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Leading Auto Part Manufacturer Wins International Die Casting Award.

Issued at 2013-12-16



For the second time in its 84-year history, diecasting specialists JVM Castings has been commended in this year’s International Die Casting Awards, sponsored by the North American Die Casters Association (NADCA).

The annual Die Casting Design Competition showcases cutting-edge developments by many of the industry’s pre-eminent companies.

This year’s awards were in Kentucky (USA), where JVM’s design team struck gold in the structural aluminium casting category.

The team was awarded for its pioneering B Pillar castings, a heat treated body chassis part manufactured in an aluminium alloy which gives greater ductility and mechanical properties than conventional high pressure aluminium alloys, and forms one in a series of castings manufactured by JVM for the new Jaguar F Type.

The company has been making parts for Jaguar Land Rover for over 50 years, and initially began producing B Pillar structural aluminium die cast body parts for Jaguar’s popular XK model using a combination of B Post and swan neck castings – a design which became the template used by other OEM’s in their own designs.

Wayne Murcott, joint managing director at JVM, said: “When Jaguar announced plans to build its F Type model in 2010, our design team was tasked with redesigning the B Pillar structure as one single casting that would be both mass efficient and avoid the need for sub-assembly.

“The challenge facing our designers was to create a feed and runner system that would successfully make two different castings at the same time. The team spent many hours running, reviewing and enhancing design simulations using Magmasoft computers, and our finalised design reduced the total assembly weight by more than 50%.

“This new lean design meant the F Type reduced its carbon footprint, as well as eliminating the cost and weight of seven steel pressings, as well as the cost of assembly. Rather than two dies and seven stamping tools, our new B Pillar only requires one die set.

“As the largest aluminium pressure die casting company in the UK, we’re constantly looking for ways to innovate in engineering and improve our products to ensure our market remains competitive, so it means a great deal to be recognised by NADCA, the international voice of the die casting industry.”

NADCA represents the voice of the die casting industry, in an annual market worth more than $15 billion. NADCA is committed to promoting industry awareness and growth in the global market for die castings, and the association is comprised of members located throughout the world.

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Source: Foundry Trade Journal



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