Die-Casting Comparison

PF Casting, Vacuum Casting, Conventional Casting


Casting Comparison

Choosing between Pore-Free (PF) Die Casting,  Vacuum Die Casting or Conventional Casting depends on your product's performance requirements, budget, and application environment.


🧠 When to Choose Pore-Free (PF) Die Casting:

Ideal For:

- Parts requiring moderate pressure tightness

- Components that need painting, powder coating, or plating

- Items undergoing machining, where avoiding exposed porosity is important

- Applications in automotive, lighting, or consumer electronics

💡 Best When:

- You want better results than conventional casting at a lower cost than vacuum

- Your parts don't require aerospace-level structural integrity

- You have existing die casting equipment and want a simple upgrade


🧠 When to Choose Vacuum Die Casting:

Ideal For:

- Parts needing maximum porosity control

- Safety-critical components (e.g., structural, crash-sensitive automotive parts)

- Thin-wall or complex shapes that are sensitive to gas defects

- Castings that must withstand pressure, stress, or fatigue

💡 Best When:

- You’re producing high-spec parts with tight dimensional and cosmetic tolerances

- You're targeting aerospace, EV, or high-end automotive markets


🧠 When to Choose Conventional Die Casting:

Conventional die casting isn't necessarily worse—it’s simply less specialized compared to PF or vacuum casting. It’s still a highly effective process when used in the right context.


Conventional die casting is best for simple, robust, and cost-driven parts. It gives you speed and savings—just not the enhanced quality control of PF or vacuum methods.


**For both PF Casting & Vacuum Casting targets Gas Porosity, while it has minimal improvement on Shrinkage Porosity**