt Spray Chamber (ISO 9227) -400-liter chamber for coating system qualification and batch audit

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Quality documentation requests: casting@kastdiecast.com | +86 138 1403 4409 | No.6, Rungu Road, Nanjing, China

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