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November 2, 2010Good article nomineeListed

This post contains many absolute statements that may over-simplify the nature of their topics. As well, the posting fails to adequately illustrate the weaknesses and limitations of die casting. In the world of manufacturing and fabrication, all processes have strengths and weaknesses. For instance, this article portrays die casting as universally more economical than machining. But this makes a major presumption of high volumes. In summary, this would benefit from an overhaul by someone who is well versed in both die casting AND competitive processes such as machining, forging, etc. Some engineer 13:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I added an advantages and disadvantages section to try an solve this problem. --Wizard191 (talk) 22:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification[edit]

Is that short tons, metric tons, or long tons? I'm assuming it's a short ton, but all of the other units in the article were in metric so I don't want to make any bum assumptions. --Wizard191 (talk) 22:40, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I found the answer to my own question. --Wizard191 (talk) 02:22, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cold chamber and aluminium alloys[edit]

The sentence "these alloys include aluminium, magnesium, copper, and zinc alloys with a large composition of aluminium" doesn't make it clear if the aluminium alloys applies to only zinc or if it applies to magnesium, copper and zinc. Suggest rewriting to be like one of :

  • "these include aluminium, zinc alloys with a large composition of aluminium, magnesium and copper"
  • "these include aluminium and alloys of magnesium, copper, and zinc, all with a large composition of aluminium"

 Stepho  (talk) 01:56, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. I've fixed it. Wizard191 (talk) 16:52, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thickness[edit]

Shifted this comment from the article to here:  Stepho  (talk) 23:22, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thickest section should be less than 13 mm (0.5 in).Who ever wrote this knows nothing about diecasting, thickness can range as high as customer requires depending on porosity spec. We make casting as thick as 5 inches thick. Idiot unsigned comment by 07:00, 16 June 2010 99.36.239.61

I check my ref and it states that "the thickness limit is generally less than 13 mm." I did move that info out of the disadvantages section, because it's not really a disadvantage. Wizard191 (talk) 22:26, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article Title -Should be Pressure Die Casting?[edit]

The title and first paragraph definition imply that 'die casting' refers exclusively to pressure die casting, with no mention of gravity die casting. Either the title should be changed to pressure die casting, with a cross refernce to gravity die casting, or a the distinction should be made clear in the first paragraph. Mundellan (talk) 23:42, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Spelling[edit]

The article mixed UK and US spellings (4x mould vs. 12 x mold). The subject isn't country specific, and the earliest version of the article used "mold", so I've changed it to US spelling throughout. (At least for that word - I haven't checked for other spelling differences). Iapetus (talk) 15:58, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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