Overview

Eastern Alloys publishes articles, technical papers, and brochures to support and promote the casting industry. As a result, a library of technical literature is available to aid casters, designers, and materials specifiers. Customers use this information bank in their sales and marketing efforts. The technical and marketing staff at Eastern are available to customers for joint calls to OEM's on product development projects. What follows is an extensive library of technical information about zinc and zinc alloys. We are offering to send you printed copies if you check the documents of interest and fill in a shipping address.

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Categories:

• Case Histories

• Design Information

• Finishing

• Machining

• Material Properties

• Other

• Processing Technology

• Quality and Statistics

• Zinc Alloyer (periodical)

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Case Histories

• Antenna Base Manufacturer Gets the Signal to Switch to Zinc (0.0 MB)  

• Clamping System Cuts Service Time; Zinc Cuts Production Cost (0.0 MB)  

• Die Cast ZA-27 Beats Steel & Aluminum (1.2 MB)  

• Die Cast ZA-27 Doubles Strength for Superwinch (1.3 MB)  

• Die Cast Zinc Bracket Aids in the Miniaturization of Scanner Technology (0.0 MB)  

• Forty Cast Iron Parts Switched to ZA Alloys for Machining Benefits (0.7 MB)  

• Grader glides with zinc's gearing properties (0.0 MB)  

• Gravity-Cast Zinc Alloys Finds Acceptance (0.5 MB)  

• High-strength alloy finds new automotive applications (0.0 MB)  

• High-Strength Zinc Sand Castings Save Major Manufacturer 44% (1.2 MB)  

• Switching to ZA-12 Zinc Ironed Out Headaches for Rapidprint, Inc. (0.3 MB)  

• The Development of a Family of Zinc-Base Foundry Alloys (describes development of EA's #3 alloys - ZA-8, ZA-12 & ZA-27 (1.6 MB)  

• ZA Alloys Expand Permanent Mold Markets (0.6 MB)  

• ZA Castings Improve Surveyor Transits (0.9 MB)  

• ZA-12 Bearings Outperform Bronze in Steel Mill (1.6 MB)  

• ZA-12 Die Castings Steers Gravely to 90% Savings (1.6 MB)  

• ZA-12 Pump Parts Eliminate Bearings and Chromed Steel Piston Components (0.5 MB)  

• ZA-12 Thin Wall Gravity Casting (0.2 MB)  

• ZA-12 Zinc Compressor Bearing Equals Bronze at Lower Cost (1.1 MB)  

• ZA-27 Sand Castings Replace Iron and Brass Hardware (1.6 MB)  

• Zamak punches for less (0.0 MB)  

• Zinc anchors sent to the salt mines (0.0 MB)  

• Zinc cuts gear cost in half - and that's just for openers (0.1 MB)  

• Zinc die casting improves miter gear strength (0.0 MB)  

• Zinc die casting solves jigsaw puzzle (0.1 MB)  

• Zinc die castings vs. aluminum extrusions in heat sink applications (0.1 MB)  

• Zinc replaces plastic in safety application (0.0 MB)  

• Designing zinc castings for electronic applications

• High-strength zinc sand castings replace bronze parts

• Zinc castings for economical manufacture of engineering & decorative components (brochure)

• Zinc's properties enhance hand tool's productivity

Design Information

• Design Stress Considerations for ZA Alloys (0.2 MB)  

• ZA Alloy Bearing Design Guidelines (0.3 MB)  

• ZA Casting Alloys (brochure) (1.9 MB)  

• Zinc Die Casting - Marketing and Technology (0.4 MB)  

• Zinc-Alloy Bearings Challenge the Bronzes (1.5 MB)  

• AcuZinc - Improved zinc alloy for die casting applications

• Bearing design manual (brochure)

• Continuous cast bar

• Designing zinc castings for corrosion resistance

• Designing zinc castings for electronic applications

• Die cast components: aid to efficient design

• Joining & Fixing Alloy die castings

• Machining & Forming Zinc Die Castings

• Prototypes from con-cast zinc-aluminum alloys

• Zinc castings for economical manufacture of engineering & decorative components (brochure)

Finishing

• Chromating ZA Alloys (0.1 MB)  

• Corrosion Resistance of ZA Alloys (0.1 MB)  

• Electroless Nickel Plating of ZA Alloys (0.1 MB)  

• Plating ZA Alloys (0.1 MB)  

• Designing zinc castings for corrosion resistance

• Finishes for zinc alloy die casting

• Plating of zinc die castings

• Powder coating of zinc die castings (brochure)

Machining

• ZA alloy machining guidelines (0.1 MB)  

• Joining & Fixing Alloy Die Castings

• Machining & Forming Zinc Die Castings

• Machining Guidelines - ZA Alloy Castings (plastic card)

Material Properties

• Corrosion resistance of ZA alloys (0.1 MB)  

• Die Cast ZA-27 Beats Steel & Aluminum (1.2 MB)  

