In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a display device, a display apparatus, a liquid metal material, and related fabricating molds, methods, and apparatus are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter provides a display device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid metal materiel layer sandwiched by the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein the liquid metal materiel layer comprises: a base fluid, and a plurality of liquid metal particles dispersed in the base fluid.

In a die casting apparatus, during feeding of molten metal by an electromagnetic pump, a molten metal level sensor repeatedly detects a during-feeding level of the molten metal stored in a molten metal holding furnace; a control unit corrects a molten metal feeding voltage to a during-feeding voltage based on the repeatedly detected during-feeding level of the molten metal such that an amount of the molten metal fed by the electromagnetic pump coincides with a prescribed amount; the control unit applies the during-feeding voltage to the electromagnetic pump to cause the electromagnetic pump to feed the molten metal from the molten metal holding furnace into a plunger sleeve; and casting is performed through an injecting operation in which the molten metal fed into the plunger sleeve is extruded by a plunger tip to be injected into a cavity.

An electric die casting machine is provided with a screw shaft which is held rotatably, a nut body which is threadably mounted on the screw shaft so as to be able to move forward and backward, an injection plunger which moves forward and backward in conjunction with the forward and backward movement of the nut body, an injection electric servo motor and an intensification electric servo motor which drive and rotate the screw shaft, and a one-way clutch which is disposed between the screw shaft and the intensification electric servo motor.

A conveying device for molten metal in an injection die casting unit, has a storage container for the molten metal and a conveying duct delivering the molten metal to a mold cavity. The conveying duct includes a cylinder bore with a piston disposed in an axially adjustable manner. A collection chamber, from which the molten metal is introduced through an onward line into the mold cavity upon axial displacement of the piston, is provided for the molten metal. An annular space, which is connected via at least one filling bore to the collection chamber, is formed between the outer wall of the piston and the inner wall of the cylinder bore. The filling bore, on an end which opens into the collection chamber, is closable by means of a valve body which is connected to an adjustable valve rod which is displaceably disposed in an axial bore of the piston.

A high pressure die casting apparatus for forming metal components includes a die cast mold, a shot sleeve, and a plunger. The shot sleeve includes a pivotable pouring lid disposed in an inlet of the shot sleeve. The pouring lid is disposed in at least one of a closed position and an open position while having a pouring profile shape for promoting smooth non turbulent flow of liquid metal from a pouring ladle to the shot sleeve.

A hermetically sealed disc drive comprising at least one aluminum alloy housing component manufactured with a thermally directed die casting press subassembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, the thermally directed die casting press subassembly comprises a thermally directed funnel gate that is skewed to sample molten material from an off-center portion of the shot sleeve. Disc drive housing components can be manufactured by injecting an aluminum alloy slurry from the shot sleeve through the thermally directed funnel gate and the injection nozzle into the die cavity. The aluminum alloy slurry may be a thixotropic slurry comprising a uniform primary aluminum particle size in the range of approximately 50 to 80 microns. The primary aluminum particles of cast products produced according to the methodology of the present disclosure, with the aforementioned particle size distribution, are free of encapsulated eutectic at the micron scale.

A casting device and a diecasting method, preferably a vacuum die-casting method, includes a casting chamber having a filling opening, and a casting piston that can be moved in the casting chamber and is connected with a casting drive by way of a casting piston rod. The device also includes a feed line, by way of which casting material can be filled into the casting chamber through the filling opening. The casting chamber is disposed, at least in part, in a sleeve that is mounted so as to rotate.

A high-pressure die casting apparatus including a shot sleeve extending through a first die half to a molding surface, and a plunger received in the shot sleeve is provided. The shot sleeve includes a side wall presenting a fluid passageway and a partial end wall disposed in a fixed position relative to the side wall. The partial end wall defines a wall opening adjacent the molding surface. Fluid is poured into the shot sleeve while the die apparatus is open, and the partial end wall prevents the fluid from flowing out of the shot sleeve. The plunger then presses the material into the mold cavity until only a portion of the material remains in the shot sleeve and blocks the wall opening. After the solidified material is ejected from the apparatus, the portion of material blocking the wall opening prevents lubricant from entering the shot sleeve.

A die casting plunger tip assembly includes a first portion having a closed end defining an outer surface, and a tip cover disposed on the outer surface of the closed end.

A die casting plunger tip includes a hollow outer portion and a hollow inner portion. The outer portion has a first closed end. The inner portion has a second partially closed end. The inner portion is disposed within the outer portion and the second partially closed end is adjacent the first closed end of the outer portion in an axial direction. A plurality of connectors connects the outer portion and the inner portion. A plenum is formed between the outer portion and the inner portion.