Aluminum Die Casting for Medical Equipment

Medical equipment often uses aluminum components where weight, strength, repeatability and production cost all need to be considered.

ZHC Precision manufactures custom aluminum die cast parts for medical equipment based on customer drawings and 3D models. Typical parts include equipment housings, covers, brackets, frames, bases and other non-implant mechanical components.

For parts that cannot rely on the casting process alone, we can combine aluminum die casting with secondary CNC machining to finish critical holes, threads, mounting surfaces and mating features.

From tooling and initial samples to machining, surface finishing and inspection, the complete manufacturing process can be managed under one project.

Part Basic information:

Quality Control and Inspection

Medical equipment parts often have more than dimensional requirements. Appearance, assembly fit, consistency between batches and documentation may also need to be controlled.

Our production and inspection process can include:

• Incoming material verification

• First article inspection

• In-process dimensional inspection

• Inspection after CNC machining

• Cosmetic inspection

• Final inspection before shipment

• CMM inspection when required

  DFM Before Tooling

• For a new aluminum die casting project, manufacturing issues are easier and less expensive to address before the mold is made.

• Our engineering team can review the 2D drawing and 3D model for:

• Wall thickness

• Draft angles

• Ribs and bosses

• Undercuts

• Parting line

• Gate and ejector considerations

• Machining allowance

• Machining datums

• Critical tolerances

• Surface finish requirements

• If a feature is difficult to control through die casting alone, we can evaluate whether a design adjustment or secondary CNC operation would be more practical.

• The goal of the DFM review is not simply to make the part castable, but to consider how it will be machined, inspected and repeatedly produced afterward.

Why Work With ZHC Precision?

For medical equipment components, the challenge is often not the casting alone.

A finished part may require die casting, CNC machining, surface treatment, dimensional inspection and documentation before it is ready for assembly.

ZHC Precision brings these processes together so that customers can work with one manufacturing source from drawing review through finished parts.

Our capabilities include:

• Custom aluminum die casting

• CNC milling and turning

• 5-axis CNC machining

• Surface finishing

• Dimensional inspection

• CMM inspection

• Prototype and production support

• DFM review

We focus on custom components manufactured according to customer drawings rather than standard catalog products.