Major Components

Casting

History 1

Year
Casting technology: Processing
Melting
Molding
Pouring
Post-treatment
1937
Centralized melting by cupola until 1954
Melting with electric furnace until 1954
Manual bench molding until 1954
Hand pouring by simple casting machine until 1954
Manual operation by hammer and grinder until 1954
1954
 
Core molding by air-blow-type shell mold
 
Automatic sand strip and sand treatment
1955
 
Molding by mechanical projection master mold
 
 
1965
Large low-frequency induction furnace
 
 
By-parts post-treatment line
1966
 
 
2-piece production low-pressure casting machine (for cylinder head)
 
1969
 
 
Multiple-die rotary continuous casting machine (for intake manifold)
 
1970
 
High pressure horizontal molding JSH line
 
 
1972
High-frequency induction furnace
 
 
 
1973
 
Mid-pressure multi-piece production Buhler line
 
 
1976
Reflection preheat-type rapid melting furnace
Frameless high-speed molding DISA line
 
 
1977
 
 
Molten metal flow and solidification computer simulation technology
 
1978
 
 
Manufacturing technology with 2,500-ton super-large die cast machine
 
1984
 
 
 
AGVs
1986
 
 
 
Robotic product pick up and deburring technology
1987
 
Large frameless molding Wallwork line (for cylinder blocks)
 
 
1989
Process for removing sulfur from cupola-molten metal
 
 
 
1990
 
Static-pressure molding machine
 
 
1991
 
 
 
Automatic chiller sorting and recovery
1995
 
 
Centrifugal casting method
 
1998
 
Flowing air pressure molding machine (on new engine block impact multi-molding [IMM] line)
(using ceramic beads cold box method)
 
 
1999
 
Flowing air pressure molding machine (on new chassis IMM line)
 
 
2005
Dust-collecting system with overhead traveling crane
 
 
 
2007
 
 
 
Simple and Slim sand treatment equipment
2009
 
Cast iron reference line
 
 

History 2

Year
Casting technology: Materials
Cast iron
Aluminum casting
Aluminum die casting
Die manufacturing
1937
Green sand molding
(for cast iron engine blocks and cast iron camshaft) until 1954
Gravity die casting process (for aluminum pistons) until 1954
 
Hand carving until 1954
1953
Ductile cast iron crankshaft
 
 
 
1959
 
 
Volume die casting
 
1960
 
 
 
Copy accuracy improved by using Shaw process
1967
 
Low-pressure casting process (for high-quality cylinder head by quiet flow filling)
Acurad process (for gearbox)
 
1970
 
 
 
Electric discharging process
1972
Lost wax process
 
 
Copy milling process
1976
SUP method
 
 
3D measuring machine
1977
 
 
High-pressure casting process (for aluminum wheels and FRM pistons)
 
1978
 
 
PF die casting (for delivery pipes)
 
1981
Ductile cast iron knuckles
 
 
 
Hollow crankshafts
1983
 
Horizontal casting process (for intake manifolds)
 
Tapeless NC machining
1984
Vacuum process
TIG re-melt process (for cylinder head)
 
 
1985
 
 
Vacuum die casting (for delivery pipes)
CAD/CAM
1986
 
 
 
FMS line for casting dies opens
1987
V6 cylinder blocks
Direct cooling process (for diesel engine heads)
 
 
1989
 
Aluminum suspension member made by low-pressure casting
CT scan and analysis introduced
 
Vacuum process (for V8 aluminum blocks)
1990
 
 
New high-pressure casting (for aluminum wheels)
 
1991
 
Lightweight aluminum wheels
 
 
1995
Cast iron liner
Regenerative burners introduced
 
CASE activities
TopCast (casting CAE)
1996
 
Vacuum process (for aluminum wheels)
 
 
Continuous gas removal process
1997
 
Laser cladding cylinder head
L4 aluminum die cast engine blocks
 
Improved low-pressure casting (direct ingate system applied)
HV transmission case
1998
Thin-wall cast iron block
 
 
 
1999
Net-shape cast iron knuckles
MMC engine blocks
Super-high-speed die casting
3D through process commenced
As-cast crankshafts
Motor sports components
High-pressure die cast blocks
Finishing cell
2000
Cast iron high-mounted knuckles
 
CVT transmission cases
 
2001
 
 
Simple and Slim dies and machines developed
 
2002
 
 
V6 die cast engine blocks
Die for die cast blocks developed
Die cast elucidation process
2003
 
CAE for products design
Aluminum molten metal cleaning process

Die cast suspension member
2004
 
 
 
Exclusive machining line for water jacket core
2005
 
 
Production verification line
 
2006
 
 
 
No-contact 3D laser measuring machine
2008
 
 
Accuracy of die cast molten metal flow analysis improved
 
2009
 
 
Advanced die casting process
 
2010
 
 
Carbon coating technology
 

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