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Reference Manuals/CDs

for OEM Product Designers, Engineers, Buyers & Purchasing Mgrs., and Independent Product Design Consultants

In-depth die casting design reference manuals and CDs published by the North American Die Casting Assn. (NADCA) and Chicago White Metal Casting. These important resources are available for purchase from CWM at special discounts to Resource Center registered OEMs and Product Design Consultants.

NADCA Product Design for Die Casting
(No. 3101) 178-page OEM Design Manual, published by NADCA, contains strategies, application principles, and case examples to aid in designing lower-cost, higher-performing parts in all of the most widely used alloys. This NADCA OEM Sourcebook covers all aspects of cost-effective design for manufacturing in Al, Mg, Zn & ZA alloys, from prototyping to die casting production, machining, plus surface finishing basics. The most comprehensive introductory design manual of its kind. Available to registered OEMs & Product Design Consultants with CWM's Special Discount Phone Order Form or from your CWM Sales-Engineer Representative. Detailed overview of this manual's table of contents can be downloaded in the Resource Center's Engineering Bulletin Section.

CWM OEM Design & Production Solutions CD (Free)
(No. 0234) This CD-ROM, prepared by Chicago White Metal, presents the performance and cost advantages of the high-technology die casting process for the production of Al, Mg & Zn die cast parts. Accessible on Windows computers and a range of other operating systems, including Mac, it contains 10 sections for design, production, machining and finishing guidance; 20 searchable tech bulletins and guides including the 16-page CWM Design & Spec Guide; Die cast product case studies; In-depth design tutorials; Design FAQs; and searchable glossary. Available free from your CWM Sales-Engineer Representative. Also available free to registered OEMs & Product Design Consultants with purchase of the NADCA "Product Design for Die Casting Manual," above.

NADCA Product Specification Standards
for Die Castings
(2006 Edition)
(No. 3103) 211 pages, published by NADCA, this manual is the comprehensive engineering resource for standards, guidelines and checklists invaluable to serious OEM design engineers and specifiers of die cast parts. Detailed data for "Standard" and "Precision" dimensioning & tolerancing plus updated geometric dimensioning. New '06 edition contains expanded sections on tooling, alloy data with additional cross-references. Includes new shrink and mechanical properties of alloys at elevated temperatures and a new die cast purchasing checklist. Also available in CD-ROM format (see below). Manual can be purchased by registered OEMs & Product Design Consultants with CWM's Special Discount Phone Order Form or from your CWM Sales-Engineer Representative. Content overviews of this manual and selected checklists can be downloaded in the Resource Center's Engineering Bulletin Section.

NADCA "Product Spec Standards" Manual,
CD-ROM Version
(2006 Edition)
(No. 3105) Entire contents of the updated '06 NADCA Die Casting Product Standards Manual can be viewed and searched on a CD disk in Adobe Acrobat PDF format using Acrobat Readers for Windows and other operating systems. NADCA CD can be purchased by registered OEMs & Product Design Consultants with CWM's Special Discount Phone Order Form.

 

NADCA Miniature-Specific Die Casting Design & Specification Standards Manual (No charge)
(No. 3104) 12-page Miniature Zn & ZA-8 die casting manual contains design and tolerancing data, illustrated design considerations, finishing data, and other valuable information for designers, engineers and specifiers planning components for optimized production by advanced multi-slide, flash-free die casting. Available from CWM at no charge to registered OEMs & Product Design Consultants by CWM Special Discount Phone Order Form, or available from your CWM Sales-Engineer Representative.

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Reference Manuals in this section available as printed copies at special CWM OEM discounts, as noted.








Product Design for Die Casting
178 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., NADCA



OEM Design & Production Solutions
10 sections, CWM CD-ROM



NADCA Product Specification Standards for Die Castings
223 pages, 8.5 x 11 in.


NADCA Product Specification Standards for Die Casting
NADCA CD-ROM Version


NADCA Product Specification Standards for Miniature Zn
& ZA-8 Die Castings
12 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., NADCA
(Free from CWM)