Die caster Eastern Alloys targets auto market
Mar 05, 2013 | 12:46 PM
| Suzy Waite
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Ryan Winter,
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zinc alloys,
EZAC,
automotive,
LED,
medical devises
Suzy Waite
NEW YORK — Eastern Alloys Inc. is looking to push its new zinc alloy to the automotive industry this year, Ryan Winter, manager of customer engineered services, told AMM.
The Maybrook, N.Y.-based die caster’s EZAC alloy—made primarily of zinc, aluminum and copper—has a number of appealing traits for automakers, including creep resistance, strength and hardness, Winter said.
Zinc alloys have previously had issues with creep—when a part deforms over time in extreme temperatures—and, therefore, aren’t used in under-the-hood automotive applications, where parts are exposed to hot temperatures and significant stress.....
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