Aluminum and magnesium | 180 to 3000 tons
Compare 11 cold chamber die casting machine models for aluminum and magnesium projects. Select the machine from your casting, die, required injection performance, and automation scope, not nominal tonnage alone.
Model range and specifications
Use this model index for an initial shortlist. Shot weight varies with the selected plunger package, and the final machine must also clear the die and meet the required injection conditions.
180 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Compact aluminum platform for smaller casting and die envelopes.
Representative range image; confirm the supplied configuration.238 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Compact aluminum platform for smaller casting and die envelopes.
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300 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Compact aluminum platform for smaller casting and die envelopes.
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400 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Mid-range platform for growing shot, die-space, and automation requirements.
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550 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Mid-range platform for growing shot, die-space, and automation requirements.
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880 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Large platform for higher projected area, shot demand, and die clearance.
Representative range image; confirm the supplied configuration.1000 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Large platform for higher projected area, shot demand, and die clearance.
Representative range image; confirm the supplied configuration.1300 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Heavy-duty platform requiring full die-handling, utility, foundation, and cell-layout review.
Representative range image; confirm the supplied configuration.2000 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Heavy-duty platform requiring full die-handling, utility, foundation, and cell-layout review.
Representative range image; confirm the supplied configuration.2500 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Heavy-duty platform requiring full die-handling, utility, foundation, and cell-layout review.
Representative range image; confirm the supplied configuration.3000 Ton Aluminum Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine
Heavy-duty platform requiring full die-handling, utility, foundation, and cell-layout review.
Representative range image; confirm the supplied configuration.Published parameters are based on the supplied machine brochure. Confirm the selected shot sleeve, plunger diameter, controls, electrical standard, and optional equipment in the quotation.
Specification source: supplied product brochure · Updated August 7, 2026 · Reviewed by Cathy, Director
Range overview
Machine size is a screening tool, not the final answer. Start with the casting and die data, then review the closest models in the corresponding range.
Review this range for smaller dies and aluminum components when projected area, total shot weight, tie-bar clearance, and die thickness fit the compact machine envelope.
Discuss your applicationUse the mid-range shortlist when the casting requires more die space, shot capacity, or automation scope than compact equipment can provide.
Discuss your applicationLarge housings and industrial castings require a project review covering the die envelope, shot package, handling access, utilities, foundation, and complete cell layout.
Discuss your applicationSelection priorities
These checks answer different failure risks. Passing only the tonnage calculation does not confirm shot capacity, die fit, or production-cell compatibility.
Calculate from total projected area, expected cavity pressure, and a suitable operating margin.
Include the castings, runners, overflows, biscuits, and the usable fill ratio of the selected shot sleeve.
Check tie-bar spacing, platen size, die thickness, opening stroke, ejector layout, and handling access.
Define the furnace, ladler, sprayer, extractor, trim, cooling, guarding, controls, and utility interfaces.
How the process works
A measured dose of molten alloy is transferred from the furnace into the shot sleeve. The plunger advances through the sleeve, fills the die cavity at high pressure, and maintains pressure while the casting solidifies. The die then opens for extraction, spraying, and the next cycle.
This arrangement makes cold chamber equipment suitable for many aluminum and magnesium programs. It also means the furnace, dosing method, shot sleeve, plunger package, metal temperature, and cycle sequence must be treated as one process rather than unrelated options.
Application screening
Application names do not determine tonnage by themselves. Two visually similar parts can require different machines because their projected area, wall thickness, cavity count, runner design, or die size differs.
Housings, brackets, covers, structural or drivetrain components require a review of alloy, leak requirements, projected area, die temperature control, trimming, and handling.
Motor bodies, control housings, heat-management parts, and enclosures may place added emphasis on fill behavior, porosity control, machining allowance, and repeatability.
Pump bodies, tool housings, appliance components, and general industrial castings span a wide size range and should be screened from the actual drawing and die concept.
LED housings and heat sinks require a project review of fin filling, thermal path, flatness, sealing, coating, extraction, and handling—not only casting weight.
Commercial comparison
A cold chamber die casting machine price is meaningful only when the quoted scope is comparable.
Tonnage and shot package establish the base equipment range. Controls, hydraulic configuration, electrical components, safety standard, and documentation then change the machine scope. A complete cell can also include a furnace, ladler, sprayer, extractor, conveyor, trim press, cooling, vacuum, guarding, and installation or commissioning services.
Workshop and equipment staging
Factory images help purchasing teams review the working environment, equipment staging, and handling space behind a quotation. They do not mean that every pictured machine is available from stock.
Review the workshop arrangement, machine access, and lifting conditions shown in current production-floor media.
See how completed or in-process equipment is arranged before packing and dispatch preparation.
Request updated photos or video for the agreed production stage, packing arrangement, and equipment readiness before shipment.
Tell us the model range, destination, and inspection information your team needs. The response can include the available project evidence and dispatch scope relevant to your inquiry.
Request Project and Dispatch DetailsMachine lifecycle planning
A machine quotation and a spare-parts plan should use the same model, shot package, plunger diameter, peripheral scope, and maintenance assumptions.
Review plunger tips and rods, shot sleeves, couplings, sprayer and ladler components, lubricants, drawings, inspection evidence, and recommended quantities against the final supplied configuration.
Browse Cold Chamber Spare PartsFrequently asked questions
Short answers for engineering and purchasing teams comparing aluminum die casting machines, specifications, selection data, automation, and quotation scope.
A cold chamber die casting machine receives a measured dose of molten metal in a separate shot sleeve for each cycle. A plunger then drives the alloy into the die at high pressure. This process is commonly selected for aluminum and magnesium alloys because the injection system is not continuously immersed in the molten metal.
Aluminum parts are normally produced on a cold chamber die casting machine. The correct model depends on projected area, casting and runner weight, die dimensions, cavity count, required injection performance, target output, and the peripherals included in the production cell.
Clamping force is screened from the total projected area multiplied by the expected cavity pressure, with an appropriate operating margin. Part weight alone is not enough. Share the part drawing, alloy, cavities, runner layout, die size, and pressure assumptions so the tonnage range can be reviewed.
Compare clamping force, tie-bar spacing, platen size, die thickness range, injection force, injection stroke, available shot packages, aluminum shot weight, motor configuration, machine dimensions, controls, and automation interfaces. Confirm that the quoted values refer to the same shot-end configuration.
Price changes with machine size, shot-end configuration, control and hydraulic package, electrical standard, furnace, ladler, sprayer, extractor, trim equipment, cooling, safety guarding, testing, documentation, packing, shipping scope, and destination. A useful comparison requires the same technical scope from each supplier.
The quotation can include a cold chamber machine plus requested peripherals such as a holding furnace, ladler, sprayer, extractor, release-agent system, conveyor, trim press, cooling equipment, and guarding. Each included and excluded item should be confirmed in the final scope.
Send the alloy, part drawing, casting and runner weight, projected area if known, cavity count, die dimensions and weight, target cycle or annual output, voltage, destination, available utilities, and required automation. If some data is missing, identify it clearly rather than estimating it silently.
Request machine selection and quotation
For the fastest useful shortlist, upload the part drawing and provide the alloy, casting plus runner weight, projected area if known, cavity count, die dimensions, target output, voltage, destination, and required automation.
If the die has not been designed, send the available part information and mark the missing data. The initial response can identify what must be confirmed before a model or price is finalized.