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Gigacasting Highlights 2024 🌟 Gigacasting is a manufacturing process, initiated by Tesla in 2020, where large high-pressure die casting machines (Giga Press) are used to produce large parts of a vehicle in a single piece eliminating hundreds of parts and processes In this post I summed up all the most important developments of 2024 🏆 Record Machines LK Machinery • World's first 16,000t Giga Press for Xpeng • World's first Dual Injection 13,000t Giga Press Bole Machinery Inc. • World's first 4,000t magnesium Thixomolding machine 🚘 New Vehicles with Gigacastings • Li Auto Mega • Xiaomi Technology SU7 • Changan Automobile Nevo E07 • Lynk & Co Z10 • ZEEKR极氪 7X • XPENG P7+ • Zeekr Mix 🦕 Legacy OEMs Volvo Cars • 8,500t Giga Press at the Torslanda plant in Sweden begun testing • Completed the first phase of the Kosice plant in Slovakia where 9,000t Giga Presses will be installed • 8,500t Giga Press installed at the Daqing plant in China Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) • Invested $700 in new Gigacasting plant in Ulsan, Korea • First 9,000t Giga Press at the Ulsan plant begun testing Nissan Motor Corporation announced it will adopt rear underbody Gigacastings from 2027 Honda • Announced its unique Gigacasting plans for battery packs • 3 out of 6 machines installed in Ohio • 1 machine installed in Japan • The 2025 Honda Acura will be the first model to adopt the new platform Toyota Motor Corporation • Announced the installation of a 9,000t Giga Press for R&D • 2026 Lexus LF-ZC will be its first vehicle to adopt Gigacastings BYD insiders revealed the Chinese electric vehicle giant is buying a 9,000t Giga Press for R&D 🔬 Interesting Technology • FAW presented a magnesium gigacasting weighing only 39.4 kg • Thixotropic Piston Injection Technology GmbH presented promising technology for the future of magnesium Gigacasting • Fondarex SA Presented new Squeeze and Jet Cooling Machine • SAIC presented 30% lighter magnesium thixomolded electric vehicle motors • Chery Auto produced the world's first Full Underbody Gigacasting 🎖️ Honorable Mentions • Tesla received two additional 6,000t Giga Presses for Giga Texas delivered by IDRA GROUP • The first Made in America 6,000t Giga Press was manufactured by Bühler Group Die Casting in Michigan Steve Jacobson • Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG became the First T1 in Europe with Gigacasting capability • LK Machinery opened its new Test Center with 3,000t, 5,000t, 9,000t and 13,000t machines available for customers testing For the full stories check out my thread on X: https://lnkd.in/depJvvDr
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