The History Of Die Casting

In 1838, in order to manufacture molds for movable type printing, people invented die-casting equipment. The first patent related to die casting was issued in 1849, which was a small manual machine used to produce printing press type. 

In 1885, Otto Mergenthaler invented the Linotype typesetting machine, which was able to cast an entire line of text into a single type, bringing unprecedented innovation to the printing industry. After the printing industry entered large-scale industrialization, the traditional hand press type mold has been replaced by die-casting. 

Around 1900, the entry of typesetting into the market further improved the automation technology of the printing industry, so sometimes more than ten die-casting machines could be seen in newspapers. With the continuous growth of consumer products, Otto's invention has gained more and more applications. People can use die-casting to manufacture component products in large quantities. In 1966, General Dynamics invented the precision and dense die-casting process, sometimes referred to as double punch die-casting