Die-Casting Comparison
PF Casting, Vacuum Casting, Conventional Casting
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**