• Die Cast ZA-27 Doubles Strength for Superwinch (1.3 MB)  

• Gravity-Cast Zinc Alloys Finds Acceptance (0.5 MB)  

• Kirksite (0.1 MB)  

• Practical Energy Saving in the Die Casting Plant (1.5 MB)  

• The Development of a Family of Zinc-Base Foundry Alloys (describes development of EA's #3 alloys - ZA-8, ZA-12 & ZA-27 (1.6 MB)  

• The Zinc Alloy Guide (3.3 MB)  

• ZA Casting Alloys (brochure) (1.9 MB)  

• Bearing design manual (brochure)

• Introduction to die casting (book)

Other

• Eastern Alloys, Inc. (capabilities brochure) (1.5 MB)  

• Educating for the Future (0.0 MB)  

• Precisely Speaking - Survival... (0.2 MB)  

• The Zinc Industry: Everything is Great, or is it? (0.1 MB)  

• A leader in graphite permanent mold castings

• A maturing galfan market

• Are all zinc casting alloys created equal?

• Continuous cast bar

• Engineering in zinc, today's answer (brochure)

• Facts about Galfan: The IMPROVED galvanizing alloy from ILZRO's research

• Galfan

• Welcome to the world of zinc

• ZA-12 graphite mold casting a cost saver

• Zinc Alloy & Die Castings: A Measure of Indirect Imports & their Impacts

• Zinc: Essential to Life

• Zinc: Essentially Everywhere

• Zinc: Recycled Forever

Processing Technology

• A New Technology for U.S. Zinc Die Casters (1.0 MB)  

• Advanced Technology Improves Zinc Castings (0.6 MB)  

• Controlling Temperature Controllers (1.1 MB)  

• Die Casting Defects: Identification, Causes and Cures (0.4 MB)  

• Die Casting Guidelines for ZA-12 and ZA-27 (0.1 MB)  

• Dross Management: A Key to Lower Metal Costs (1.0 MB)  

• Foundry Core Guidelines for ZA Alloys (0.1 MB)  

• Graphite Mold Casting the Zinc Foundry Alloys (1.2 MB)  

• Hot Chamber Die Casting of ZA-8 (0.3 MB)  

• Kirksite (0.1 MB)  

• Melting and Handling of Zinc Alloys (1.2 MB)  

• Precision Castings From Graphite Molds (0.7 MB)  

• Price Risk Management - Strategies to Protect Raw Material Selling Price and Margin (0.2 MB)  

• Revolution in Zinc Castings (1.8 MB)  

• Saving money on metal (1.0 MB)  

• Shot Monitoring - Understanding and Applications (booklet) (2.3 MB)  

• The Development of a Family of Zinc-Base Foundry Alloys (describes development of EA's #3 alloys - ZA-8, ZA-12 & ZA-27 (1.6 MB)  

• ZA-12 Foundry Data (0.1 MB)  

• ZA-12 Graphite Mold Casting a Cost Saver (1.1 MB)  

• ZA-8 Hot Chamber Die Casting Guidelines (0.1 MB)  

• Zinc-Base Slush Casting Alloys (ZA-5) (0.1 MB)  

• A leader in graphite permanent mold castings

• A long term evaluation of machine & tool performance during ZA-8 hot chamber die casting

• Graphite mold precision castings

• Shot end monitoring & characterization of hot chamber die casting machines

• The effects of holding & mixing on the bath chemistry of ZA-27

• ZA gravity casting manual (brochure)

Quality and Statistics

• A2LA Accreditation Certificate (0.2 MB)  

• A2LA Accreditation Scope (0.2 MB)  

• ISO Compliance Certificate (0.2 MB)  

• Quality Statement - Quality Assurance Program (0.1 MB)  

• Techniques of Quality Assurance: Control Charts for Alloy Production (0.7 MB)  

• Techniques of Quality Assurance: Problem Solving (1.1 MB)  

• The Importance of Zinc Alloy Composition and Control (0.1 MB)  

Zinc Alloyer (periodical)

• The "Alloyer" (2003-08-19) - Designing Strategy For Unit Dies (0.3 MB)  

• The "Alloyer" (2003-11-10) - Using Flow Simulation (0.1 MB)  

• The Alloyer (1979-2) (2.9 MB)  

• The Alloyer (1979-3) (1.8 MB)  

• The Alloyer (1980-1) (1.5 MB)  

• The Alloyer (1980-3) (1.7 MB)  

• The Alloyer (1980-Special) (2.0 MB)  

• The Alloyer (2004-10-1)- Technical Services Explained - Defect Analysis (0.0 MB)  

• The Alloyer (2004-5-12)- New Classification of Zinc Die Castings Defects Guide (0.3 MB)  

• Zinc Alloyer (Fall 2001) (0.2 MB)  

• Zinc Alloyer (Spring 2001) (0.2 MB)  

 

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